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NHRA Midwest Nationals Friday preview

The third event of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs takes center stage at World Wide Technology Raceway as the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series returns to St. Louis.
24 Sep 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Race coverage
Ron Capps
The third event of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs takes center stage at World Wide Technology Raceway as the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series returns to St. Louis. The grueling NHRA “Fall Swing” concludes this weekend at World…
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Tricky Tipster: Gateway to greatness

For this week's NHRA Gateway Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway, Tricky Tipster is going to lead off with the usual suspects and give the early nod to Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny Car), and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) as the pre-race favorites.
24 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
Tricky Tipster®
Steve Torrence
With two races in the books during the 2021 Countdown to the Championship, the points battles in each NHRA pro category are beginning to take shape. Or are they? So far, no one in any class has been able to establish anything the resembles…
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DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Sportsman champ Vince Hoda

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Vince Hoda, the 2014 JEGS NHRA Cajun SPORTSnationals winner, added a second NHRA Wally to his collection after he downed world champion Sandy Wilkins in the Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers final round. Hoda wheeled his Camaro to…
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DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Dragster champ Danny Nelson

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Danny Nelson took over the points lead in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers following his final-round-win against JB Strassweg, who is also ranked in the Top 20. Nelson ran 6.149 on his 6.10 prediction to claim career win No. 7 and…
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DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Gas champ Craig Porter

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Craig Porter won his second national event title and first since the 2016 Reading event when he topped world champ Iggie Boicesco in a double-breakout Super Gas final, 9.893 to 9.885. Porter got to the final after wins over Ricky Hall and David…
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DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Comp champ Bob Prose

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Bob Prose won his first national event in Super Comp after Michael Handras fouled in the final round. Prose ran an 8.920 to seal the win, and he nearly raced his daughter, Alison, in the final round after she lost a tough semifinal race against…
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DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Stock champ Timothy Stickles

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Timothy Stickles had to face a tough challenge on his way to a first win in Stock eliminator when he took on Brad Plourd in the final round. Stickles saved his best run for last with a .004 light and a 12.194 on his 12.16 dial that was too much…
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DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Stock champ Dan Fletcher

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
It took much longer than he’d hoped, but Dan Fletcher now has 105 NHRA national event wins, moving into a tie with Frank Manzo for second place behind John Force on NHRA’s all-time wins list. Fletcher drove his familiar Micro Strategies ’69…
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DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Comp champ Frank Aragona Jr.

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Frank Aragona Jr. helped himself in the championship race by winning a second straight Comp title in his J/AA ’32 Bantam. Aragona, a winner a week ago in Reading, drove to a (-.400) 7.600 to beat Larry Pritchett’s slowing 8.733 in his A/SM…
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DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car champ Sean Bellemeur

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Sean Bellemeur’s odds of winning a third Top Alcohol Funny Car title got a huge boost when he turned on the win light in the final round against Nick Januik, 5.532 to 5.554. Bellemeur, who now has six combined national and regional victories…
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DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster champ Matt Cummings

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Matt Cummings has raced in just eight national events this season in the McPhillips family A/Fuel dragster, and he’s now got three wins after defeating Karen Stalba in the Top Alcohol Dragster final round. Cummings, a winner in Reading and a…
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DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Sportsman video highlights

A week after winning titles at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Presented By Pennzoil in Reading, Matthew Cummings and Frank Aragona returned to the winner’s circle at the DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals in Charlotte.
23 Sep 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Frank Aragona Jr.
A week after winning titles at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Presented By Pennzoil in Reading, Matthew Cummings and Frank Aragona Jr. returned to the winner’s circle at the DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals in Charlotte with victories in Top…
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JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Funny Car champ Brian Hough

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
The West Region got a chance to celebrate after Brian Hough stopped Central Region racer Kyle Smith in the Top Alcohol Funny Car final. Hough drove to a 5.499 to edge Smith’s 5.554.
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JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Dragster champ Julie Nataas

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Julie Nataas, racing for the North Central Region, earned the title in Top Alcohol Dragster with a strong performance in her Randy Meyer Racing entry. Nataas got a single run in the final round after opponent James Stevens broke. Nataas also…
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JEGS Allstars Top Sportsman champ Robert Strohm

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
In Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers, Division 6 racer Robert Strohm celebrated a win with a 7.445 on his 7.40 dial after Division 4’s Bob Gulitti got loose and had to lift before the finish line.
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JEGS Allstars Top Dragster champ Al Kenny

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
There was a former world champion in the winner’s circle in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers as Al Kenny of the Division 1 team drove to a narrow win over Division 3’s Al Peavler. Both drivers posted a 6.10-second dial, and Kenny…
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JEGS Allstars Stock champ Jerry Emmons

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
A red-light decided the Stock final, where Division 3’s Randi Lyn Shipp left a fraction of a second too soon, allowing Division 4 ace Jerry Emmons to drove to the title. With a free pass, Emmons drove his Lucas Oil Camaro to a 10.272 on his 10.…
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JEGS Allstars Super Stock champ Bryan Worner

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Reigning NHRA Super Stock world champion Bryan Worner drove to a win in Super Stock for the Division 1 team after Division 7’s Brian Broussart red-lighted by just two thousandths of a second.  
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JEGS Allstars Comp champ Doug Engels

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Doug Engels claimed the victory after Craig Bourgeois had to lift off the throttle in his front-engine A/Nostalgia Dragster. Racing against a 7.89 index, Engels drove to a 7.361 to seal the victory.     
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JEGS Allstars Super Street champ Jacob Rutledge

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Jacob Rutledge, making his first Allstars appearance, went the distance in Super Street after Division 7 racer Ryan Giacone red-lighted in the final.
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JEGS Allstars Super Gas champ Rusty Cook

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Rusty Cook chipped in with three valuable round-wins for the division 2 team  after scoring a narrow 9.918 to 9.889 decision over defending JEGS Allstars winner Jeremy Mason in Super Gas.
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JEGS Allstars Super Comp champ Ray Miller III

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Ray Miller III, the former Super Comp world champ and current points leader, defeated Division 3 rep Zach Fisher with an 8.94 in the final round. 
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Tim Wilkerson doesn’t want recent hot stretch to stop heading to home track

September has already been a great month for Tim Wilkerson, and now, the Funny Car veteran has a chance to cap it off in style at his home track during this weekend’s NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway in St. Louis.
23 Sep 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Tim Wilkerson
September has already been a great month for Tim Wilkerson, and now, the Funny Car veteran has a chance to cap it off in style at his home track during this weekend’s NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway in St. Louis. Wilkerson…
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Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Top Sportsman champion Jimmy Lewis

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Jimmy Lewis won 11 national events and a world championship in Super Gas, but he’d never won Indy until he beat current championship leader Allen Firestone in the final of Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers. Lewis got the win with…
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Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Top Dragster champion Zach Sackman

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
The win in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers went to Zach Sackman, who previously won the Chicago race in 2017. Sackman was at his best in the final with a .003 light and a 6.113 against his 6.11 dial to stop Bradley Johnson, last…
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Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Super Street champion Larry Paden

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Larry Paden became just the second driver to win a U.S. Nationals title in Super Street, joining 2020 champ Raymond Miller. Racing his Chevy S-10 against the best 10.90 drivers in the country, Paden got to the final with wins against Shawn…
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Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Super Gas champion Edmond Richardson

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
The Super Gas final marked the return of four-time world champ Edmond Richardson, who claimed his 49th career win and first in Super Gas when Tim Gillespie fouled in the final round by .008-second. Richardson had his work cut out for himself in…
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Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Super Comp champion Nick Isenhower

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Nick Isenhower competes regularly at Lucas Oil Raceway, and he put that experience to good use during his run to the Super Comp title. After defeating former Indy winner Lynn Ellison and JEGS Allstars rep Rusty Cook, Isenhower won the final…
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Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Stock champion Matt Lisa

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
A pair of Northeast Division racers squared off in the Stock final with Matt Lisa earning his first win against Todd Hoven’s high-flying Dodge Coronet in Stock. Lisa ran under his 10.97 dial with a 10.959, but that was enough as Hoven also ran…
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Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Super Stock champion Matt Morris

23 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Super Stock champ Matt Morris didn’t let the pressure of an Indy final get to him as he used a .008 light and a 9.748 on a 9.72 dial to claim the win against Gary Emmons, who broke out in his Lucas Oil entry. Morris had a tough road to the final…
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