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Reinhart Reveals: Pro Stock vs. Pro Stock Motorcycle pistons and valves

NEW FEATURE: NHRA announcer Alan Reinhart explains the difference in sizes between the pistons and intake valves in Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle engines.
04 May 2020
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Weekend Update with Brian Lohnes: The week's most interesting stories

NHRA's Brian Lohnes takes a look at the last week in NHRA news -- things you need to know and stories you might have missed.
04 May 2020
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NHRA announces revised plan to restart 2020 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series

NHRA officials have announced that they are working with state and local officials as well as host tracks and teams on a revised Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule, which will be announced soon. The season is expected to resume in August.
04 May 2020
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Mello Yello
NHRA officials announced today that they are working with state and local officials as well as host tracks and teams on a revised Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule, which will be announced soon.  The season is expected to resume, with…
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Happy birthday, John Force

Drag racing's winningest driver, John Force, is celebrating his birthday today, and we're celebrating right along with him with the gallery of candid Force photos. The 16-time champ is never thrilled to be reminded of his age, so we'll just celebrate it with these 71 images.
04 May 2020
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Celebrating 16-time NHRA Funny Car champ John Force 71
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Lohnes Calls Life: Jack Beckman, hockey pucks, and stinky old drag magazines

Some everyday-life moments just need an expert like NHRA on FOX announcer Brian Lohnes to call the action.
03 May 2020
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Jack Beckman
  Previously on Lohnes Calls Life: Clay Millican and the great animal rescue
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NHRA Lucas Oil Series Stock champ Allison Doll relives title-winning season

2019 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Stock eliminator world champ Allison Doll relived the drama of her historic championship season via Skype with NHRA’s Brian Lohnes.
02 May 2020
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Allison Doll
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Mario Andretti says he'd have loved to try Top Fuel; well, we have this photo ...

As a guest on a recent FOX iRacing broadcast of a dirt-track race that included NHRA star Ron Capps, motor-racing superstar Mario Andretti said he'd have loved to try Top Fuel. He didn't but he did drive one of Mickey Thompson's dragsters, and we have the photo to prove it.
01 May 2020
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Mario Andretti
  As a guest on a recent FOX iRacing broadcast of a dirt-track race that included NHRA star Ron Capps, motor-racing superstar Mario Andretti said he'd have loved to try Top Fuel. He didn't but he did drive one of Mickey Thompson's…
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Ryan Oehler's Pro Stock Motorcycle team hard at work preparing for racing return

Rising NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle star Ryan Oehler got together with NHRA’s Brian Lohnes via Skype to talk about his team’s efforts and takes us for a behind-the-scenes look at dyno testing in his shop.
01 May 2020
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Ryan Oehler
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Truckload of Memories video

01 May 2020
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Funny Car rookie Alex Miladinovich: "We're just trying to make it happen"

Funny Car rookie Alex Miladinovich, whose emotional top-end interview after qualifying for the field at this year's Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals went viral in the NHRA world, checked in via Skype with NHRA's Brian Lohnes about that moment and what's going on with his team this season.
01 May 2020
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Alex Miladinovich
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Flashback Friday: Rewatch the 2019 Arby's NHRA Southern Nationals

We're throwing it back to the 2019 Arby's NHRA Southern Nationals broadcast, featuring Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock Motorcycle racing. Watch the entire Sunday broadcast—right now.
01 May 2020
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Farewell to a brother editor, Jim Edmunds

Jim Edmunds, who served as the editor of NHRA National Dragster for nearly seven years, passed away April 25 and is remembered by the guy who holds his job now, current ND editor Phil Burgess, and some of his other fellow colleagues.
01 May 2020
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Jim Edmunds
  In its first 10 years, National Dragster changed editors the way that Roland Leong used to change drivers: Frequently and often with little notice. From 1960 through 1969, the name atop spot the magazine’s masthead changed 11…
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Latest FREE issue of NHRA National Dragster magazine now available

The latest issue of NHRA National Dragster magazine, being offered in digital format only and free to the racing community during the COVID-19 pandemic, is now online for reading. Features on the new electric Cobra Jet, Factory Stockers, Matt Bynum, and more pack this interactive issue.
30 Apr 2020
NHRA National Dragster staff
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NHRA National Dragster wallpaper images (Issue 08, 2020)

30 Apr 2020
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Each interactive issue of NHRA National Dragster magazine includes downloadable images for NHRA fans to use as wallpaper for their computers and cellphones. Click on the links below to get the images. Instructions on how to add them as …
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NitroMall now selling three packs of reusable NHRA-branded face coverings

Face coverings are part of our lives right now, but NHRA fans can now wear them with style with the introduction of a three-pack of NHRA-branded face coverings now available at Nitro Mall, the Official Store of NHRA.
30 Apr 2020
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NHRA
Face coverings are part of our lives right now, but NHRA fans can now wear them with style with the introduction of a three-pack of NHRA-branded face coverings now available at Nitro Mall, the Official Store of NHRA. Each face cover of this three…
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Meet Keith 'Roo Man' Burgan, one of drag racing's finest fabricators and builders

In a racing mecca like Indianapolis and Brownsburg, Ind., that is full of fabricators, few are more talented or respected than Keith “Roo Man” Burgan, who’s been part of the NHRA scene for more than 30 years.
30 Apr 2020
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Keith Burgan
 
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FOX Sports 2 will host 10 hours of drag racing action in May 1 NHRA marathon

NHRA fans can enjoy a nearly uninterrupted all-day marathon of NHRA Drag Racing May 1 on FS2 including Mello Yello, Lucas Oil Sportsman, and E3 Spark Plugs Pro Modified action.
30 Apr 2020
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NHRA on FOX
NHRA fans can enjoy a nearly uninterrupted all-day marathon of NHRA Drag Racing May 1 on FS2 including Mello Yello, Lucas Oil Sportsman, and E3 Spark Plugs Pro Modified action. The action kicks off at 1 p.m. Eastern with back to back half-…
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Tech Specs: Inside the supercharged Dodge Challenger Drag Pak

We’re taking a deep dive into the factory muscle cars, engineered in Detroit, and campaigned by NHRA Sportsman racers in the SAMTech.edu NHRA Factory Stock Showdown
29 Apr 2020
David Kennedy
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Leah Pruett Dodge Challenger Drag Pak
Depending on your perspective, the Hemi engine has always been loved or feared. Three-generations of the architecture have terrorized drag strips burning gasoline, alcohol, and even nitromethane. While all three generations of the engine are…
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JEGS Allstar fields from Comp down are set; Central Region still up for grabs

Due to the postponement of the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events previously scheduled for May, the teams for the 2020 JEGS Allstars competition have been finalized from Comp on down in all seven divisions.
29 Apr 2020
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JEGS Allstars
Due to the postponement of the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events previously scheduled for May, the teams for the 2020 JEGS Allstars competition have been finalized from Comp on down in all seven divisions. You can see the final standings…
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World Wide Technology Raceway creates plan to re-open, battle street racing

Like many areas around the nation, the closing of local dragstrips has led to an increase in illegal street racing in the St. Louis area. Chris Blair, general manager for World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill., talked to local media recently to discuss his plans and strategies to reopen the track to help alleviate the problem.
29 Apr 2020
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World Wide Technology Raceway
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Special delivery: 'Them Capco boys' get championship rings from Torrence family

Reigning NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel champion Steve Torrence and family flew from their Texas race to the team’s raceshop in Brownsburg, Ind., to present “them Capco boys” with their 2019 championship rings.
29 Apr 2020
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Steve Torrence
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NHRA Shop Talk with NHRA's Brian Lohnes and Alan Reinhart

NHRA on FOX lead announcer Brian Lohnes and NHRA national event lead announcer Alan Reinhart, both diehard gearheads, co-hosted NHRA Shop Talk live on Wednesday to talk engines and answer tech questions from NHRA fans.
29 Apr 2020
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NHRA Member Track improvements and preparations for restart of racing action

Even though racing has been idled across the country, NHRA member tracks from coast to coast have been working hard behind the scenes to prepare their racetracks for the resumption of action. Here’s a quick look at what’s been taking place.
29 Apr 2020
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Member Track
Even though racing has been idled across the country, NHRA member tracks from coast to coast have been working hard behind the scenes to prepare their racetracks for the resumption of action. Here’s a quick look at what’s been taking place.…
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DSR drivers join global superstars in fight for COVID-19 relief

Don Schumacher Racing, a leader in motorsports cause-related marketing programs, has joined more than 100 professional athletes and sports organizations to support the Center for Disaster Philanthropy by joining the Athletes for COVID-19 Relief campaign.
28 Apr 2020
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DSR
Don Schumacher Racing, a leader in motorsports cause-related marketing programs, has joined more than 100 professional athletes and sports organizations to support the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) by participating in the Athletes for COVID…
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Restored truck birthday gift 'a symbol' of Billy Torrence's humble beginnings

In honor of his father's birthday and the 25th anniversary of Capco Contractors, two-time Top Fuel world champ Steve Torrence located and restored father Billy's first welding truck, which he calls " a symbol of the beginning" of his father's incredible career and family legacy.
27 Apr 2020
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Steve Torrence
It was the summer of 1980 and Billy Torrence was just a 22-year-old young buck trying to make it in the oil and gas business welding pipe. He scraped together enough money to buy a 1980 Chevy truck – just the cab and chassis – with plans to…
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Weekend Update: A look at the coolest NHRA news of the week and beyond

NHRA’s Brian Lohnes takes a look at the news of the past week and the week ahead in his Weekend Update, recapping the latest happenings in the world of NHRA Drag Racing.
27 Apr 2020
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Pro Stock's Alex Laughlin: "I've just got to race in something as soon as possible"

NHRA's Brian Lohnes connected via Skype with Pro Stock racer Alex Laughlin to talk about what he's been doing during the racing break, including the incredible 275-foot Hot Wheels trck that he built in his shop, and about his 2020 racing plans.
27 Apr 2020
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Alex Laughlin
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Top Sportsman champ Sandy Wilkins talks nitrous racing and his 'new' teammate

Reigning NHRA Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers champ Sandy Wilkins, who kicked off his title defense with a victory at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, talked via Skype with NHRA's Biran Lohnes about his championship, his season, and his racing history.
25 Apr 2020
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Sandy Wilkins
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Topeka '93: How Chuck Etchells picked John Force's pocket for a $25,000 payday

With a $25,000 reward on the line from Castrol GTX for the first four-second Funny Car run, supremely confident Castrol-backed John Force announced that he'd contribute half of the money, thinking he'd be first. He was wrong. Watch how this all plays out.
24 Apr 2020
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Chuck Etchells
  Etchells races to Funny Car's first four Reprinted from the Oct. 15, 1993 issue of National DRAGSTER TOPEKA, Kan. -- Chuck Etchells' Kendall GT-1 Dodge Daytona was in the first pair of Funny Cars that opened…
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NHRA announces postponement of four Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events

In consideration of the COVID-19 global pandemic, NHRA officials have announced that four Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events scheduled in the month of May have been postponed.  
24 Apr 2020
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Lucas Oil
In consideration of the COVID-19 global pandemic, NHRA officials have announced the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events scheduled at Maple Grove Raceway on May 22-24, Atlanta Dragway on May 15-17, Route 66 Raceway on May 29-31, and Alamo City…
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