John Force Racing opened up the Countdown to the Championship playoffs in dominant fashion, as Top Fuel’s Austin Prock and Funny Car points leader Robert Hight powered to wins on Sunday in front of a capacity crowd at Maple Grove Raceway at the 37th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals.
The year is growing tense as NHRA’s Camping World Drag Racing Series competitors swagger to the close of the “regular” season, before the six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs begin after the celebrated U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park (IRP) early next month
Eight-time Top Fuel world champion Tony Schumacher picked up his first win since 2020, powering to his 86th career victory on Sunday at the 33rd annual Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.
The finale of this year’s NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Western Swing occurs this weekend at Pacific Raceways outside Seattle, Wash.
This weekend marks the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series’ return to Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP) after being unable to compete at the Richmond-area drag strip since 2019.
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Mike Salinas, John Force, and Steve Johnson grab wins in Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock Motorcycle, respectively at the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway.
Stringing together respectable results year after year isn’t easy. When success doesn’t come, it’s customary for drivers to change personnel, thinking that’s the answer. Sometimes it works; other times it doesn’t.
With three races in the can for the Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock combatants in NHRA’s Camping World Drag Racing Series – Pro Stock Motorcycle began at the third contest, the Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla. – the scenery is decidedly different from the past few years.
NHRA’s Camping World Drag Racing Series will say goodbye to racing in the Phoenix, Arizona area next year, likely in February, when it holds its final race at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park.
Three-time Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan took home the gold this past weekend and gave Tony Stewart Racing its first NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series victory
