AB Motorsports, Elite Motorsports Make Competition Announcements
Following a wrap on the NHRA 2025 series, teams are looking to this weekend’s Drag Illustrated’s Winter Series and making internal changes for the future.
Mission Foods Drag Racing Series
Alexis DeJoria Joins John Force Racing
DeJoria’s contract with JFR is a multi-season agreement with the team that holds 24 total NHRA nitro-fueled championships.
Prock Family Departs John Force Racing
Austin Prock is leaving JFR again, another of the big changes for the powerhouse teams over this past year.
Awards Tendered to NHRA Champions Across the Board
NHRA feted two first-time Mission Foods Drag Racing Series champions and a pair of repeat titleholders, one day after the season was called on account of rain.
Rain Wins NHRA Finals at Pomona; Champions Named on Points from Las Vegas
The forecast didn’t look good at the start of last week and it progressed to dire as the NHRA Championship weekend got rained out.
John Force Announces Retirement
After 16 NHRA Drag Racing Series championships, 157 race wins, 166 No. 1 qualifiers and 1,460 round victories in eliminations, John Force is finally calling it quits.
NHRA’s 2025 Champions will be Crowned in Pomona
NHRA is closing out its 74th Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season on its ancestral dragstrip in Pomona the weekend of November 13-16. The 60th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals takes place at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip and will crown champions in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
“The Rock” Joins NHRA’s 2026 Countdown to the Championship
The historic Rockingham Dragway will host a full NHRA national event for the first time in its history.
New 2026 Events for Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown
NHRA is planning a big 75th anniversary celebration throughout the 2026 season which will include the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series (LODRS) and the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown.
Maddi Gordon Gets 2026 Carlyle backing; Rick Ware Racing Shuffles Crew Chiefs
Changes are afoot to adjust the number of dragsters competing in NHRA’s 75th anniversary season upwards next year.