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The 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series continued Saturday with more qualifying and Sportsman eliminations from the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. NHRA National Dragster photographers were on hand to catch all of the action on and off the racetrack at Gainesville Raceway.

Steve Torrence, Ron Capps, Greg Anderson, and Eddie Krawiec earned the top qualifying spots for Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle respectively at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, the season-opening event in the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing season.

As a salute to series title sponsor Camping World, NHRA staged a motorhome exhibition race Saturday at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. Camping World social media stars Chris Young and Ian Baker squared off.

Pro Stock Motorcycle teammates Cory Reed and Joey Gladstone made the switch to Suzuki this season and they could not be more thrilled with their early returns.

During the third round of Top Alcohol Dragster qualifying at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., driver Jasmine Salinas’s dragster stood up and blew over before coming to a stop. She exited the car under her own power.

Alan Prusiensky considers himself just a bracket racer from New Jersey who loves to race. He's also always been a Dodge guy and Prusiesnky is determined to make that work in Pro Stock. In a current Pro Stock world dominated by Chevy Camaros, including defending and back-to-back world champ Erica Enders, Prusiesnky has ventured down a different path.

Anticipation turned to relief yesterday when the 2021 Camping World NHRA Drag Racing Series officially kicked off with the first day of professional qualifying for the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

The 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season kicked off Friday with qualifying from the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. NHRA National Dragster photographers were on hand to catch all of the action on and off the racetrack at Gainesville Raceway.

The 2021 Camping World NHRA Drag Racing season officially kicked off at Gainesville Raceway on Friday were Steve Torrence, Ron Capps, Erica Enders, and Angelle Sampey went to the top of their respective fields at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA U.S. Nationals.

Josh Hart will make his Top Fuel debut this weekend at the historic Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway, the culmination of a long dream for the homestate Florida racer.

The human genome contains three billion base pairs of instructions, and every single one of them in this third-generation racer is codded for speed.

A pair of 5-second street cars match race at the 2021 AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. License plates, trailer hitches, and 250-mph trap speeds!

After the first round of qualifying its David Barton (COPO Camaro), Aaron Stanfield (COPO Camaro), and Bill Skillman (Cobra Jet Mustang) in the top slots of the NHRA Factory Stock Showdown at the AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals

It’s probably a bit premature to anoint Dallas Glenn as the next big thing in the NHRA Pro Stock class, but it’s also hard to argue that after just 12 runs in a Pro Stock car, he hasn’t already made an overwhelmingly positive first impression.

PPG will continue its sponsorship of Tasca Racing team throughout the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season. PPG will serve as Tasca Racing’s primary sponsor for two key races and is also Tasca Racing’s secondary sponsor for all other races this season.

It’s been a spectacular run the last two seasons for Stevie “Fast” Jackson, as the fan-favorite driver has picked up back-to-back world titles in the highly competitive E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service.

Stringer Performance has taken back the reins of the Clay Millican Top Fuel race team and also will continue to build on an already strong marketing alliance with Funny Car driver Paul Lee and Street Outlaws/No Prep Kings star Jeff Lutz.

Guaranteed Rate, one of America’s top-five retail mortgage lenders, has renewed its partnership with Paul Richards Racing to sponsor Dave Richards’ Ford Mustang Funny Car at multiple races during the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.

Never one to lack for confidence, Steve Jackson believes he’s got what it takes to win a third E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series championship.

For the first time in NHRA’s 70-year history, the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals will mark the start of a new season, and the racers who have made their way to Gainesville Raceway for the historic event could not be happier.

2020 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series champions Erica Enders (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) will begin their title defenses this weekend at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

The 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series kicks off with this weekend’s 52nd annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at historic Gainesville Raceway, and NHRA's Top Fuel and Funny Cars are eager to burn some rubber.  

Joe Amato won the 1997 Gatornationals Top Fuel final but most fans remember runner-up Mike Dunn for his half-track wheelstand in Darrell Gwynn's Mopar dragster.

John Force Racing made a positive impression in their return to the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series tour as John and Brittany Force led the way during day two of the pre-Gatornationals test session at Gainesville Raceway.

Drag racing Hall of Fame driver Doug Thorley, the first NHRA U.S. Nationals Funny Car champion and an aftermarket giant known for his line of exhaust headers, died March 10 of natural causes. He was 92.

The father-daughter duo of Glen and Jenny Treadwell has been tearing up Comp eliminator the last couple of years, and not just in their home Division 2. Both are national-event-winning threats and championship contenders.

The 2021 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season is already underway in parts of the country, with thousands of racers competing for divisional and world championships. Here's a video look at the 2020 champions from all seven NHRA divisions.

Among the things that did not change last season was the success of several NHRA pros including world champions Steve Torrence, Matt Hagan, Erica Enders, Matt Smith, and Steve Jackson. They will each begin the season as the top picks of National Dragster's Tricky Tipster.

First Jay Turner. Then Tii Tharpe for two years. Then Randal Andras last year. The Jay Turner Racing team has won all four NHRA Top Fuel Harley championships; can anyone stop them in 2021?

The 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season kicked off unofficially at Gainesville Raceway with the first of two days of testing for competitors in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Pro Stock Motorcycle, Pro Mod, Top Fuel Harley, and Factory Stock Showdown.