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Ida Zetterström is ready to make her return to Top Fuel. Zetterström will drive for Shawn Reed Racing at the Charlotte 4-wide Nats'View the full article

John Force Racing drivers all have a chance to make history at the Winternationals. Here's a preview for each JFR driver at Pomona. View the full article

THE WES BUCK SHOW – EPISODE 420 “420 SMOKE, BIG CHECKS, AND FUTURE STARS” YEAH… IT’S EPISODE 420. YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN JOKES. WE’RE JUST HERE TO BRING THE HEAT. This week on The Wes Buck Show, we’ve got a lineup that hits every corner of the sport. Nitro, bracket racing, and the future of NHRA all in one place. First up, Buddy Hull, NHRA Funny Car driver and team owner. This dude is out there doing it the hard way. Driving, managing, building something from the ground up, and chasin

“Fire ’em up!” is about to be exclaimed for the first time in 2026 for premier gasser drag racing. The Southeast Gassers Association’s ten race championship season will ignite at Shadyside Dragway for The First Drag Race presented by Robbins Repairables April 10-11 to begin the next installment of nostalgia, no rival, gasser action. It will mark the start of a season that has SEGA returning to fundamental elements to fire off into a favorable future. Shadyside Dragway will be the only two-st

Since his season debut at the Arizona Nationals Dylan Winefsky and the Nitro Moose Funny Car team have been working on improving their team in anticipation of a strong showing at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals, the 1000th Funny Car race in NHRA history. The 21-year-old driver from El Mirage, Arizona, qualified No. 14 to open his 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. Winefsky, who races under the Nitro Moose banner, with crew chief Johnny West and the support of his family is exc

The 10K Drag Shootout is back with some new twists. There are other great shows coming to Horsepower Wars Season 5 too.View the full article

Ron Capps and Maddi Gordon have started the NHRA season on the right foot. Both drivers want a big weekend at Pomona. View the full article

Racing at his home track is always special for Shawn Langdon. But racing at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip during this weekend’s Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals will be even more memorable this season for the past Top Fuel world champion. It’s the first Pomona race of the year during NHRA’s 75th anniversary season and also the first for Langdon at his home track since being named to NHRA’s Top 75 Drivers list at the start of the 2026 campaign. Langdon will be officially recognized with that ho

Drag Race Bracket Bonanza (DRBB), the rapidly growing free interactive game for NHRA fans, today announced that Nitro, the high-performance data platform developed by Lamkin Software Solutions, will serve as the official sponsor for two major upcoming events: the NHRA Winternationals, April 9-12, and the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals, April 23-26.   Nitro is a cutting-edge, all-in-one data platform designed specifically for the demands of drag racing, centralizing race data, track conditions and perform

NHRA officials announced today that hood scoops will return to Pro Stock bodies beginning in the 2027 season, along with removing the single forward-facing throttle body and replacing it with two top-mounted 4-barrel style throttlebodies. This comes from the NHRA Technical Department’s continued effort to add more parity, continue to increase participation and reduce overall long-term costs for teams. This announcement comes a decade after the Pro Stock category transitioned from two carbure

The NHRA is bringing back hood scoops for Pro Stock in 2027. Teams will also be given more leeway for intake manifolds and air inlets.View the full article

Top Fuel driver Ron August Jr. will begin his 2026 season at this weekend’s Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals in Pomona teamed with Larry Antaya Racing and receiving support from Fire Protection Management Inc., Pleasanton Ready Mix, Kleen Blast, CSA Gym, and California Air Inc. Antaya, whose Fire Protection Management Inc. business joined August’s efforts as a sponsor at the Sonoma event last season, has increased his involvement in drag racing following successful campaigns in sprint car raci

Things are getting spicy in the Outlaw Stick Shift World. A new transmission is causing controversy and could change the class forever.View the full article

The NHRA officially renewed the lucrative GESi Pro Stock award. The fastest driver at every single event takes home a massive cash bonus.View the full article

Rick Ware Racing is ready to score another Winternationals victory. Drivers Clay Millican and Tony Schumacher have their eyes on the win. View the full article

NHRA officials announced today the return of PowerEdge, a line of high-quality, competitively-priced commercial and heavy-duty truck aftermarket products, as the presenting sponsor of the 38th annual DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals at scenic Sonoma Raceway. The DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge takes place July 17-19 in Sonoma and will serve as the 11th of 20 events during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season, as part of NHRA’s yearlong 75th anniversary celebrat

Ricky Silva Racing extended their Competition Clutch contract for the new season. Avery Dennison also joined the team as a major sponsor.View the full article

When the call came in from Bill Lutz, Tom Gunner already knew exactly what kind of opportunity he was being handed. Lutz – the small-tire veteran whose flat-black, screw-blown ‘68 Camaro tore through True 10.5 competition during the DI Winter Series this past winter – was looking for a driver. Not just for any race, either, but for the 2026 King of the South Invitational, May 21–24 at Shadyside Dragway in Shelby, North Carolina. Sixty-four cars. Invitation only. Twenty-eight by ten-and-a-hal

The Right Trailers Outlaw Street Series will showcase stars from Street Outlaws. ProCharger will also be supporting the series.View the full article

NHRA officials announced today that GESi will extend its sponsorship of the No. 1 qualifier award in Pro Stock as part of a multi-year partnership. After a successful first year in 2025, the GESi Pro Stock No. 1 Qualifier Award will be handed out at each Pro Stock event during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season, including this week’s Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip. The top qualifier in the stacked Pro Stock field will earn $2,000 at

For the better part of a decade, RAD Torque Systems and six-time Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series world champion Justin Lamb have been a united front. They have accumulated many wins together at all levels of Stock and Super Stock competition, from class victories to divisional and national wins and championships. The valued partnership is an anchor in Lamb’s efforts in NHRA’s premier sportsman league, and the No. 1 Super Stock Chevrolet Camaro that prominently displays RAD Torque Systems on the doo

NHRA officials are excited to announce that Keystone Raceway Park has returned to the NHRA Member Track Network in NHRA’s North Central Division (Division 3). Located in New Alexandria, Pa., just outside of Pittsburgh, Keystone Raceway Park is a standout 1/4-mile dragstrip with a large group of local racers. Keystone Raceway Park boasts a long history dating back to the 1980s and offers a full schedule and a variety of events. The track’s opening day in 2026 is April 11, running all the

As Drag Illustrated celebrates its 20th anniversary and approaches the milestone 200th issue, we’re diving into the archives and republishing some of favorite features from 190-plus issues of the magazine. This cover story by Ian Tocher on Glenn Butcher, who won the 2024 PDRA Elite Top Sportsman world championship, is from DI #89 in July of 2014. It’s the off season and most of Glenn Butcher’s race shop has been turned into a basketball court, complete with baskets at both ends and free-thro

Ricky Silva Racing and CLM Motorsports are proud to announce the continuation of its successful, long-term partnership with Competition Clutch, alongside the exciting addition of Avery Dennison, a leading global automotive aftermarket restyling and graphics film product manufacturer, to its growing family of sponsors for the upcoming racing season. The renewed agreement with Competition Clutch marks another chapter in a relationship that has been instrumental in the team’s development and compe

Sean Madden is about to change the H-pattern stick shift world. His ProCharged Z06 Corvette is set up to reset the stick shift world record. View the full article