Firsts and milestones to watch for in 2021 NHRA Camping World Series season
Every season starts with some great expectations and all eyes on potential firsts and milestones. We didn’t have to wait long to get the sport’s newest first-time Pro winner after Josh Hart won Top Fuel in his debut in Gainesville, but there's still plenty of other big moments looming on history's horizon.
Every season starts with some great expectations and all eyes on potential firsts and milestones. We didn’t have to wait long to get the sport’s newest first-time Pro winner after Josh Hart won Top Fuel in his debut at the season-opening Amalie…
New car shows plenty of potential for Pro Stock veteran Kenny Delco
Armed with a brand-new Chevrolet Camaro, Kenny Delco showed impressive signs at the 2021 NHRA opener in Gainesville, but the Pro Stock veteran hopes it’s just the beginning of what’s to come this season.
Armed with a brand-new Chevrolet Camaro, Kenny Delco showed impressive signs at the 2021 NHRA opener in Gainesville, but the Pro Stock veteran hopes it’s just the beginning of what’s to come this season.
He qualified sixth with a run of 6.543…
Pro Mod's Lyle Barnett on his NHRA debut: "You've got to be great, not good."
Drag Radial racer Lyle Barnett made his 91°µÍø Pro Mod debut at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals and made an immediate impact with his Elite Motorsports/Modern Racing Camaro. More recently, he joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes to discuss his memorable debut.
After plenty of four-wide success, a win is the only thing missing for Clay Millican
Clay Millican loves four-wide drag racing in part because it takes him back to his bracket racing days. The veteran fan-favorite also loves it because he’s pretty darn good at it. The only thing he hasn’t done at one of the most unique events in motorsports is win a four-wide event.
Clay Millican loves four-wide drag racing in part because it takes him back to his bracket racing days. The veteran fan-favorite also loves it because he’s pretty darn good at it.
Millican has advanced to the final quad on five different…
Greg Anderson and Matt Smith talk Gatornationals wins on WFO Radio Live
Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals winners Greg Anderson and Matt Smith recently went WFO with Joe Castello.
Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals winners Greg Anderson and Matt Smith recently went WFO with Joe Castello.
Anderson and Smith discussed the kickoff to the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season. Anderson gives the details…
April Fools in NHRA.com history
In case you forgot, today is April 1, or April Fools' Day. In 1998, NHRA.com published its first April Fools piece, which featured some radical (but not-so-real) rides. Here's a look back at that and other memorable NHRA.com April Fools stories.
In case you forgot, today is April 1, or April Fools' Day, which around these parts used to be a pretty big deal. From the late 1990s through the mid-2000s, NHRA.com annually presented a special April Fools section with funny (yet often…
Tony Stewart has gained a deeper appreciation and understanding of drag racing
NASCAR star Tony Stewart hasn’t committed to competing in the NHRA, but the circle-track hall of famer and fiancé of NHRA Top Fuel star Leah Pruett went to drag racing school anyway just to understand more about her world.
Dodge debuted Leah Pruett's 2021 Mopar Drag Pak Challenger at the Gatornationals
Dodge's all-new Drag Pak car features a brand-new race Hemi with a 3.0-liter Whipple supercharger. To Leah Pruett, the car is known as "The Phantom."
As soon as Leah Pruett hops out from behind the wheel of her Top Fuel car, she'll be making her way back to the Factory Stock pits because this new baby is waiting for her. It is the…
In clutch moments, J.R. Todd willing to take things into his own hands
J.R. Todd's DHL Funny Car is one of the steadiest out there, but when things go wrong and Todd has to manhandle the car to the finish line, he's found a knack for pulling off dramatic wins, like his recent final-round victory at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.
J.R. Todd would rather have a car that dominates and turns in one stellar pass after another.
That’s often happened throughout his impressive Funny Car career with Kalitta Motorsports, but on those rare occasions when he’s had to take matters…
Best of NHRA on FOX slow-motion footage from the 2021 Gatornationals
Watch the driving prowess and nitromethane chaos caught in exquisite frame-by-frame detail by the NHRA on FOX cameras at the 2021 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.
Check out the Goodyear super slow-mo with Leah Pruett's engine expiring and her tires quite literally going up in smoke— you can see the flame escaping.
Here's John Force going up in smoke, dirt tracking his…
Mason McGaha is off to fast start in his sophomore Pro Stock season
Second-year Pro Stock talent Mason McGaha showed off his potential with a semifinal finish in Gainesville and is eager for his first four-wide experience next month in Las Vegas.
Mason McGaha wasn’t able to test this offseason, but you wouldn’t have known it from how the second-year Pro Stock driver started his 2021.
The young 19-year-old rising star advanced to the semifinals at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals…
More than 2 million NHRA on FOX viewers watched the 2021 Gatornationals
Some wondered how successful launching the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series at the Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals would be. Now there's no question in anyone's mind.
Through March 14th, the Gainesville broadcasts on FOX and FS1 collected 1.756M+ viewers with re-airs still to air. NHRA projects total viewership, with re-airs, to reach 2.3M—2.4M for the 2021 Gainesville broadcasts, in fact, the…
Street Car Showdown at the Gators: 5-second e.t.s, license plates, and trailer hitches!
Tom Bailey and Rod Tschiggfrie brought their street-registered tube-chassis cars to the 2021 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals for a match race that ended in flames.
We're going to tell you about the two machines you see here. Sick Seconds, 2.0 on the right owned by Tom Bailey and the Sorceress on the left owned by Rod Tschiggfrie out of Dubuque, Iowa.
These are 4,000-horsepower street-legal cars,…
Milestone: Toyota Racing Development (TRD) celebrates two decades in nitro drag racing
"Toyota's story in NHRA is really a microcosm of our story in motorsports, not as a sponsor, not as a check writer, but as a participant." — Dave Wilson, president of TRD
Brian Lohnes, NHRA on Fox announcer: For drag racing fans. It was a validation of some sort, like when Toyota decides to come into the sport in the early 2000s, whoa.
Dave Wilson, president of TRD: Toyota's…
Robert Hight's Auto Club team doesn't miss a beat in long-awaited NHRA return
After a year on the sidelines, Robert Hight returned in Gainesville with a runner-up finish. In our latest Skype interview, Hight joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes to discuss his comeback.
The Architecture of a Title
The key to winning an NHRA Lucas Oil world championship is about much more than turning on enough win lights. Beyond logistical considerations, every racer also has some level of strategy behind the architecture of a title season.
As we embark on another year of NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competition, racers from across the continent undoubtedly have their calendars open and have begun penciling in potential race dates and planning the upcoming season.
While the…
Despite qualifying troubles, Krista Baldwin can't wait for next Top Fuel race
Krista Baldwin's long-awaited Top Fuel debut did not go exactly as planned as she missed the field in her Gainesville debut, but that has done little to dampen her enthusiasm.
National Women's History Month: NHRA records and milestones by women
NHRA Drag Racing is one of the most gender-inclusive sports in the world, as male and female competitors go head to head without handicaps. As the world salutes National Women's History Month in March, here's a look back at some major accomplishments by females in NHRA Drag Racing history.
NHRA Drag Racing is one of the most gender-inclusive sports in the world, as male and female competitors go head to head without handicaps. As the world salutes National Women's History Month in March, here's a look back at some major…
Josh Hart feeling the love after memorable win in Top Fuel debut at Gatornationals
The messages started almost immediately after Josh Hart crossed the finish line first in Gainesville, the last moments of his dream weekend in his Top Fuel debut at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. They also haven’t let up, and it may be weeks before Hart can respond to them all.
The messages started almost immediately after Josh Hart crossed the finish line first in Gainesville, the last moments of his dream weekend in his Top Fuel debut at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.
They also haven’t let up, and it may be…
When your only enemy is time—you fight it with team intensity
Cruz Pedregon has campaigned an 91°µÍø Funny Car for the last eight years using whatever means (and whatever teams) necessary. For 2021 he's brought in a turn-key team of pros to wrench on the car, and get him to the finals.
For the last eight years, it's been a revolving door of crew members here at Cruz PetroPedregon racing, but Cruz took stock of himself, and he said, "that'll work for a team that has time. I don't have that kind of time anymore."
So coming…
Green? No worries for DSR drivers
It’s a well-known fact around motor racing that many consider green to be an unlucky color. On this St. Patrick's Day, members of Don Schumacher Racing weigh in on whether or not they believe green to be lucky or unlucky.
It’s a well-known fact around motor racing that many consider green to be an unlucky color. On this St. Patty’s Day, members of Don Schumacher Racing weigh in on whether or not they believe green to be lucky or unlucky:
“My first ever Top…
Who's next? Who will be NHRA's next first-time Pro national event winner?
Josh Hart won Top Fuel in his debut at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, becoming NHRA’s most recent first-time Pro winner, and he could easily be joined by a half-dozen or more 91°µÍø Pros who are on the verge of collecting their first Wally.
Josh Hart won Top Fuel in his debut at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, becoming NHRA’s most recent first-time Pro winner.
Last year, Ryan Oehler, Justin Ashley, Aaron Stanfield, and Scotty Pollacheck each collected their first win in…
A Dodge guy through and through, Alan Prusiensky has big goals for 2021 season
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.
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,…
Josh Hart ready to make long-awaited Top Fuel debut this weekend in Gainesville
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.
Josh Hart will make his Top Fuel debut this weekend at the historic Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway. Hart made several practice passes on Tuesday in his Burnyzz- and Technet-sponsored entry to prepare for the…
Pro Stock rookie Dallas Glenn has a golden opportunity and he's determined to make the most of it
It’s probably a bit premature to anoint Dallas Glenn as the next big thing in the 91°µÍø 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.
It’s probably a bit premature to anoint Dallas Glenn as the next big thing in the 91°µÍø 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. Glenn…
2021 Pro Mod season preview: Is there a three-peat in Steve Jackon's future?
Never one to lack for confidence, Steve Jackson believes he’s got what it takes to win a third E3 Spark Plugs 91°µÍø Pro Mod Drag Racing Series championship.
The champ: It wasn’t easy, but Steve Jackson managed to successfully defend his 2019 championship in the E3 Spark Plugs 91°µÍø Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. The COVID-19 pandemic shortened and radically altered the schedule for Pro Mod…
Defending NHRA Lucas Oil division champs gear up for 2021 title defenses
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.
2021 Top Fuel Harley season preview: Who’ll stop the Turner Racing reign?
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 champion: Randal Andras dominated the NHRA Top Fuel Harley Drag Racing Series last year, scoring six wins in eight events last season to bring Jay Turner Racing its fourth straight NHRA championship.
Team boss Turner won the…
2021 Factory Stock Showdown preview: Can anyone slow down Aaron Stanfield?
After a dominant season that included five wins in six events, the entire Factory Stock Showdown class will be chasing Aaron Stanfield in 2021.
The champ: Aaron Stanfield accomplished many things during the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season, including his first Pro Stock victory and the Division 4 championship in the Top Dragster class, yet his greatest achievement came in…
Justin Ashley has sights on bigger goals in 2021 after standout rookie year
After a brilliant rookie season, Justin Ashley has barely taken a minute to bask in his success. It's been full speed ahead for the promising Top Fuel driver, pushing forward both in business and in his burgeoning racing career.
After a brilliant rookie season, Justin Ashley has barely taken a minute to bask in his success. It's been full speed ahead for the promising Top Fuel driver, pushing forward both in business and in his burgeoning racing career.
Heading into…