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The wild Funny Car regular season comes down to the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, where three spots in the Countdown for the Championship are still up for grabs. Here's how the field shapes up ahead of the Big Go.

Jimmy Daniels, 2016 winner of the Mopar Hemi Challenge, joined NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom via Skype in the Wally Parks NHRA Studio delivered by Papa John’s to talk about his excitement for this year’s event. 

JEGS.com has been named the presenting sponsor of the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the 63rd annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals

Andrew Hines is chasing his second-straight Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals title with the same excitement he had when attending the race as a kid with his dad.

In a loaded Funny Car class, Alexis DeJoria hopes she is hitting her stride at the perfect time. The 2014 Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals winner picked up her first victory of the season in Brainerd, moving to 10th in points with one race to go in the regular season.

The Summit Racing Series was at Woodburn Dragstrip in Woodburn, Ore. Dale Green and John Floyd Jr. raced to victory this past weekend. In addition, Andy Schlenker and Robert Steffen took top honors in the Summit Racing Series Race of Champions. 

John Force Racing drivers John Force, Courtney Force, and Robert Hight joined NHRA Lewis Bloom in the Wally Parks NHRA Studio delivered by Papa John's to talk Indy.

The NHRA West Central Division and the Northwest Division will finalize their divisional teams for the 2018 JEGS Allstar competition with their final event in the 2017 racing season.

Courtney Force and Terry McMillen will race in the Traxxas Nitro Shootout after winning the fan vote lottery. Force won the race within a race in 2016, while McMillen is racing in the competition for the second time.

Ben Wenzel’s ’67 Chevy Camaro Z-28 is more than just a race car, it’s a timeless piece of automotive history and its still going strong after a half-century as a Stock Eliminator car.

NHRA announcer Brian Lohnes joined Lewis Bloom via Skype in the Wally Parks NHRA Studio delivered by Papa John’s to talk about the return of the J&A Service Pro Mod at the upcoming Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. 

As hard as it may be to believe – and the fact might change this weekend at Indy – but Ed “the Ace” McCulloch is still the king when it comes to Funny Car victories at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, even 27 years after his fifth and final win there.

Pro Stock drivers will have the opportunity to heat up the track for fans this week at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. The “Pro Stock Battle of the Burnouts: Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em” is a burnout challenge taking place during the five Pro Stock qualifying sessions at the event. 

Top Fuel racer Terry McMillen and defending NHRA Traxxas Nitro Shootout Funny Car champion Courtney Force are the winners of the fan vote of Traxxas Nitro Shootout that concluded Tuesday.

Justin Ashley and Johan Lindberg won titles in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, respectively, during the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, while former Major League Baseball player Eric Bell earned his first national event win in the Super Stock class.

The Mopar Hemi Challenge is set to return for its 17th consecutive season at the prestigious Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, Aug. 30-Sept. 4, where Mopar-powered Super Stock/Automatic-Hemi (SS/AH) Sportsman class competitors will go head-to-head.

Tony Schumacher hopes to repeat his 2016 Indy success, when he won both the race and the Traxxas Nitro Shootout, at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals this year.

The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Fan Fest, the traditional event kick off for the 63rd annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, will take place Wednesday, Aug. 30, in downtown Indianapolis at 11 a.m.

Richie Crampton will take over driving duties of the SealMaster Top Fuel dragster for the remainder of the 2017 season. Crampton earned the Auto Club Road to the Future Award in 2015.

Even before he came the most successful racer in NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series history, John Force knew the importance of wining the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals.

Troy Coughlin Jr. has removed himself from the seat of the SealMaster Top Fuel dragster, citing a desire to get more experience in the Top Alcohol Dragster ranks. The third-generation driver has been racing the Kalitta Motorsports entry for the first 17 races of the 2017 season.