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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 91°µÍø 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.

Two months ago, Greg Anderson likely wouldn’t have considered himself much of a threat to defend his world championship but has vaulted back into title contention as the Countdown to the Championship playoffs open.

Kelly Clontz hasn't had the season she expected, but after navigating personal challenges that left her sidelined for a handful of mid-year races, she's riding into this weekend's Pep Boys NHRA Nationals with an increased appreciation for her career.

Just four riders in this year’s Countdown to the Championship have previously won a Pro Stock Motorcycle championship, including current points leader Matt Smith. But is this the year to welcome someone new to the club? If so, who will it be?

Phil Burkart Jr. will attempt an unprecedented double this weekend at the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals as he looks for victories in both a nitro Funny Car and a Top Alcohol Funny Car.

Whatever difficulties Antron Brown and his team endured early in the 2022 season appear to have been erased, putting the three-time Top Fuel world champion back on track to compete for another world title.

History is on the side of Erica Enders because five times in the last six years, and six times overall, the top seed entering the playoffs has delivered a championship in the Pro Stock class.

U.S. Nationals winners Antron Brown and Ron Capps head into the Countdown to the Championship on a high note. Brown and NAPA crew chief Dean Antonelli discuss their plans to keep pace during the playoffs

Over the last decade, the top seed in the Funny Car Countdown has won the championship just four times over the previous 13 Countdown playoffs. Can Robert Hight reverse that course and go wire to wire?

Nine times in the last 13 seasons, the top seed in the Countdown to the Championship has gone on to win the Top Fuel world championship. WIll current points leader Brittany Force make it 10 this year, or will Steve Torrence rebound for a fifth straight title?

Drag racing is in Kenny Carson’s blood and his ultimate goal is to race Top Fuel one day. At this year’s Dodge ower brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, hegot the chance to drive the family’s dragster in Super Comp, where he went rounds in the stout field.

Go behind the scenes at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, where first-time Indy winners, a milestone victory, and other feel-good-moments were captured at the top end Monday afternoon.

Relive some of the magical moments from the 2022 Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals in this complication video. Great racing, exciting finishes, and new champions were crowned.

Greg Anderson became just the second NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series star to reach triple digits with his 100th win at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, a victory that also was his seventh at the sport's biggest event.

With six days of competition and nearly 950 entries, we quite obviously learned a lot at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, but here are five things from the Big Go that stand out.

Bo Butner has a new Pro Stock car at the Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals and he's also winning rounds in the Super Gas class, raising the prospect of an Indy double.

Defending NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Funny Car champ Ron Capps has had an eventful weekend so far at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals as he continues to seek his first Indy win.

Scotty Pollacheck, one of the most popular riders in the 91°µÍø Pro Stock Motorcycle class, has made his 2022 season debut at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals and he's as happy to be back as the fans are to have him.

Clay Millican and the Parts Plus Top Fuel team have new life and excitement after NASCAR and IndyCar team owner Rick Ware purchased the team from Doug Stringer last week, opening them up to a world of new possibilities.