Drag Strips

This past weekend NHRA Funny Car driver and team owner Buddy Hull took on a new challenge on the drag strip beyond wheeling his 12,000-horsepower Nitro Funny Car on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. On Saturday night the fan-favorite driver got behind the wheel of a nitrous-fed ’06 Ford Mustang at the Clash of the Titans race at Xtreme Raceway Park in Ferris, Texas. Hull made a few shakedown test passes and then jumped right into competition, winning two rounds of the unique event befor

Hull Racing led by team owner and driver Buddy Hull will start the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series at the historic Gatornationals with new sponsor and marketing partner FS Performance and Sam Pack Ford on their 12,000-horspowered Funny Car. The design will mirror the 2025 high performance Mustang GT Premium that the dealership designed at the end of the year. The limited-edition Ford Mustang “Buddy Hull” specialty car is inspired by the same grit, attitude and adrenaline that drives h

NHRA Funny Car driver and team owner Buddy Hull has announced he will not compete at this weekend’s FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs, March 20-22, at Firebird Motorsports Park, as his team continues to recover and rebuild following their on-track incident two weeks ago in Gainesville.   After an explosive mechanical failure during the event, Hull and his team immediately disassembled the Funny Car to assess the damage and determine next steps. While the team has since secu

When a timing system malfunction potentially affected the outcome of the semifinal match between multi-time Mid-West Drag Racing Series Pro Mod champion Keith Haney and 2020 PDRA Elite Top Sportsman world champion Buddy Perkinson Saturday night at the PDRA East Coast Nationals, Perkinson faced a tough decision. He could either accept PDRA officials’ ruling to rerun the race or decline the offer, accepting his loss to Haney. In a move that didn’t surprise anyone who knows the humble young driver

"Project Leftovers" is proof you should never judge a car by its looks. This Fairmont is a 7-second monster. View the full article

The 2025/2026 offseason brought numerous changes to the sport, but one thing that remained constant is the Franklin family’s ownership of the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series. Though rumors swirled that the series was up for sale last fall, those rumblings settled in late October when Tommy and Judy Franklin announced, “After 12 seasons of PDRA Drag Racing, we are not ready to stop here. See you in 2026.” Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in DI #199, the Interview Issue, in M

ATI Performance built these SFI Flexplate Kits to handle massive horsepower. Protect your custom GM driveline from catastrophic failure.View the full article

The Southeast Gassers opened the 2026 season with a bang. Here's a recap of all the action from Shadyside Dragway. View the full article

When you have an idea like putting a 1,400 horsepower Coyote into a 1972 C10 and going drag racing, you need a friend like Bigun.View the full article

Episode 3 of the C10 Shootout covers nearly the entire Big 10 build at Big 3 Racing. Check out what they did to their C10. View the full article

With rain in the forecast for later in the afternoon, the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series moved up professional qualifying roughly one hour on Friday morning at the IHRA Spring Nationals, allowing for consistently quick runs throughout the day in the cool air at Darana – National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio. Lee Callaway ran a career-best 3.055 elapsed time at 282.31 mph to grab the top spot in Top Fuel, piloting the PBR-sponsored ride out of the Scott Palmer Racing camp. Gary Pritchett, who won

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

Three-time NHRA Funny Car world champion Ron Capps kept the momentum from the strong start to his 2026 campaign rolling at the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals, taking his NAPA Auto Care Funny Car to the provisional No. 1 spot Friday night under the lights at zMAX Dragway. Capps clocked a session-best 3.883 E.T. at 333.91 mph during Q2 to land at the top of the timing sheets heading into Saturday qualifying. The Dean “Guido” Antonelli-led team opened the weekend at the season’s lone four-wide event with a

Ron Capps and Maddie Gordon each have an opportunity to have a big weekend at zMax. Both drivers are hunting for a 4-wide win.View the full article

Three-time Funny Car world champion Ron Capps recovered from a massive engine explosion in the second round at Firebird Motorsports Park, defeating Spencer Hyde in the final round to earn his 78th career win on Sunday at the 41st annual FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs. Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Dallas Glenn (Pro Stock) also won the second of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. In the final round, Capps went 4.124-seconds at 30

Mike Beland’s annual “Cash Days” race at Shelby, North Carolina’s Shadyside Dragway is THE hot date on the gasoline-burning, Harley-Davidson, motorcycle drag racing calendar. Now in its fourth year as the focus of the trash-talking Bagger drag racing community, Cash Days 4 will once again put $25,000 in the hands of winning racers. Classes include Pro Bagger, Street Bagger, True Street Bagger, Non-Bagger, and ET bracket racing. Note: all makes of motorcycles are welcome to bracket race.

For the first time, Cecil County Dragway will host a prestigious SPORTSnationals race in 2026, as the Testo NHRA Chesapeake SPORTSnationals is set for May 23-24, bringing the standout event for drivers in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series to the NHRA Division 1 track as part of a thrilling doubleheader event over Memorial Day weekend. The historic weekend will open with a divisional race on May 21-22, leading into the Testo NHRA Chesapeake SPORTSnationals, and will host hundreds of sport

During the 66th Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals the NHRA was celebrating its 75th anniversary and the running of the 1000th Funny Car race. For Top Fuel team owner and Funny Car and Top Fuel driver Travis Shumake, whose father Tripp, was a beloved driver throughout his career, the weekend was an emotional experience. The younger Shumake entered a nostalgia Funny Car with the livery his father race when he won the 1981 Southern Nationals, the 100th Funny Car race in NHRA history.   “This was an am

Chad and Hunter Green are ready for the 4-Wide Nationals. Here's what the father and son duo have planned for zMax Dragway. View the full article

The Green family is ready for some nitro at the Southern Nationals. The father and son duo both have their eyes on the Funny Car Wally.View the full article

Chad Green of Midland, Tex., drove his nitro-burning CGM Bond-Coat Ford Mustang Funny Car to the quarterfinals Sunday at the famed NHRA Winternationals drag races at the In-N-Out Burger Dragstrip in a rain-delayed event. After two sun-drenched days of qualifying at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds racing plant, Green, who qualified sixth, and the 16-driver Funny Car field had to play a waiting game with a series of rainstorms pelting the facility throughout Sunday morning and afternoon. Af

Defending NHRA Gatornationals Funny Car Champion Chad Green made it two in a row Sunday with an impressive performance in his CGM Bond-Coat Ford Mustang at Gainesville Raceway in the season opener for the 75th anniversary of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series. Green, the Midland, Tex., businessman when he isn’t driving his nitro-burning Funny Car, was an upset winner last March in the Gatornationals, but the veteran racer was a top contender after his stellar 3.926 qualifying run on Friday

Chad Neuenschwander turned many heads while hauling down the quarter-mile in his Mustang while competing in NMCA Dart NA 10.5. When the series ceased operations at the end of 2024, the Indiana-based driver shifted his focus to working side-by-side with his son, Dylan, to campaign Stephen Bell’s NHRA 1320 LLC Pro Stock Camaro. Chad takes care of the car’s back-half, while Dylan takes care of the car’s clutch, and both are proud to be part of the Elite Motorsports team. While the NHRA sche

The NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway bring high-stakes action. JFR drivers are ready to chase wins, momentum, and championship position.View the full article

Joey Hiykel owns the LS stock block record, but he wants more. Hiykel is looking for a three-second pass with his Beater Bomb Mustang.View the full article