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Four-Wide Nationals coverage, Sportsman racing features pack new National Dragster

The new issue of NHRA National Dragster magazine, spotlighting coverage from the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals and packed with other features on NHRA Sportsman racers, is available online and in the mail to NHRA Members around the world.
14 Apr 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
National Dragster
Read the digital issue The new issue of NHRA National Dragster magazine, spotlighting coverage…
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Points scoring changes announced for NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series

NHRA has made some adjustments to how drivers in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series can earn points towards a world championship.
14 Apr 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series
Drivers competing in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series will earn championship points at each of the 10 NHRA national events at which they compete. The points will be accumulated throughout the year, and an annual champion will be crowned in the…
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Houston Memories: John Force collects 100th career Funny Car victory (2002)

From his first win in the summer of 1987 in Montreal, it only took John Force 15 years to amass 100 victories, and the milestone win came at Houston Raceway Park in 2002 after he defeated Tommy Johnson Jr. in the final.
14 Apr 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Great moments in Houston history
 John Force
When John Force started running Funny Cars in the early 1970s, there were a lot of people — including probably himself — who thought he’d be lucky to get one national event win. They were right, as it took him 10 years of national event competition…
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Is Mason McGaha on the verge of his first Pro Stock win? He certainly thinks so

Now in his third year of Pro Stock competition, Mason McGaha has become arguably one of the class' best starting line drivers. Here, he talks with NHRA's Brian Lohnes about what it takes to be successful in the factory Hot Rod class.
14 Apr 2022
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Houston Memories: Doubling down in Houston town (1997-2000)

From 1997 through 2000, Houston Raceway Park became one of the few tracks to hold two national events per season, hosting both a spring and a fall event. John Force was the only one to win both events in the same year, winning in Funny Car at the 1999 events.
13 Apr 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Great moments in Houston history
John Force
From 1997 through 2000, Houston Raceway Park became one of the few tracks to hold two national events per season, hosting both a spring and a fall event. John Force was the only one to win both events in the same year, winning in Funny Car at the…
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Former champ LE Tonglet returns to Pro Stock Motorcycle class

After a three-year hiatus, LE Tonglet will return to the Pro Stock Motorcycle class at the upcoming NHRA SpringNationals at Houston Raceway Park.
13 Apr 2022
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
LE Tonglet
After a three-year hiatus, LE Tonglet will return to the Pro Stock Motorcycle class at the upcoming NHRA SpringNationals at Houston Raceway Park. Tonglet, the 2010 world champ and NHRA Rookie of the Year, will be riding his family-owned Suzuki, a…
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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Top Sportsman winner Ed Olpin

13 Apr 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Ed Olpin won for the second time this season when he defeated Mike Ferderer in the final of Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers. Olpin, the current championship leader in the class, won with a 7.094 on his 7.07 dial after Ferderer…
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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Super Gas winner Damon Bustamante

13 Apr 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
  Damon Bustamante corralled his first career national event win, driving his ’57 Corvette roadster to victory over Edwin Olpin. Bustamante controlled the race from the onset with a near-perfect .001 reaction time then eased to a 10.074…
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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Super Comp winner Allison McKoane

13 Apr 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Allison McKoane was a deadly .005 on the Tree in the final round with the Clawson Motorsports dragster then eked out the win by .007-second ahead of defending event champ Michael Miller for her first national event triumph. Miller, a five-time…
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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Stock winner Ryan McClanahan

13 Apr 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
A few weeks after winning the Super Stock title in Pomona, Ryan McClanahan connected again in Las Vegas with a win in Stock. McClanahan survived a tough double-breakout final against Doug Lambeck, who was also in the Comp eliminator final.…
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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Super Stock winner Justin Lamb

13 Apr 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Justin Lamb won for the ninth time at his home track in Las Vegas when he drove past Tony Hewes’ vintage ’69 Mustang in the Super Stock final. Lamb’s Silver State Plumbing Cobalt has won 13 straight rounds since it came out of “retirement.”…
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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Comp winner Ryan Priddy

13 Apr 2022
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Ryan Priddy scored his first career national event win and added another trophy to the mantle of his car’s owners, the Mitsos family, when he roared from behind to defeat Doug Lambeck in the final round. Priddy, a two-time Top Sportsman runner-up…
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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Doug Gordon

13 Apr 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
2020 world champ Doug Gordon put the back-to-back defending event champion Beta Motorcycles Camaro back into the winner’s circle for the third straight year with his 18th career win, finishing ahead of 2017 world champ Shane Westerfield and…
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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Joey Severance

13 Apr 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
After a three-season absence from the winner’s circle, four-time NHRA world champ Joey Severance collected milestone win No. 25 at the same event that he won his first way back in 2007. Severance was a clutch .017 on the Tree and raced to a 5.…
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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Sportsman video highlights

Past NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series world champions Joey Severance in Top Alcohol Dragster and Doug Gordon in Top Alcohol Funny Car led the list of winners at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
13 Apr 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Sportsman video highlights
Past NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series world champions Joey Severance in Top Alcohol Dragster and Doug Gordon in Top Alcohol Funny Car led the list of winners at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. After a three…
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 4/13: It’s 413 day—Celebrating the Max Wedge and the engine that won the ’62 Winternationals

The 413-cid Dodge and Plymouth raised-block (RB) engines were used in everything from 2bbl dump trucks to the dual-quad Maximum Performance Wedge "Max Wedge" race cars.
13 Apr 2022
David Kennedy
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Max Wedge and the engine that won the ’62 Winternationals
The first public testing of the 413 Max Wedge was a match race at Detroit Dragway between the Ramchargers Dodge Dart sedan and the 409-cid Chevy of 1962 NHRA Winternationals champ, Don Nicholson. The best-out-of-five race did not end in Dodge's…
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Houston memories: An NHRA female first and and some really fast fuelers (1992)

More history was made at Houston Raceway Park at the 1992 Slick 50 NHRA Nationals, where, for the first time in NHRA history, women qualified in all three Pro classes and the then-fastest speed in NHRA history was recorded by Mike Dunn as were the national e.t. records in Top Fuel and Funny Car.
12 Apr 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Great moments in Houston history
Mike Dunn
More history was made at Houston Raceway Park at the 1992 Slick 50 NHRA Nationals, where, for the first time in NHRA history, women qualified in all three Pro classes and the then-fastest speed in NHRA history was recorded by Mike Dunn. Kim…
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Chassis builder Mike Mullaney determined to make his mark in Pro Stock Motorcycle

Veteran crewmember Mike Mullaney has launched his own business, Mullaney Cycle Works, and his ambitious project list includes a lighter and more efficient chassis for Ryan Oehler.
12 Apr 2022
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Mike Mullaney
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The secret to Funny Car champ Ron Capps' Las Vegas success

Reigning Camping World NHRA Funny Car champion Ron Capps had wa little help from an unlikely source during his most recent win at the NHRA Four Wide Nationals in Las Vegas.
12 Apr 2022
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Ron Capps
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Nitro Time Machine: Pedregon vs. Pedregon at 1997 Houston race

At the 1997 Springnationals at Houston Raceway Park, brothers Cruz and Tony Pedregon hooked up to provide a memorable Funny Car final.
12 Apr 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Nitro Time Machine
Nitro Time Machine
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Houston memories: The Great Freeze (1989)

The upcoming NHRA SpringNationals is scheduled to be the final NHRA national event at Houston Raceway Park. As a salute, we're taking a look at some top moments in track history. Today: Remembering the 1989 event, which was postponed by sub-freezing temperatures.
11 Apr 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Great moments in Houston history
Houston memories: The Great Freeze
For the first time in NHRA history, an NHRA national event was postponed due to cold weather after a northern cold front swept across the Baytown area late Saturday of the 1989 event, when Sunday dawned at just 32 degrees and a bracing wind lowered…
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Longtime NHRA announcer and Sportsman racer Bob Unkefer passes away

Longtime NHRA Division 4 announcer and Sportsman racer Bob Unkefer passed away on April 11. He was 68.
11 Apr 2022
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Bob Unkefer
Longtime NHRA Division 4 announcer and Sportsman racer Bob Unkefer passed away on April 11. He was 68. Unkefer, who grew up in Liberty, Mo., began attending events at Kansas City International Raceway, where he first began racing and announcing.…
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Funny Car fan favorite Tim Wilkerson doesn't mind having a full plate

Funny Car veteran Tim Wilkerson isn't afraid of a little hard work. In fact, hard work is what the man is made of.
11 Apr 2022
Kelly Wade
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Tim Wilkerson
Funny Car fan favorite Tim Wilkerson isn't afraid of a little hard work. In fact, hard work is what the man is made of. He's not just the driver of the Levi, Ray & Shoup Ford Mustang nitro Funny Car; he's also the team owner and tuner. But one…
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Stanfield claims Super Stock victory again at Texas Sportsman Challenge

Greg Stanfield claimed his second straight Super Stock win in his third straight Division 4 final-round appearance at the Texas Sportsman Challenge at Houston Raceway Park.
10 Apr 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Houston
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division Texas Sportsman Challenge: COMPETITION ELIMINATOR Chase Williams, Carthage, Texas, '14 dragster, B/ED, 6.921, 164.15…
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Houston memories: Eddie Hill stages a comeback for the ages in Top Fuel (1988)

The upcoming NHRA SpringNationals is scheduled to be the final NHRA national event at Houston Raceway Park. As a salute, we're taking a look at some top moments in track history. Today: Eddie Hill's record-breaking Top Fuel win (1988).
09 Apr 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Great moments in Houston history
Eddie Hill stages a comeback for the ages
The first Top Fuel competition at Houston Raceway Park at the 1988 SuperNationals was not just a history-shattering event with the first four-second pass in NHRA history,…
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Multiclass threat Aaron Stanfield comes by success on the dragstrip naturally

Pro Stock points leader Aaron Stanfield's steady, assertive stance on the racetrack has positioned the third-generation racer as an immediate threat in a class that has christened a well-seasoned veteran as champion in each of the last three seasons. 
08 Apr 2022
Kelly Wade
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Aaron Stanfield
Pro Stock points leader Aaron Stanfield powered into the 2022 season of NHRA's Camping World Drag Racing Series with a display of fiercely disciplined focus and well-harnessed horsepower. A steady, assertive stance on the racetrack positioned the…
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Angie Smith on Gainesville final, "I was pretty confident going in."

Angie Smith rod her Denso Buell to the Pro Stock Motorcycle final in Gainesville on the strength of a career-best 6.72 and a string of 200-mph runs.
08 Apr 2022
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Angie Smith
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Severance, Gordon win again at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

A week after winning the Four-Wide Nationals, Joey Severance and Doug Gordon were back in the winner's circle at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway at the Pacific Division NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event.
08 Apr 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Doug Gordon
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER Joey Severance, Woodburn, Ore.,  5.311, 274.22…
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Female Pro Stock pioneer Shay Nichols: A life well lived (and then some)

Female Pro Stock pioneer Shay Nichols Hoffman lived a fast and exciting life long after she left the class: Fishing boat captain, world-class angler, helicopter pilot, commercial scuba diver, prison chaplain, author, and more.
08 Apr 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Shay Nichols
Among the many great joys I get in crafting this column beyond getting to share the stories of our sport’s legends and trailblazers is the chance to speak with them. Despite my best sleuthing (and I’m pretty good at that), sometimes it’s hard to…
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Watch this weekend's Division 4 Lucas Oil Series event for free on NHRA.tv

NHRA fans can watch the Division 4 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event from Houston Raceway Park for free starting Friday on NHRA.tv powered by National Dragster.
07 Apr 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Houston Raceway Park
NHRA fans can watch the Division 4 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event from Houston Raceway Park for free starting Friday on NHRA.tv powered by National Dragster. Presenting sponsors of NHRA.tv Sportsman coverage are Rooftec,…
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