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Tony Stewart Racing has announced Award Winning XXI Martinis as their newest partner for the NHRA 75th anniversary season. Distilled and bottled in the United States, XXI Martinis offers a collection of ready to serve flavored martinis. “We’re excited XXI Martinis has come on board with TSR for the 2026 NHRA season,” said Tony Stewart, owner of Tony Stewart Racing. “They’re becoming a well-known brand, and we look forward to building their popularity, sales and distribution into our fanbase

Last season at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals was the kickoff to Pro Stock driver Dallas Glenn’s first world championship season. This season, he’s looking for another win at Gainesville Raceway at the 2026 NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series season opener, which starts NHRA’s 75th anniversary season. Glenn wheels the RAD Torque Systems Chevrolet Camaro for Pro Stock powerhouse KB Titan Racing. Last year’s Gainesville win was his first of eight wins en route to his championship, enjoyi

As Top Fuel speeds climbed on the regular last year in the National Hot Rod Association, the spotlight turned to the only part of a 12,000-horsepower nitro monster that actually touches the track: the tires. When the now-retired two-time class champion Brittany Force blasted past 340 mph – twice in a matter of weeks in the summer of ‘25 – it wasn’t just a team accomplishment. It was proof of product dominance for Goodyear, the exclusive tire supplier for NHRA’s nitro categories. But the

There's always people who are going to scream the sky is falling. Contrary to the internet tells you, drag racing is doing fine.View the full article

South Georgia Motorsports Park in Adel, Georgia is always a hotspot for horsepower, and the track has been bustling with back-to-back big events the past few months. After presenting an action-packed 2 nd Annual Spring Break Ford Nationals presented by Whipple Superchargers in late February, track owners Raul and Jennifer Torres and their team members are preparing to welcome racers from across the country for Muscle Car Mayhem presented by Whipple Superchargers, March 19-21, 2026. This is t

Gary Pritchett takes over as the 2026 Top Fuel driver for Foley Racing. Owner Doug Foley plans to expand their NHRA and IHRA presence.View the full article

There’s a new car and a new team, but the end goal remains the same for Funny Car standout Austin Prock, who enters the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season as the back-to-back world champion. But there’s been plenty of change for Prock heading into this weekend’s Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway to kick off NHRA’s 75th anniversary. After winning consecutive championships, Prock and his team are now with Bob Tasca’s Funny Car team and Ford Racing, serv

“How’s it going?” someone asked STM Powersports Snow Outlaws snowmobile drag racing series boss Chad Nyhus. It was qualifying day for the World Finals and deep puddles spread over the pit area on Spirit Lake at Three Lakes, Wisconsin. Cracks in the ice were showing beneath the water, the purpose-built snow-packed racing surface had lost two inches of depth, and the sun overhead made the afternoon balmy and warm on this February 27th.  “Terrible!” replied the wide-eyed Nyhus. The saving g

Tony Stewart Racing enters the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway with Leah Pruett back in the seat of her Dodge Top Fuel dragster and four-time world champion Matt Hagan behind the wheel of the Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car. During Friday’s first qualifying session, Pruett, a 12-time Top Fuel national event winner, will make her first competitive pass since stepping out of the seat to start her family in 2023. “To say this race is just like any other would be a m

The Flexjet NHRA Factory Stock Showdown expands its 2026 calendar. This nine-race season guarantees intense V8 muscle car drag racing.View the full article

Not all tires are created equal. Here's why it's a bad idea to use a motorcycle tire as a front runner on your car.View the full article

As part of NHRA”s 75th anniversary during the 2026 season, a special commemorative ticket will be available for fans to purchase online, highlighting some of the biggest moments and legends in NHRA history. NHRA announced today the commemorative tickets for the first five races have been released, honoring legends Kenny Bernstein (Gainesville and Pomona), Don Prudhomme (Phoenix), current Funny Car star Matt Hagan (Charlotte) and Don Garlits (Valdosta, Ga). The collector’s item offers another

THE WES BUCK SHOW – EPISODE 415 “KINGS CROWNED, CHECKS CASHED, HISTORY MADE” THE DI WINTER SERIES IS A WRAP. THE BIGGEST, BADDEST, RICHEST PRO MOD RACE ON THE PLANET JUST WENT DOWN. AND WE ARE STILL CATCHING OUR BREATH. This week we are fresh off the World Series of Pro Mod and let me tell you, it delivered in every possible way. First up, Fletcher Cox, your Pro 10.5 winner. Big Fletch showed up and showed out. That class was loaded and he stood tallest when it mattered most. We are

In addition to their appearance at the upcoming Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, legendary NHRA drivers Kenny Bernstein, Joe Amato, Warren Johnson and Bruce Larson will take to the track on Friday and Saturday for a special legends match race at Gainesville Raceway. It’s another added item for NHRA’s kickoff to the 75th anniversary season in Gainesville, as fans will see four of NHRA’s biggest names take to the track in 550-horsepower 2026 Dodge Charger Sixpacks. The first round is

In today’s ultra-competitive world of Pro Mod, Outlaw 10.5, drag radial, and high-horsepower doorslammer racing, the difference between winning and watching can come down to the smallest details, and few details matter more than fuel delivery. That’s where Atomizer Fuel Systems’ all-new APEX injector enters the conversation, bringing a purpose-built solution designed specifically for racers pushing the limits of boost, pressure, and power. Engineered from the ground up for uncompromising per

The NHRA celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2026, and Goodyear will mark the occasion with specially branded tires in this weekend’s season-opening NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway in Florida.  The partnership between Goodyear and the NHRA goes back to the early days of the drag racing organization. Today, Goodyear is the exclusive tire supplier to NHRA’s top three categories – Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock Car. Its Goodyear Racing Eagle tires are trusted to translate 11,000+ h

For the second time in three years, Top Fuel veteran Doug Kalitta will start the season as the reigning world champion heading into this weekend’s Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway, an impressive feat considering Kalitta’s longtime quest to win a world title in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. Kalitta will open NHRA’s special 75th anniversary season as the driver everyone is chasing after a brilliant run in the second half of the 2025 campaign. He remained

When the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season kicks off at the legendary AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, March 5-8, at Gainesville Raceway, Buddy Hull will roll into the staging lanes with more momentum, and more pride, than ever before.   The event marks Hull’s third season competing in the ultra-competitive Funny Car category, but more importantly, it signifies his debut as a Funny Car team owner with Hull Racing. The Texas-based driver has spent the offseason building t

The 2026 racing season has just started and ProCharger racers are already on top. Here's how the top ProCharger racers have fared. View the full article

Day one of the West Coast Rumble presented by Match Race Madness opened in a major way at Famoso Dragstrip, highlighted by the NHRA Youth & Education Services (YES) Program. Representing NHRA were Division 7 Director Matt DeYoung and Director of National Event Marketing John Baadilla, underscoring the importance of the program’s stop in Bakersfield. The impact was undeniable: 18 schools participated 660 students attended One unforgettable day at the racetrack Founde

At Famoso Dragstrip, Andy and Ryan Partridge have taken on track prep duties with a focus on providing racers a consistent racing surface from the first pass to the last. The brothers bring years of experience from Irwindale, where they spent roughly 15 years working around the facility before eventually handling much of the prep work themselves. “The last several years at Irwindale we were primarily handling dragstrip prep,” Andy Partridge said. Now at Famoso, the responsibilities a

The 2026 Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series will rev up March 5-8, 2026, at the historic NHRA Gatornationals, with two-time world champ Mark Pawuk looking to hold off a host of challengers. Pawuk, the 2024 Gatornationals winner, will strap into the all-new, Hemi-powered 2026 Dodge Charger Hustle Stuff Drag Pak by Direct Connection and will face some of the toughest competition from Ford Cobra Jets and Chevrolet COPO Camaros in on-track action over a nine-race coast to coast schedule. The Flex

Todd Blicharz is set to debut his Camaro in Small Tire Pro Stock. This Camaro should be a front runner in the class in 2026. View the full article

Turning a Lamborghini into a fierce street car doesn't take much. Check out this twin turbo Lambo that makes 2,000 horsepower. View the full article

It’s Saturday evening at Bradenton Motorsports Park, and Shawn “Murder Nova” Ellington is sitting on the ground next to the rear driver’s side wheel well of “Blue,” the ProCharger-powered ’69 Camaro he drives for Keith Haney Racing. For perhaps the first time all weekend, his pit area is unusually silent. The former Street Outlaws star is by himself at the moment.   Fans who would typically be surrounding his trailer are anxiously awaiting the final round of the World Series of Pro Mod betwe