Langdon, Capps, Glenn Beat the Phoenix Heat
The 41st annual FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs was just as hot as expected this past weekend, when the second race – of 20 – in NHRA’s diamond anniversary season took place.
The 41st annual FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs was just as hot as expected this past weekend, when the second race – of 20 – in NHRA’s diamond anniversary season took place.
NHRA has made a wise move to start each day of its Mission Foods Drag Racing Series’ second race of this 20-contest Diamond season earlier than originally intended.
High heat is the latest safety concern in NHRA drag racing, mirroring the wet weather at last year’s season finale.
Gainesville will hopefully set the tone for the NHRA’s 75th Anniversary season.
John Force Racing’s crew chief news is part of big changes at JFR, but only some of the news that precedes the 2026 NHRA season including the return of the Callout.
NHRA has released the dates for GETTRX NHRA All-Star Callouts for both Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, as well as the season schedule for those classes.
This year’s races had all the drama one could handle, from both the winner and runner-up in the Sox & Martin race being DQ’d for technical violations post-event to regular season winners and losers, intra-race special events and the final standings in that regular-season competition.
With five rounds of qualifying and special events, followed by four rounds of racing on the actual Labor Day holiday, the U.S. Nationals are always the biggest straight-line race in the United States – and perhaps the world.
Preparing to run the race “every racer wants to win” at Lucas Oil Raceway Park with a host of other activities filling the weekend.
On a cool and cloudy day that started late after morning showers, the conditions merited extra-quick lap times and that’s exactly what the enthusiastic fans in the stands and The Zoo received.