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Dreher, McCosh leads winners at Tri-State Raceway Division 5 season finale

Jared Dreher and Bob McCosh led the list of winners as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series West Central Division as in action at Tri-State Raceway;
08 Sep 2023
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Division 5
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, West Central Division event at Tri-State Raceway: TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER Jared Dreher, Clinton, Ind., 5.537, 265.06  def. Todd Bruce,…
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Indy winners talk victory and preview Reading on two WFO Radio shows

All four NHRA Camping World Series winners from the 69th Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. National joined NHRA announcer Joe Castello for a deep dive into winning the Big Go! Check out the shows and get ready for the NHRA Countdown beginning at the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove.
08 Sep 2023
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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New National Dragster issue packed with features and race results you need

As the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series prepares to head down the home stretch, catch up on everything in the NHRA world in the new issue of NHRA National Dragster magazine, which is now online in digital format and in the mail in its traditional print format to NHRA Members around the world.
08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
National Dragster
  LOG IN TO READ THE NEW ISSUE As the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series prepares to head down…
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2023 Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmor Top Sportsman winner Darian Boesch

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
89:39
Past world champ Darian Boesch vaulted into the Top 10 in Right Trailers Top Sportsman after taking a final round win over fellow champ Jimmy Lewis, who broke out by three-hundredths in the final.
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2023 Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmor Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Doug Gordon

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
75:17
Reigning Top Alcohol Funny Car world champ Doug Gordon continues to make the most of his final season as the soon-to-retire points-leading driver of the Beta Motorcycles Camaro scored his fourth win of the season and 24th of his career after taking…
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2023 Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmor Top Alcohol Dragster winner Hunter Green

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
96:17
Hunter Green, son of Funny Car and Pro Mod racer Chad Green, joined his father as a national event champion after claiming his first career Top Alcohol Dragster win in Topeka, defeating Shane Conway in the final, 5.19 to 5.28.
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2023 Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmor Super Stock winner Jimmy Hidalgo

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News, Nitro Time Machine
100:08
Reigning Stock world champ Jimmy Hidalgo Jr. won his tenth national event title in Topeka when he stopped two-time Denver champ Ryan Montford in the Super Stock final. Hidalgo put together a solid package with a .014 light and a 9.803 on his 9.79…
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2023 Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmor Super Comp winner Mark Grame

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
96:23
Nearly 30 years after collecting his first career win in Super Comp in Topeka in 1994, Mark Grame was back in the Heartland Motorsports Park winner’s circle after winning an all-Kansas, double-breakout final-round bout with four-time Topeka winner…
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2023 Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmor Stock winner Mike Cotten

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
99:18
Nearly 32 years after winning his first NHRA national event Wally, Mike Cotten scored again when he stopped a red-lighting Parker Devore in the Stock final. Cotten now has four wins to his credit.
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2023 Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmor Super Gas winner Rodger Sauder

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
111:11
Rodger Sauder picked up his second career Wally after a double-breakout final-round Super Gas battle with Austin Williams, 9.898 to 9.884. Sauder, whose first career win came in Super Street in Chicago in 2019, denied seven-time Topeka winner…
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2023 Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmor Comp winner Clark Smiley

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
63:15
Clark Smiley went wire-to-wire in Comp, racing his way to victory from the No. 1 qualifying sport in his supercharged BB/A GXP. Smiley, runner-up at this event in 2014, scored his third career title and the first outside of his home state of Texas…
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2023 Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmor Top Dragster winner Blake Peavler

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
50:29
Following a sweep of the JEGS SPORTSnationals and the Division 3 Lucas Oil Series event in Columbus, Blake Peavler stayed red hot with another win in Topeka. Peavler won the final of Right Trailers Top Dragster after Holden Laris red-lighted and is…
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2023 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Matt Cummings

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
101:44
Matt Cummings, last year’s Top Alcohol Dragster world championship runner-up, closed the gap on his points-leading teammate Tony Stewart with his first win of the season and fifth of his career. Cummings, runner-up at this event last year, took the…
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2023 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Doug Gordon

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
87:28
After recovering from a nasty crash at this event last year to go on to win the Top Alcohol Funny Car championship, Doug Gordon banished the last ghosts of that wreck by winning his milestone 25th race title and fifth this season, defeating Bob…
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2023 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Conp winner Bruno Massel Jr.

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
106:56
Three-time Comp world champ Bruno Massel Jr., moved a step closer to a possible fourth title with his third national event victory of the season. Massel, winner earlier this year in Phoenix and Norwalk, drove his turbocharged 2JZ-powered CC/AT…
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2023 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Stock Eliminator winner Ben Line

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
167:26
The Line family is synonymous with Stock eliminator in Brainerd and this year it was Ben Line claiming the title in his B/SA ’69 Mustang. Line topped Scott Dugdale’s Chevelle in the final with a perfect 10.268 on his 10.26 dial.
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2023 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Top Dragster winner Clint Geise

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
100:03
Clint Geise earned his first win in the Right Trailers Top Dragster class when he cut a .007 light against Bob Fuller, who broke out by .019-second.  
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2023 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Super Comp winner James Glenn

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
116:45
Reigning Super Comp world champ James Glenn got his first national event win of the season and his first outside of Pomona when he defeated Trene Cressonie in the final round. Cressonie actually left first with a great .008 reaction time, but Glenn…
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2023 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Super Stock winner Mike Mans

08 Sep 2023
127:42
A pair of past Brainerd winners met in the Super Stock final with defending event winner Mike Mans winning after David Goldie broke out with his vintage ’64 Mustang. Mans posted an 8.728 on his 8.71 dial for the win.
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2023 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Top Sportsman winner Steve Stockton

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
149:35
The SeaFoam team had a memorable weekend in Brainerd including a win by Steve Stockton in the Right Trailers Top Sportsman category. Stockton narrowly held off Rob Meservier to win with a 6.796 on his 6.78 dial.
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2023 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Super Gas winner Donnie Durenberger

08 Sep 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
161:04
Homestate hero Donnie Durenberger Jr., scored his second career national event win and his first in more than a decade when he drove his ’71 Nova to a tight .007-second victory in Super Gas over fellow Minnesotan Duan Westra. Durenberger’s first win…
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Nearly 2.1 million viewers tuned in to watch World’s Biggest Drag Race on FOX

The NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series drew an impressive audience for the world’s biggest drag race, as nearly 2.1 million viewers tuned into original airings for last weekend’s Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
08 Sep 2023
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Indy TV
The NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series drew an impressive audience for the world’s biggest drag race, as nearly 2.1 million viewers tuned into original airings for last weekend’s 69th annual Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil…
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It was just another case of Indy magic, courtesy of Ron Capps and 'the Snake'

Ron Capps' Funny Car victory at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals brought a tear to the eye of many — Capps included — as well as the thousands of Don Prudhomme fans around the globe.
08 Sep 2023
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Ron Capps and 'the Snake'
In 41 straight years of attending the NHRA U.S. Nationals, I’ve stockpiled a ton of memories from the Big Go, far too many to detail here, but Ron Capps’ win in his Don Prudhomme/Hot Wheels tribute car at this year’s event probably easily cracks my…
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The Sports Report: Winning Indy was so nice, Bo did it twice

Bo Butner accomplished a rare feat when he successfully defended his 2022 Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals Super Gas title
07 Sep 2023
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
Bo Butner
Winning the Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals ranks as one of the most difficult feats in drag racing, particularly for a Lucas Oil Series Sportsman competitor. Huge fields coupled with six grueling days of competition conspire to test even the…
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Behind the Scenes with the winners of the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals

Go behind the scenes with the winners of the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals as they celebrate their victories with their teams and one another and accept congratulations from their vanquished final-round foes.
07 Sep 2023
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Behind the Scenes
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Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage named title sponsor for NHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock category

NHRA officials have announced that Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage has been named the title sponsor of the Mountain Motor Pro Stock class as part of an exciting new multiyear partnership.
07 Sep 2023
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
MMPS
NHRA officials have announced that Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage has been named the title sponsor of the Mountain Motor Pro Stock class as part of an exciting new multiyear partnership. Starting in 2024, the Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage NHRA…
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The post-U.S. Nationals Show: Antron Brown and Erica Enders tell all

On this post-Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals NHRA Insider podcast, Brian Lohnes speaks with Top Fuel winner Antron Brown and Erica Enders, who enters the Countdown to the Championship third in the Pro Stock points.
07 Sep 2023
Posted by NHRA.com staff
NHRA Insider podcast
NHRA Insider
  On this post-Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals NHRA Insider podcast, Brian Lohnes speaks with Top Fuel winner Antron Brown and Erica Enders, who enters the Countdown to the Championship third in the Pro Stock points. Lohnes gives…
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Watch this weekend's Division 5 Lucas Oil Series finale for free on NHRA.tv

NHRA fans can watch the final Division 5 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series from Tri-State Raceway for free starting Saturday on NHRA.tv.
07 Sep 2023
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Division 5
NHRA fans can watch the final Division 5 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series from Tri-State Raceway for free starting Saturday on NHRA.tv. Presenting sponsors of NHRA.tv Sportsman coverage from Tri-State are Moser, Competition Products, …
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Kyle Koretsky to represent Talladega Light at Maple Grove and zMax events

Kyle Koretsky wants to go fast and is ready to “Shake & Bake” his way to victory to start the NHRA Countdown to the Championship at his home track, Maple Grove Raceway.
07 Sep 2023
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Kyle Koretsky
Kyle Koretsky wants to go fast and is ready to “Shake & Bake” his way to victory to start the NHRA Countdown to the Championship at his home track, Maple Grove Raceway. Koretsky along with Michael Waltrip Brewing Company’s CEO/President Bryan…
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Weekend Rewind: 2023 Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals

The 2023 Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals seemingly had it all, with huge wins, emotional moments, upsets, and tons of points drama as the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series regular season concluded at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
06 Sep 2023
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Weekend Rewind
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