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For more than 50 years, Pro Stock has been the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series driver's class, and in through these on-board cameras in Matt Hartford's Camaro you can see why.

Currently ranked No. 4, John Force has work to do if he's going to win a 17th Funny Car championship but no one on the JFR team is prepared to throw in the towel as they head to Dallas for the NHRA Texas FallNationals.

Go behind the scenes with the winners of the NHRA Midwest Nationals as they celebrate their victories with their teams and one another, and accept congratulations from their vanquished final-round foes.

At 200 mph, things happen quickly. But listen to Angelle Sampey discuss scraping the wall with her bike's foot peg with the coolness of a fighter pilot.

The talent pool and parts expertise at John Force Racing is extensive, but when you see two Funny Cars run the same e.t. in the same session—that's nitromethane mastery!

The NHRA Midwest Nationals marked the end of a three-week stretch of back-to-back-to-back events to kick off the Countdown to the Championship and marked the middle point of the all-important six-race playoffs. Relive some of the great moments of the weekend here.

The NHRA Midwest Nationals shape the rest of the season. And if we've learned anything, it's this: 2022's success can be attributed to the efforts of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series racers, who are putting on one heck of a show this season.

Reigning and five-time NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series champion Matt Smith is leading the Pro Stock Motorcycle points after St. Louis, and one of his toughest competitors is right there in his own camp. Oh, and she's at home, too: Matt's wife, Angie.

A behind-the-scenes look at the speed and fury of the 2022 NHRA Midwest Nationals, as shot by NHRA National Dragster photographer Marc Gewertz

The NHRA and officials at World Wide Technology Raceway announced a sellout crowd during today's racing action, as the passionate fanbase packed the track to close out qualifying in St. Louis. It is the seventh sellout crowd for the NHRA this season.

Three-time Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan entered the NHRA Midwest Nationals just 60 points out of first place, and he and his wing of the TSR Nitro team are steadily focused on making up as much ground as possible as the 2022 NHRA Countdown to the Championship hits dead-center.

With a victory last weekend, Aaron Stanfield jumped right back in the championship mix, but the rising star in Pro Stock said the chase for an NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series world title in the class won’t be his main focus at the NHRA Midwest Nationals.

NHRA National Dragster's award-winning photographer Marc Gewertz shares the beauty, speed, and behind-the-scenes shots his lenses captured at the 2022 NHRA Midwest Nationals.

Camrie Caruso could not have known what she was in for when she stepped into the dog-eat-dog world of Pro Stock at the beginning of the season, but soon enough, Caruso came to understand the inner workings of the class and is experiencing the heightened intensity of a championship chase in a professional category for the first time.

Tim Wilkerson remains right in the thick of things in the Countdown to the Championship, already advancing to one final round in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series’ six-race playoffs. Now the veteran has a chance to put on a show at his home track in front of family and friends at this weekend’s NHRA Midwest Nationals.

Twelve years ago, the fate of what today is known as World Wide Technology Raceway was very much in jeopardy until local businessman and developer Curtis Francois bought the property and turned it into the showcase facility that this weekend will host the NHRA Midwest Nationals.

Go behind the scenes with the winners of the Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals as they celebrate their victories with their teams and one another, and accept congratulations from their vanquished final-round foes.

Relive the magic, drama, and upsets of the Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals, race two of the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship.

The Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals was the second race of the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship, an event filled with drama, upsets, and a lot of emotion. Here are five big takeaways from the event.

Two-time NHRA Funny Car world champ Cruz Pedregon will become just the third racer in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series to record 600 raceday starts when he fires the car Sunday morning at zMAX Dragway.

Tim Wilkerson is still kicking himself after his red-light in the final round of last weekend’s Pep Boys NHRA Nationals, but he’s glad that he only had to wait five days to get back behind the wheel at the Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals.

With five races left in the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season, Bo Butner knows he has ground to make up starting at this weekend’s Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

For nearly 70 years, the NHRA Safety Safari presented by Simpson has made the National Hot Rod Association the premiere place to drag race.

Last year, Josh Hart played the spoiler, beating a trio of Top Fuel title contenders. Now in the Countdown playoffs for the first time, Hart hopes a second straight victory at the Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals can put him in the thick of the championship conversation.

The Pep Boys NHRA Nationals kicked off the Countdown to the Championship with a drama-filled event at Maple Grove Raceway. Here's a look at just a few of the highlights.

Go behind the scenes with the winners of the 2022 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals as they celebrate their Countdown to the Championship-opening victories at Maple Grove Raceway with their crews and with one another.

Listen in as Crew Chief David Grubnic diagnoses Top Fuel points leader Brittany Force's round-two engine explosion at the 2022 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals.

Even in the brutal-horsepower world of Top Fuel drag racing, driver finesse plays a role in round wins on race day as eventual race winner Austin Prock proved in this semifinal battle with Antron Brown at the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals.

With sellout crowds, picture-perfect weather, and an awe-inspiring setting to open the Countdown to the Championship, race fans got to witness a little bit of everything this weekend at Maple Grove Raceway.

Legendary Funny Car driver John Force is set to hit another incredible milestone this weekend at Maple Grove Raceway, as the 16-time world champion will make his 800th race start on Sunday at the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals.