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The Vance & Hines team will begin offering their VH160VT V-Twin engine to Pro Stock Motorcycle customers beginning June 1.

With just one event in the books, we’ve seen just a random sampling from NHRA’s Pro racers. To that end, here are Tricky Tipster’s best bets for this weekend's Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.

Capital City Motorsports Park has signed on as the newest NHRA member track in the NHRA Southeast Division. Located in Montgomery, Ala., Capital City Motorsports Park is overseen by owner Ben Willis.

Twelve years after winning his first event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, second-ranked Pro Stock driver Troy Coughlin Jr. returns for this weekend's Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals looking for some firsts.

It isn’t a stretch to say not many people are looking forward to the return of this weekend’s Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway more than former Funny Car world champ J.R. Todd.

Matco Tools Top Fuel driver Antron Brown, who ended a long victory drought last year in Las Vegas and kicked off the 2021 season with a semifinal finish in Gainesville, says he's energized for this weekend's Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.

Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Joey Gladstone is currently at his home in Virginia recuperating from multiple injuries suffered in a testing accident last weekend in South Carolina. Gladstone was riding a 208-mph nitrous-equipped Suzuki when the incident occurred.

From Norway to California to Indiana, Julie Nataas has taken the long road to pursue her dreams of winning a Top Alcohol Dragster title and ultimately racing as an NHRA pro. So far, she's right on schedule.

Funny Car veteran Gary Densham is just two races away from reaching 500 career Funny Car starts, but he'll have to wait until later this year to reach the milestone as son Steven saddles up, beginning next week in Las Vegas.

From Antron Brown's Top Fuel crash to the explosions suffered by Funny Car racer Jack Beckman, Tim Wilkerson, and Pro Mod's Mike Castellana, the 2014 version of the NHRA Southern Nationals had a bit too much action. Here's a full report in our latest edition of Nitro Time Machine.

In our latest NHRA.com Skype interview, Brian Lohnes talks with nitro crew chief and driver Richard Hartman to discuss his history-making Fuel Altered run at the recent Funny Car Chaos event in Texas.

The Rupert Motorsports Funny Car team will debut at this weekend’s Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals with Jonnie Lindberg behind the wheel. Three-time NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series Nostalgia Funny Car champ Jason Rupert plans to complete his license upgrade procedures during test runs after the event.

After sitting out most of 2020 due to the pandemic, Jeff Diehl Racing is returning to the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series for the 2021 race season with a new sponsor: “The Real Deal Pepper Sauce.”

Kindness General Contractors (KGC) will continue its tradition as the annual sponsor for the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car team during the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas.

NHRA has announced Ford as a presenting sponsor of the NHRA Youth and Education Services (YES) Program. The Ford Motor Company has been a part of the NHRA YES Program for four years.

Not every aspiring nitro racer has the deep pockets or deep connections that can pave their way to a full-time ride in a top-tier car. For those without, the course of success takes equal parts ingenuity, determination, and the willingness to build from scratch.Just ask Joe Morrison

NHRA fans can watch this weekend’s Division 4 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event from Houston Raceway Park free on NHRA.tv powered by National Dragster. Presenting sponsors of NHRA.tv Sportsman coverage include Strange Engineering, RoofTec, Summit, and Total Seal.

Jim Kimbrough, Greg Stanfield, and Jerry Emmons led the list of winners as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series South Central Division was action with the Texas Sportsman Challenge at Houston Raceway Park.

“My four-speed dual-quad, positraction 409…” The 409-cid big-block Chevrolet V-8 is the engine made famous on drag strips across the country and celebrated by the Beach Boys’ 1962 song, "409."

Pro Stock Motorcycle champ Andrew Hines and public-relations specialist Elon Werner joined host Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. 

NHRA officials have announced that the 2021 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event contested at Mission Raceway Park, scheduled for June 24– 27, has been postponed due to local restrictions and border closure as a result of the pandemic.

Hot off of a semifinal finish at the season-opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, Cruz Pedregon’s Snap-on Tools Funny Car team is ready for the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas, according to crew chief John Collins.

Don Garlits’ Swamp Rat 17, the Wynn’s Liner, had a very short life in 1973 and is roundly considered to be among the few disappointments of the more than 40 Swamp Rats he campaigned. Here's the story behind this most misunderstood car.

Want to win monthly prizes? Want to turn wins into racecar parts? Join the NHRA and you can do both! You Join. You Race. You Win!

Arnold Motor Supply, a Midwest automotive parts store chain, has returned as the primary sponsor of Afton and Joe Swanson and their NHRA Top Dragster for the 2021 season.

Every season starts with some great expectations and all eyes on potential firsts and milestones. We didn’t have to wait long to get the sport’s newest first-time Pro winner after Josh Hart won Top Fuel in his debut in Gainesville, but there's still plenty of other big moments looming on history's horizon.

Fans attending the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas will enjoy a spectacular thrill show as four jet dragsters will simultaneously take to the four-wide track at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in an extreme show of fire and fury.

Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis opened its 2021 season by hosting its first Wild Wednesdays meet, allowing cars of all sizes, shapes, and performances to make a trip down the legendary Indy quarter-mile.

NHRA legend “Big Daddy” Don Garlits will be joining Summit Racing for its weekly Friday livestream on Summit Racing’s Facebook and YouTube channels. 

Armed with a brand-new Chevrolet Camaro, Kenny Delco showed impressive signs at the 2021 NHRA opener in Gainesville, but the Pro Stock veteran hopes it’s just the beginning of what’s to come this season.