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NHRA announces new electric vehicle racing class for 2022 Summit Racing Series

Racers will compete through an all-new class that joins the NHRA Summit Racing Series.
29 Apr 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News, Feature
NHRA announces new electric vehicle racing class for 2022
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) has announced the creation of an all-new electric vehicle (EV) racing class that will join the NHRA Summit Racing Series in 2022. Electric cars will…
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Walmart partners with Stringer Performance, Clay Millican for vaccine event during Southern Nationals

Walmart has announced a partnership with their Walmart mobile wellness program and Stringer Performance and NHRA Top Fuel driver Clay Millican for a COVID-19 vaccination and education event during the 2021 NHRA Lucas Oil Southern Nationals.
29 Apr 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
COVID-19
In a nationwide effort to help expand COVID-19 vaccine uptake, Walmart has announced a partnership with their Walmart mobile wellness program and Stringer Performance and NHRA Top Fuel driver Clay Millican for a vaccination and education event…
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Tricky Tipster: The night the lights went out in Georgia

All good things must come to an end including the Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. On the eve of the final NHRA national event here, Tricky Tipster has issued his predictions and has given the final nod to Steve Torrence, Bob Tasca III, Erica Enders, Matt Smith, and Jose Gonzalez as the favorites.
29 Apr 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
Tricky Tipster®
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Your old pal Tricky Tipster doesn’t often get emotional, but this week is different. On the eve of the final NHRA Southern Nationals, he can’t help but think of all the good times and exciting memories provided by Atlanta Dragway in the last 40…
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Three-time NASCAR champ, hall of famer Tony Stewart tries his hand at Top Fuel

Tony Stewart’s accomplishments in auto racing are almost too numerous to mention but he’d never had the opportunity to go 300-mph until he drove fianceé Leah Pruett’s Top Fuel dragster during a recent private test session. In the first of a two-part series, Stewart chronicles his first experience with nitro.
28 Apr 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Tony Stewart
  Tony Stewart’s accomplishments in auto racing are almost too numerous to mention but they include championships in NASCAR and IndyCar, as well as titles in Indy, Midget, Sprint, and USAC Silver Crown cars. For all the incredible things…
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Red-hot Ryan Oehler talks Las Vegas win, fast start to 2021 season

Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Pro Stock Motorcycle winner Ryan Oehler chatted via Skype with NHRA’s Brian Lohnes about his fast start to the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.
28 Apr 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Ryan Oehler
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How John Force uses the deep-staging technique to his advantage

Call it old school, but experience is John Force's forte. We may in fact be watching Force's "good old days" play out right now.
28 Apr 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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How John Force uses his staging technique to his advantage
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Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Top Sportsman winner Jeff Connelly

28 Apr 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
With elapsed times in the low 6.1s, Jeff Connelly became one of the quickest drivers to win in the Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers class. In the final round, Connelly drove his Camaro to a 6.192 on his 6.16 dial to score a…
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Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Top Dragster winner Ryan Carlson

28 Apr 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Ryan Carlson scored a semifinal finish in his season debut at the Las Vegas Lucas Oil Series event last month and returned to win his first national event title at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in the Top Dragster presented by Vortech…
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Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Super Gas winner Craig Maddox

28 Apr 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Two years after winning his first national event title in Stock in Las Vegas, Craig Maddox returned to pick up a second NHRA Wally in Super Gas. Maddox won the final round over Marko Perivolaris by just three-thousandths of a second, 10.061 to…
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Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Super Comp winner Michael Miller

28 Apr 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
The Super Comp final was decided on the starting line after Jack DeRencin fouled, allowing Michael Miller to win his 11th national event title and fifth in Las Vegas. Miller highlighted the win with a perfect 9.050 run on the 9.05 index in the…
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Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Stock winner Conner Statler

28 Apr 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
The Stock final featured a battle between teammates Conner Statler and four-time world champ Greg Stanfield, with both drivers in cars owned by longtime Division 4 racer Bobby Brannon. Statler got a free pass in the final round after Stanfield,…
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Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Super Stock winner Brad Rounds

28 Apr 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Brad Rounds picked up his first national event win since the 2006 Sonoma race when he defeated five-time world champ Jimmy DeFrank in the Super Stock final. Rounds, who won a Division 7 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event last season in Las…
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Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Comp winner Joe Mozeris

28 Apr 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Joe Mozeris won his first national event title at the spring Las Vegas event in 2018 and returned last year to win again at the JEGS NHRA SPORTSnaitonals event held last October. He completed the trifecta after stopping John Edwards in the Comp…
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Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Doug Gordon

28 Apr 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
The Top Alcohol Funny Car final pitted Doug Gordon against Kris Hool, Sean Bellemeur, and Nick Januik. None of the four racers were able to make a full run, but Gordon, the reigning world champion, was able to cross the stripe first to win with…
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Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Shawn Cowie

28 Apr 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Years from now, Shawn Cowie will be the answer to the trivia question “Who won NHRA’s first four-wide alcohol race?” after Cowie claimed the Top Alcohol Dragster title. In order to win his 21st national event title, Cowie had to defeat a stacked…
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Podcast roundup: David Grubnic, Eddie Krawiec, Steve Torrence, and Andrew Hines

David Grubnic and Eddie Krawiec joined Brian Lohnes on the NHRA Insider podcast to talk about life, drag racing, and getting back into the sport that they love in 2021, while Steve Torrence and Andrew Hines joined Joe Castello on WFO Radio Live.
28 Apr 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Podcast
  David Grubnic and Eddie Krawiec join Brian Lohnes on the NHRA Insider podcast to talk about life, drag racing, and getting back into the sport that they love in 2021.  Grunbic, who serves as the crew chief on Brittany Force's…
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#StumpBob: Which racer has the most low e.t. honors in the Pro Stock class?

Welcome to #StumpBob, a new NHRA.com feature where fans can challenge NHRA historian Bob Frey and his voluminous database on trivia and stats questions. Today he tackles a query about low e.t. honors in Pro Stock and other classes.
28 Apr 2021
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Stump Bob
Stump Bob
Surprisingly it's not Bob Glidden. Unsurprisingly it's Warren Johnson, but let's talk instead about Greg Anderson. When Anderson set low elapsed time at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, he moved into second place all-time in…
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Two events will help kick off NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series 2021 season

The 2021 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series season will kick off this weekend with events in Sacramento, Calif., and Boise, Idaho.
28 Apr 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series
The 2021 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series season will kick off this weekend with events in Sacramento, Calif., and Boise, Idaho. The season officially will begin at the Heritage Nostalgia Reunion, April 29-May 1 at Sacramento Raceway with…
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They're ready! Both new Vance & Hines Buells top 200 mph in Indy test session

Both Andrew Hines and Eddie Krawiec top the 200-mph mark aboard their new Vance & Hines Buells during testing at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in advance of their return to competition at this weekend’s Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals.
28 Apr 2021
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Nitro Time Machine: Gary Scelzi heats up at the 1998 Southern Nationals

Gary Scelzi's Top Fuel fire and Cory McClenathan's victory were just two of the highlights from the 1998 NHRA Southern Nationals that are featured in the latest edition of Nitro Time Machine with Brian Lohnes.
27 Apr 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Impressive start to season has Tim Wilkerson thinking big at Atlanta Dragway finale

Seeing his team come together and start clicking at the end of a trying 2020 season left Funny Car veteran Tim Wilkerson with high hopes entering this year, and through two races, it’s become much more than hope.
27 Apr 2021
Josh Hachat
Feature
Tim Wilkerson
Seeing his team come together and start clicking at the end of a trying 2020 season left Funny Car veteran Tim Wilkerson with high hopes entering this year. Through two races, it’s become much more than hope as Wilkerson has been one of the top…
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Leah Pruett will campaign Whisps Cheese Crisps dragster at Southern Nationals

Leah Pruett’s Top Fuel dragster will feature a brand-new look this weekend at Atlanta Dragway with sponsorship from Whisps Cheese Crisps. Pruett is no stranger to success at Atlanta Dragway as in 2018, she claimed the NHRA Southern Nationals Wally.
27 Apr 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Leah Pruett
Leah Pruett’s Top Fuel dragster will feature a brand-new look this weekend at Atlanta Dragway. Whisps Cheese Crisps, the snack company that’s on a mission to bring premium, quality cheese to consumers nationwide, will adorn Pruett’s 11,000-hp …
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Recovered from testing accident, Joey Gladstone ready to return to Pro Stock Motorcycle in Atlanta

Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Joey Gladstone was injured in a testing accident earlier this month, but has recovered and will rejoin the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series tour at this weekend’s Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals in Atlanta.
27 Apr 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Joey Gladstone
A month after suffering injuries in an on-track accident, Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Joey Gladstone will rejoin the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series tour during this weekend’s Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals in Atlanta. Gladstone was…
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4/27: It’s 427 day—and in 1963, Chevrolet created two engines to rain down Turbo-Fire on the competition

Chevrolet designed two 427-cid big-blocks to take on Dodge, Ford, Mercury, Plymouth, and Pontiac. The NASCAR engine got a single four-barrel, while the NHRA engine had two four-barrel carbs and came in a lightweight Z-11 Impala.
27 Apr 2021
David Kennedy
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In an internal Chevrolet memo titled “1963 Performance Program NASCAR & Drags” dated August 21, 1962, from Vince Piggins (Chevrolet’s head of Economy, Safety and Performance Department) to H.F. Barr, E.J Premo, T.E. Dougherty, M.S.…
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Steve Torrence and 'dem Capco boys' eying final Atlanta Top Fuel winner trophy

Hot off their win at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, Top Fuel world champ Steve Torrence and the Capco Contractors team are gunning to win the final Top Fuel Wally at the Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals this weekend.
26 Apr 2021
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Andrew Hines, Eddie Krawiec to run remainder of 2021 season on new Buells

NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champions Andrew Hines and Eddie Krawiec will return to the track for the remainder of the 2021 season beginning at the Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals after sitting out the first two Pro Stock Motorcycle events. 
26 Apr 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Vance & Hines
Six-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Andrew Hines and four-time champion Eddie Krawiec will return to the track for the remainder of the 2021 season beginning at the Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals in Atlanta after sitting out the first two…
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Nostalgia Pro Stock exhibition returns for final Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals

The final Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals will feature a special exhibition and pit area display featuring iconic factory hot rods of the past from the Southeast Nostalgia Pro Stock Association.
26 Apr 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Nostalgia Pro Stock
The Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals, the final NHRA national event at historic Atlanta Dragway, will pay tribute to the rich history of the Pro Stock class thanks to the Southeast Nostalgia Pro Stock Association. The North Carolina-based…
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Doug Kalitta hopes to add another historic memory at Atlanta Dragway finale

Out of the 106 final-round appearances that Doug Kalitta has racked up in his standout career, he hasn’t experienced a closer final round than what took place at Atlanta Dragway five years ago.
26 Apr 2021
Josh Hachat
Feature
Doug Kalitta
Out of the 106 final-round appearances that Doug Kalitta has racked up in his standout career, he hasn’t experienced a closer final round than what took place at Atlanta Dragway five years ago. In fact, nobody has in Top Fuel, and nobody probably…
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Nitro Time Machine: Don Beverley, John Force, and Don Prudhome collect 1992 Atlanta wins

World champions Don "the Snake" Prudhomme and John Force grabbed nitro wins at the 1992 Southern Nationals and they were joined by surprise Pro Stock champion Don Beverley.
24 Apr 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Preiser, Bertozzi, and Taylor lead South Georgia Motorsports Park winners

Richard Preiser, Anthony Bertozzi, and Terry Taylor led the list of winners as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Southeast Division raced to completion at South Georgia Motorsports Park.
24 Apr 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Division 2
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division event at South Georgia Motorsports Park: COMPETITION ELIMINATOR Richard Preiser, Jackson, N.J., '32 Altered, H/EA, 8.958,…
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