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Jasmine Salinas returned to the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour this weekend for the 4-Wide Nationals near Charlotte, marking the second-generation driver’s first time back in the seat for an NHRA event since the season-opening Gatornationals in Florida last month. Salinas and the Scrappers Racing/Valley Services Top Fuel team looked strong in qualifying at zMAX Dragway, making three solid passes out of four, but a parts malfunction during the first round of eliminations on Sunday end

Greg Anderson and his HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro had a great weekend at zMAX Dragway, his home track that also happens to be in the backyard of Rick Hendrick and his HendrickCars.com group. On Saturday at the 16th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, Anderson drove to the 143rd No. 1 qualifier award of his career and grabbed the coveted Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge title as well, locking in valuable points that will come into play when the Countdown to the Championship begins in the fa

Ron Capps’ red-hot start to the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season rolled on at the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals Sunday afternoon at zMAX Dragway as the three-time world champion secured his second win of the year in his third consecutive final round. Driving his NAPA Auto Care Funny Car at the fourth of 20 races this season, Capps qualified No. 1 and carried that momentum through eliminations. He defeated fellow past world champions Jack Beckman, Matt Hagan, and J.R. Todd in the final q

Bartone Bros. Racing driver Sean Bellemeur drove his way into the NHRA history books this weekend at the zMAX Dragway NHRA Nationals, securing his 50th career national event victory. With the milestone win, Bellemeur becomes just the 25th racer in NHRA history – and only the third in the Top Alcohol Funny Car category – to reach the magic number. Bellemeur, the five-time and reigning Top Alcohol Funny Car world champion, piloted Tony Bartone’s famed “Pirate Ship” to victory with a pass of 5.38

Sean Bellemeur added another big line to his racing resume at zMax. Bellemeur recorded his 50th NHRA national event win. View the full article

Factory Stock made its return to the NHRA this weekend. Jonathan Allegrucci brought home the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals win.View the full article

The NHRA Pro Mod racers went four-wide racing at zMAx Dragway. Here's a recap of all the action from the NHRA 4-Wide NationalsView the full article

The NHRA visited zMax Dragway for the 4-Wide Nationals. Here's a recap of all the action for this weekend's NHRA national event.View the full article

No. 1 qualifier Jonathan Allegrucci took home all the hardware today at zMAX Dragway winning the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals for the second year in a row. The driver from Scott Township, Pa. drove his Ford Mustang Cobra Jet to the winner’s circle in a tough quad that included two-time winners Jason and Taylor Dietsch, and Raymond Nash, driver of one of the most competitive Dodge Challenger Drag Paks. His winning time of 7.716 seconds at 178.42 mph was a strong showing to wrap up race day.   “Getting t

Mike Stavrinos picked up his first win of the season in the JBS Equipment NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Elite Motorsports on Sunday at zMAX Dragway, taking the holeshot victory in a thrilling final round as part of this weekend’s 16th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals. This weekend’s event was the third of 11 races in the category during the 2026 campaign and was powered by Culp Lumber. Stavrinos went 5.669-seconds at 253.56 mph in the final round in his Al-Anabi Performance Ca

Reigning Top Fuel world champion Doug Kalitta shattered the track speed record in the final round en route to the win on Sunday at zMAX Dragway, beating a loaded final quad of Shawn Langdon, Tony Stewart and Leah Pruett at the 16th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals. Ron Capps (Funny Car), Matt Hartford (Pro Stock) and Gaige Herrera (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won the fourth of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. Kalitta went 3.692-seconds at 342.98 mph in hi

Jordan Vandergriff took advantage of holeshot victories in both rounds of the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge to earn his first victory in the race-within-a-race held in conjunction with the second day of qualifying for the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway. Vandergriff’s triumph was the 18th #2Fast2Tasty win for John Force Racing. He was the 24-time NHRA World Championship organization’s sixth different driver to achieve the feat, on a list that includes Robert Hight, John Force, B

The final qualifying session of the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway outside of Charlotte, NC, was rained out, locking in Jonathan Allegrucci as the No. 1 qualifier for the second race of the season. He opened the season as the Gatornationals No. 1 qualifier and raced to the quarterfinals at that race. The veteran driver is also the defending NHRA 4-Wide Nationals Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown champion and will roll into race day confident but not overly so.   “We don’t feel as good as you

Racing at home has impact for a driver. There is the comfort of sleeping in one’s own bed, the influx of on-site support from friends and family, the convenience of a short drive to and from the racetrack. But for six-time world champion Greg Anderson, the biggest thing about his home race – the 16th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals – is the opportunity to shine. On Saturday at zMAX Dragway, the most winning driver in the history of Pro Stock took advantage of the spotlight, winning his first Mis

NAPA Auto Care Funny Car driver Ron Capps earned the 39th No. 1 qualifier of his career on Saturday at zMAX Dragway during the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals. The three-time Funny Car world champion scored his second pole of the season on the strength of his Friday night run of 3.883 seconds at 333.91 mph during the weekend’s second qualifying session to cement his points lead heading into Sunday eliminations.   Capps and the NAPA team were solid throughout qualifying, clocking quick and consistent three

Top Fuel’s Clay Millican won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge for the first time in 2026 on Saturday at zMAX Dragway, picking up the victory in the bonus race on a holeshot as part of this weekend’s 16th NHRA 4-Wide Nationals. Jordan Vandergriff (Funny), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Gaige Herrera (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also picked up Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge victories, while Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car), Anderson (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) q

Jordan Vandergriff and the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car team led John Force Racing’s first-day qualifying efforts for the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway but all four teams’ solid runs Friday night positioned them for success in Saturday’s final two qualifying sessions and Sunday’s first round of eliminations. Vandergriff ran 3.899 seconds at 328.70 mph for the second-quickest Funny Car run of the day. Alexis DeJoria and the Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car team sit fifth w

Six-time world champion Greg Anderson’s HendrickCars.com Chevrolet continues to be the class of the field, and the most recent proof emerged on Friday at zMAX Dragway. After two rounds of qualifying at the 16th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, Anderson had max bonus points and the provisional pole – just as he has in each of the most recent two events.   “My HendrickCars.com Chevrolet is in a happy spot, and when you get ‘em that happy, don’t touch it,” said Anderson, who clocked a 6.549-second

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

Brett LaSala is done with the FuelTech Radial Outlaws Racing Series. Less than a week after re-setting the Limited Drag Radial class record with a 3.762 and taking the win at Bama Outlaws in Steele, Alabama, the driver of the Coyote-powered Snot Rocket Mustang announced he’s pulling his program from the series – not over the rule change itself, but over how it came down. The rule change was the opening shot. Within 24 hours of LaSala’s victory over reigning RORS LDR champion Jamie Hancock at

Top Fuel’s Shawn Langdon was the only driver to reach the 3.60s on Friday at zMAX Dragway, powering to the provisional No. 1 position to kick off the 16th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals. Ron Capps (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are also the provisional No. 1 qualifiers at the fourth of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. In the final quad of the night, Langdon went 3.674-seconds at 339.19 mph in his 12,000-hor

Tony Stewart Racing heads to North Carolina’s zMAX Dragway for this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Nationals with sights set on the history books. Matt Hagan and the Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car team come in fresh off a win that moved them into a tie for first in the points standings, while Leah Pruett and her Dodge Top Fuel dragster sit fifth in points after a commanding start to her 2026 return. With his win at the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, California, the 1,000th NHRA Funny Car race winner,

The Quick 32 Sportsman Series is pleased to announce Engineered Racing Services as the sponsor of the Bounty Hunter Award for the 2026 series events. A team that defeats the Saturday Quick 32 Sportsman Series winner on Sunday will receive a $150 Engineered Racing Services Gift Certificate, t-shirt and hat bonus. If a team wins both days, they will receive the bonus. The Quick 32 Sportsman Series will return to the John Scotti Canadian Championship Series during the NHRA National Open dou

The wildest spectacle in motorsports arrives this weekend at zMAX Dragway and the JBS Equipment NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Elite Motorsports is ready to take part during this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Nationals. It’s the only four-wide race of the season in the NHRA Pro Mod category, as the unique format adds another level of excitement, as well as additional challenges for the loaded category. This weekend’s event is the third of 11 races in the category during the 2026 ca

Tony Stewart Racing's Matt Hagan and Leah Pruett are ready for the 4-Wide Nats. Here's what they're bringing to zMax DragwayView the full article