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NHRA returns to National Trail Raceway for JEGS Speedweek July 13-18, featuring five full days of NHRA Sportsman Drag Racing encompassing the JEGS SPORTSnationals and a Division 3 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event.

The Texas Motorplex has announced a major expansion and rebranding of the NHRA Texas FallNationals. The “Stampede of Speed” will begin Saturday, Oct. 2, and will conclude with the NHRA Texas Fall Nationals, Oct. 7-10, a full week of events and activities.

Calverton Executive Airpark in Long Island, N.Y., becomes the newest NHRA member track, serving the vast Division 1 region. The unique location will see NHRA racing action five weeks of the year beginning in August.

Alex Laughlin's drag racing résumé already includes stints in Top Dragster, Top Alcohol Dragster, Pro Mod, and Pro Stock, and now the versatile Texan is planning the most ambitious move of his career as he prepares to earn his NHRA competition license in Top Fuel.

Don Schumacher Racing Top Fuel teammates Antron Brown and Leah Pruett were testing this week at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in advance of the start of the Western Swing next weekend in Denver.

Mike Neff and Travis Shumake join host Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast, two men who are at very different points of their drag racing careers.

Bob Tasca III is riding high after driving his Motorcraft Quicklane Ford to wins in two of the season's first seven races. Now, he's preparing a new car for the grueling three-race Western Swing in Denver, Sonoma, and Pomona.

Performance Racing Industry (PRI), producer of world-class trade events and media, is launching the racing industry's first-of-its-kind membership program on July 13, 2021, making it possible for racers and enthusiasts to join racing businesses in a groundbreaking movement to protect and grow the industry.

Autumn Hight, daughter of three-time NHRA Funny Car world champ Robert Hight, is ready to make the transition from Jr. Dragsters to Super Comp after graduating from the Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School.

Fresh off her second Pro Stock win of the season at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Erica Enders joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes to discuss the victory and look ahead to the remainder of the 2021 season.

Ron Capps has witnessed something special building up to start the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, as fans have returned to the track en masse.

Popular NHRA nitro Funny Car racer Alex Miladinovich and his M2/Hot For Teacher Racing team will be back in action at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals and the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com.

The upcoming Dodge SRT Mile High Nationals presented by Pennzoil will feature a special appearance by the Earthflight jet dragster driven by Mark Stevens and the Volcano driven by Chuck Haynes.

NHRA fans can watch this weekend’s Division 3 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event from Summit Motorsports Park for free on NHRA.tv powered by National Dragster. Coverage begins Friday morning.

Julie Nataas and DJ Cox scored alcohol-class wins and Luke Bogacki added another score in Super Gas as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series North Central Division was in action at the Cavalcade of Stars presented by Budweiser at Summit Motorsports Park.

Veteran NHRA Top Fuel driver Luigi Novelli is on the mend after he suffered a medical emergency at the recent Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Thanks to the NHRA Safety Safari, he hopes to be back in action later this year.

This episode of the NHRA Insider podcast features interviews with Mark Ingersoll, who serves as crew chief for Erica Enders' Pro Stock team, and ace Sportsman racer Johnny Labbous Jr., who is chasing another world championship. 

Twenty-five years ago, the NHRA world lost one of its finest people and greatest emissaries when National Dragster Photo Editor Leslie Lovett died of a heart attack, but his legacy and images continue to power and inspire the sport.

NHRA continues its anniversary celebration with the announcement of the 2021 NHRA 70th Anniversary Sweepstakes. Several NHRA partners have stepped in to provide nearly $21,000 worth of prize winnings to lucky NHRA fans.    

Cruz Pedregon drove his Snap-on Tools Dodge to the Funny Car win in Norwalk, and then quickly front-halved his chassis prior to the Norwalk Night of Fire and the upcoming NHRA Western Swing.

With Chevrolet and Ford executives watching, John Force and Bob Tasca III paired off for the Funny Car points lead at the 2021 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals

Anthony Bertozzi has enjoyed a lot of success in his career, but he’s never had a day like the one he had at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, where his team celebrated three wins and a runner-up finish.

At the 2021 TascaParts.com NHRA New England Nationals, a round one match-up we've seen before had an outcome nobody expected. One race later Capps and Haddock paired up again at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, watch the rematch here!

Drag racing is all about good timing, and for Travis Shumake, the decision to finally fully commit to following in the footsteps of his late father, national event-winning Funny Car driver Tripp Shumake, and to do it as an openly gay driver, just felt right.

NHRA fans attending the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com will have the opportunity to enjoy the storied event from the comfort of a Quarter-Mile Club party suite in the main tower at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.

Lou Santini is a comedian, TV and event host, writer, voice actor, broadcaster, and huge NHRA fan. Follow long as he offers his own NHRA 70th anniversary salute with his 70 reasons why NHRA drag racing is great.

What's it cost to replace a nitromethane-burning Hemi engine in a Top Fuel dragster? Too much.

After more than a year on the sidelines, Austin Prock turned out to be a super sub for Clay Millican at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, reaching the Top Fuel semifinals in the Parts Plus dragster after Millican had to withdraw Saturday due to an inner ear infection.

Funny Car driver and crew chief, Tim Wilkerson, will tell you that all the hard work he and Richard Hartman do happens in the pit. In truth, Wilkerson's got his hands full in the car too!