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NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals set for football-adjacent FOX broadcast

One of the biggest races in NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship playoffs will also get a major spotlight on FOX, as the 15th annual NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway will air on FOX adjacent to a FOX football broadcast on Sunday, Oct. 4.
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5 Things

Five Things We Learned in Rockingham

The inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock brought NHRA Championship Drag Racing back to Rockingham Dragway for the first time since 1998, and, boy, was there a lot ot unpack. Here’s our five big takeaways from the event.
Winners

Points leaders Hagan, Langdon, Gadson, new leader Stanfield rock 'The Rock'

Funny Car points leader Matt Hagan rolled to his fourth victory of the season while Shawn Langon's win in Top Fuel and Richard Gadson's Pro Stock Motorcycle win also bolstered their leads and Pro Stock winner Greg Stnfield assumed the lead in his class at the inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock.
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NHRA Nationals at The Rock Sunday photo gallery

The NHRA National Dragster photographers were all over Rockingham Dragway on Sunday of the NHRA Nationals at The Rock to capture all of the action on and off the racetrack.

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Sunday News and Notes from the NHRA Nationals at The Rock

News, notes, quotes, photos, and more from final eliminations at the NHRA Nationals at The Rock. Updated throughout the day.

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Pro Mod

Stavrinos wins in Rockingham, moves into Pro Mod Series points lead

Michael Stavrinos jumped into the points lead in the JBS Equipment NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Elite Motorsports on Sunday at Rockingham Dragway, defeating Justin Bond on a holeshot in the final round as part of this weekend’s NHRA Nationals at The Rock.
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Ron Capps

Capps, Kalitta, Hartford, Smith hold onto Friday qualifying leads in Rockingham

Three-time Funny Car world champion Ron Capps secured his fourth No. 1 qualifier of the 2026 season on Saturday at the inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock. Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel), Matt Hartford (Pro Stock), and Angie Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also earned No. 1 qualifiers in Rockingham.
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Sellout crowd at debut NHRA Nationals at The Rock

Sellout crowd at debut NHRA Nationals at The Rock

NHRA officials announced a sellout on Saturday for the inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock as fans packed the grandstands of Rockingham Dragway on Saturday during the second day of qualifying at the 16th event of the 2026 NHRA season.
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Ron Capps

New venues like Rockingham bring excitement for old pro Ron Capps

Rockingham Dragway is the fourth and final new facility to join the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series national event schedule this season, and current Funny Car qualifying leader Ron Capps is loving the idea of new venues.
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Doug Kalitta

Kalitta, Capps, Hartford, Smith qualify No. 1 on Friday at The Rock

Reigning Top Fuel world champ Doug Kalitta finished Friday’s qualifying with the best run of the day at Rockingham Dragway, rolling to the provisional No. 1 spot to open the NHRA Nationals at The Rock. Ron Capps (Funny Car), Matt Hartford (Pro Stock) and Angie Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are also the provisional No. 1 qualifiers.
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Rockingham

That was then, this is now: The Winston Invitational at Rockingham

It’s been 28 years since the NHRA big show rumbled through Rockingham with the10th and final Winston Invitational event, a non-points-earning showcase that began in 1989 and ran through 1998.
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Marc Ingwersen

After a near-miss in Michigan, Ingwersen and crew are more inspired than ever

When Marc Ingwersen and his Buckeye Harley-Davidson Buell crew pulled into U.S. 131 Motorsports Park for the Dodge NHRA Great Lakes Nationals, they had no idea that a few days later they’d be celebrating the greatest day of Ingwersen’s near-10-year career in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
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September issue of National Dragster jam-packed with NHRA race results

READ THE ISSUEThe September 2026 issue of NHRA National Dragster, packed with racing action from coast to coast, is now online in digital format and in the mail in its traditional print format to NHRA Members around the world.Coverage of the Big Go,...
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NATIONAL DRAGSTER

Launch Motorsports Careers and NHRA Jobs

NHRA.COM COLUMNS

Dragster Insider
NHRA National Dragster Editor Phil Burgess takes readers on a journey through NHRA history to tell “the stories behind the stories”

The Sports Report
NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor Kevin McKenna offers news, analysis, and personality profiles on Sportsman racers in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series

Top 5 Lists
NHRA's Brian Lohnes ranks some of the great drivers and moments in NHRA history in these insightful videos

Stump Bob
NHRA historian and statistician Bob Frey tackles fan questions about some of the most interesting NHRA stats

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