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The Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals set the table for this weekend’s season-ending Dodge NHRAF Finals in Las Vegas. NHRA announcers Alan Reinhart and WFO Joe Castello recap the event and discuss the passing of their friend Eric Lane.

It’s not at all uncommon for most kids to get their driver’s license at age 18. Unless of course that license happens to be an NHRA Competition License for the nitro Funny Car class. Then, it’s a very rare occurrence. Not since Billy Meyer came along in the mid-1970s has the Funny Car class featured a teenage driver but Bobby Bode changed that this weekend when he made his professional debut at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Springnationals presented by Pennzoil.

Jr. Dragster graduate Bobby Bode, son of veteran Funny Car driver Bob Bode, will make his Funny Car debut at this weekend's Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil. Bode checked in via Skype with NHRA's Brian Lohnes to talk about his road to the nitro cockpit.

With their win last weekend in Dallas, the Jack Beckman-driven Infinite Hero Funny Car team are just four points out of the lead and ready to meet the challenge at this weekend's Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals, according to crew chief Dean Antonelli.

NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Pro Stock points leader Erica Enders joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes via Skype to talk about her big win in Dallas, the points battle, and this weekend's event in her Houston hometown.

After a career quickest run last weekend, rookie of the year frontrunner Justin Ashley is eager to head south to Houston for the Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil this weekend. 

NHRA National Dragster Editor Phil Burgess and NHRA on FOX color commentator Tony Pedregon join Brian Lohnes to talk about a wide range of topics from the event in Dallas, the upcoming race in Houston, and the passing of crew chief Eric Lane. 

Texas Top Fuel fans have another driver to root for the next two weekends in Kebin Kinsley, the Arlington, Texas-based drag racer/boat racer who will be driving Dexter Tuttle’s dragster this weekend before hopping back into the Worsham Racing dragster in Houston and Las Vegas.

It didn’t take Kenny Delco long to get back into the saddle after his first-round crash two weeks ago at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals. The longtime Chevy racer is back in action this weekend with a Mustang borrowed from engine customer Fernando Cuadra.

It’s been 20 years since David Nickens’ name has appeared on a qualifying sheet at an NHRA national event, but the prolific Houston-based engine builder and 1991 world champion is back behind the wheel this weekend at the AAA Texas 91���� FallNationals in a car owned by Jim Whiteley.

It’s been more than a year since any Funny Car driver outside of the Don Schumacher Racing stable has lifted an NHRA Wally in triumph, a team win streak that reached an astounding 11 straight. All four DSR drivers -- Matt Hagan, Jack Beckman, Tommy Johnson Jr., and Ron Capps -– have each contributed at least two wins to the amazing streak.

Michael Hollis, Armando Andrade, Lee Ochs, and Daniel Large put on a Friday night exhibition for the NHRA fans and racers at the 2020 AAA Texas 91���� FallNationals

After 10 years of racing together, Antron Brown and crew chief Brian Corradi are in each other’s heads. They’re more than a team, they’re a brotherhood. Find out why that mattered so much at the 2020 Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil.

Kolette Dicero, the daughter of A/Fuel dragster tuner and team owner Anthony Dicero, is currently driving in the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League and she's already looking ahead to a future in "big cars."

Drag racers received news that Camping World would become the NHRA’s professional series sponsor at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil, and they welcomed the new partnership with open arms

Doug Kalitta stopped by WFO Radio to discuss his Top Fuel win at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis. Kalitta talks about the battle for the Camping World Series championship, the rumors of Tony Stewart driving a Top Fuel dragster, and the passing of Eddie Van Halen.

Kenny Delco, Leah Pruett, and Alexis DeJoria all walked away from momentous crashes and explosions at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil, and race fans were amazed

For Alex Laughlin it’s a toss-up; the battle to remain competitive in the cutthroat Pro Stock class, or the battle to stay on track in the midst of a global pandemic. Both tasks are extremely challenging, and both require undivided attention, yet Laughlin is managing to get along just fine for now.

The Sunflower Rod Custom Association (SRCA) Dragstrip, was the site of the National Hot Rod Association’s very first Nationals race in 1955. Sixty-five years later, it’s still going strong, hosting local events, NHRA Division 5 races, and even Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week

NHRA Camping World Top Fuel championship contender Leah Pruett crashed heavily at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil after an apparent chassis failure. She recounts in detail the accident and talks about her Top Fuel championship hopes.

Mopar Top Fuel racer Leah Pruett walked away from one of the wilder incidents in recent memory when her dragster's chassis folded and she took flight in round two of the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals. Her team walks us through the safety features that kept her out of harm's way.

Join WFO Radio's Joe Castello and NHRA's Alan Reinhart as they recap the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil from World Wide Technology Raceway.

The 2020 Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil brought Paul Lee's first number one qualifier in 91���� Funny Car racing, might it also bring his first win?

Team owner Tony Zizzo was motivated to see his Rust-Oleum team race even after undergoing a brain surgery. “We're going to St. Louis,” he proclaimed.

Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Pro Stock winner Alex Laughlin talked about his emotional victory at Gainesville Raceway one year after experiencing the heartbreak of a broken car in the final round.

Larson wants to give NHRA fans a first-hand look at what his ProLine-powered Cadillac ATS-V can really do during the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil.

Pro Stock Motorcycle points leader Matt Smith joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes via Skype to talk about the incredible success of his Matt Smith Racing operation with wins by himself in Gainesville and Scotty Pollacheck in Indy and wife's Angie's strong-running bike.

As soon as his NAPA Funny Car exploded beneath driver Ron Capps in the semifinals of the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, crew chief Rahn Tobler knew what he needed to do to continue their quest to win the event.

It’s been a dominant stretch for the Torrence family at Texas Motorplex, and the father-son Top Fuel duo hope to keep it going at the upcoming 35th annual AAA Texas 91���� FallNationals, Oct. 14-18.

In 2020 Ford Performance is leveraging the NHRA’s quarter-mile laboratory to prove out what its high-performance vehicles [gas and electric] are capable of.