NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School unveiled this week its new John Force Racing-built 2018 Chevrolet Camaro Alcohol Funny Car, and JFR developmental driver Austin Prock was the first to make laps in the state of the art machine at Gainesville Raceway. 

It took Steve Torrence six events to get his first race win last season, but the perennial Top Fuel championship contender is already on the scoreboard this year after his win in Phoenix, and assistant crew chief Bobby Lagana Jr. says the team is pumped up for the year ahead.

Throughout 2018, NHRA All Access subscribers again will get bonus content with the airing of vintage NHRA national events as part of our Flashback Friday series. This week: the 1984 Gatornationals.

A behind-the-scenes look at the circumstances leading to the creation of Don Garlits' sidewinder Top Fueler, and other wild machines created by the brothers Sage, as well as a farewell to influential chassis builder Roy Fjastad.

NHRA Reporters Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick are joined via Skype in the Wally Parks Studio presented by Papa John's by NHRA on FOX broadcasters Dave Rieff and Tony Pedregon as well as Indy bureau chief John Kernan to preview the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

Jonnie Lindberg and the Head Racing Funny Car will have a new look in Gainesville with addition of Landmeco backing on a Ford Mustang body.

Mooresville Dragway has joined Division 2, the NHRA Southeast Division, as a NHRA member track. Mooresville Dragway, located in the heart of stock-car country, Mooresville, N.C., hosts events March through November.

Averaging elapsed and reaction times is good, but rewarding consistency is just as important. That's where success percentage comes into play. You already have an idea of who excels at it, now we're going to put numbers next to the faces.

A 2018 Harley-Davidson Sport Glide motorcycle is the grand prize in the 2018 edition of the NHRA Sweepstakes, and four other lucky winners will also win cool prizes.

Jim Head and Jonnie Lindberg had their damaged Funny Car chassis front halved by John Force Racing and are working around the clock to get it ready for the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. Indy Bureau Chief John Kernan reports.

A week after winning his first national event at the NHRA Arizona Nationals, Bryan Warr struck again at the Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series opener at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park.

Not that there was ever a doubt in his mind that he'd be back, but 16-time NHRA champ John Force who was involved in a racing accident at the NHRA Arizona Nationals, will compete at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, where he is the defending event champ, with a special-edition paint scheme.

TechnoCraft/TrailerCabinets.com of Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., will sponsor Tracy Kile’s Bad Apple Racing Top Fuel Harley in the upcoming Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. 

The husband and wife Pro Stock Motorcycle duo joined Lewis Bloom via Skype in the Wally Park Studio presented by Papa John's to preview the upcoming season, which kicks off at the Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals on March 16.

Greg Kamplain (Comp), Jeff Adkinson (Super Stock), and Jeff Strickland (Stock) added their names to the list of winners at the Southeast Division Prelude to the Gators at Gainesville Raceway.

US Dragway, located in Irvington, Ala., has joined Division 2, the NHRA Southeast Division, as a NHRA member track and is under new ownership. 

The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway track manager Jeff Foster joined NHRA Reporters Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick via Skype in the Wally Parks Studio presented by Papa John's to talk about the progress made converting the drag strip to four lanes for the upcoming Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas.

Windstream, a leading provider of advanced network communications and technology solutions, will sponsor NHRA Pro Stock racer Alan Prusiensky at three events on the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.

Jackie Fricke, Annie Whiteley, and Joey Tanksley led the list of winners as the NHRA South Central Division returned to No Problem Raceway for Nitro on the Bayou.

In 1982, "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, always the innovator, experimented with a sideways-mounted nitro engine in his Swamp Rat 27. Although the engineering marvel didn't pan out, it was still vintage Garlits to even try it.

Dick LaHaie scored five wins in 14 events in 1987 en route to his first and only NHRA Top Fuel championship, including this win in Phoenix. Can you unscramble the puzzle?

NHRA reporters Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick are joined via Skype by Indy bureau chief John Kernan and NHRA on FOX TV broadcasters Tony Pedregon and Dave Rieff to discuss the NHRA Arizona Nationals.

NHRA National Dragster’s fifth issue of 2018, featuring coverage of the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals and more, is online now for NHRA members, and it’s in the mail to homes and shops around the world.

Scott Palmer reached the first final round of his career at the NHRA Arizona Nationals. The longtime racer joined Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick in the Wally Parks Studio delivered by Papa John's via Skype to discuss throttle whacks, drag boats, and his hopes of obtaining his Funny Car license.

Bobby Cottrell joined NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom via Skype in the Wally Parks NHRA Studio delivered by Papa John’s to talk about the upcoming 60th annual March Meet taking place this weekend at Auto Club Raceway Famoso. 

Tickets for the inaugural Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park in Richmond, Va., are on sale now for the national event taking place June 8-10. 

NHRA’s Lewis Bloom interviewed winning crew chiefs and owners from the NHRA Arizona Nationals: Brian Corradi and Danny Hood (Funny Car), Bobby Lagana (Top Fuel), and Lester McGaha (Pro Stock).