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A week after winning titles at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Presented By Pennzoil in Reading, Matthew Cummings and Frank Aragona returned to the winner’s circle at the DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals in Charlotte.
23 Sep 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
A week after winning titles at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Presented By Pennzoil in Reading, Matthew Cummings and Frank Aragona Jr. returned to the winner’s circle at the DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals in Charlotte with victories in Top…
The West Region got a chance to celebrate after Brian Hough stopped Central Region racer Kyle Smith in the Top Alcohol Funny Car final. Hough drove to a 5.499 to edge Smith’s 5.554.
Julie Nataas, racing for the North Central Region, earned the title in Top Alcohol Dragster with a strong performance in her Randy Meyer Racing entry. Nataas got a single run in the final round after opponent James Stevens broke. Nataas also…
In Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers, Division 6 racer Robert Strohm celebrated a win with a 7.445 on his 7.40 dial after Division 4’s Bob Gulitti got loose and had to lift before the finish line.
There was a former world champion in the winner’s circle in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers as Al Kenny of the Division 1 team drove to a narrow win over Division 3’s Al Peavler. Both drivers posted a 6.10-second dial, and Kenny…
A red-light decided the Stock final, where Division 3’s Randi Lyn Shipp left a fraction of a second too soon, allowing Division 4 ace Jerry Emmons to drove to the title. With a free pass, Emmons drove his Lucas Oil Camaro to a 10.272 on his 10.…
Reigning NHRA Super Stock world champion Bryan Worner drove to a win in Super Stock for the Division 1 team after Division 7’s Brian Broussart red-lighted by just two thousandths of a second.
Doug Engels claimed the victory after Craig Bourgeois had to lift off the throttle in his front-engine A/Nostalgia Dragster. Racing against a 7.89 index, Engels drove to a 7.361 to seal the victory.
Rusty Cook chipped in with three valuable round-wins for the division 2 team after scoring a narrow 9.918 to 9.889 decision over defending JEGS Allstars winner Jeremy Mason in Super Gas.
Jimmy Lewis won 11 national events and a world championship in Super Gas, but he’d never won Indy until he beat current championship leader Allen Firestone in the final of Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers. Lewis got the win with…
The win in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers went to Zach Sackman, who previously won the Chicago race in 2017. Sackman was at his best in the final with a .003 light and a 6.113 against his 6.11 dial to stop Bradley Johnson, last…
Larry Paden became just the second driver to win a U.S. Nationals title in Super Street, joining 2020 champ Raymond Miller. Racing his Chevy S-10 against the best 10.90 drivers in the country, Paden got to the final with wins against Shawn…
The Super Gas final marked the return of four-time world champ Edmond Richardson, who claimed his 49th career win and first in Super Gas when Tim Gillespie fouled in the final round by .008-second. Richardson had his work cut out for himself in…
Nick Isenhower competes regularly at Lucas Oil Raceway, and he put that experience to good use during his run to the Super Comp title. After defeating former Indy winner Lynn Ellison and JEGS Allstars rep Rusty Cook, Isenhower won the final…
A pair of Northeast Division racers squared off in the Stock final with Matt Lisa earning his first win against Todd Hoven’s high-flying Dodge Coronet in Stock. Lisa ran under his 10.97 dial with a 10.959, but that was enough as Hoven also ran…
Super Stock champ Matt Morris didn’t let the pressure of an Indy final get to him as he used a .008 light and a 9.748 on a 9.72 dial to claim the win against Gary Emmons, who broke out in his Lucas Oil entry. Morris had a tough road to the final…
Two years ago, Jim Greenheck earned his first national event title in Brainerd, and now, he’s got a second after wheeling his C-Tech Manufacturing D/AA Camaro to the Comp title over three-time world champion Frank Aragona Jr. Greenheck helped…
Doug Gordon, the reigning Indy champ and world champion, drove his Beta Motorcycles Camaro to career win No. 14 by stopping Shane Westerfield in the Top Alcohol Funny Car final round. Both drivers ran 5.492 in the final, but the race ended on…
Jackie Fricke won a race at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis last season when he earned the JEGS Allstars title, but this year’s win in Top Alcohol Dragster over Matt Cummings was easily the biggest of her career. Fricke, who ran nothing but 5.…
Given the rich history and tradition of the Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals, it would be difficult for anyone to win NHRA’s oldest and most prestigious event and not feel at least a small amount of emotion. That wasn’t a problem for the 10 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series champions crowned at this year’s event.
23 Sep 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Given the rich history and tradition of the Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals, it would be difficult for anyone to win NHRA’s oldest and most prestigious event and not feel at least a small amount of emotion. That wasn’t a problem for the 10 NHRA Lucas…
Ohio-based Tom Martino won for the first time in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers when he stopped Al Kenny in the final. Martino finished the job with a .017 light and a 6.620 on his 6.59 dial, and Kenny slipped from his 6.15 dial…
Jason Kenny won his fifth national event title in Super Gas and was nearly joined in the winner’s circle by his father, Al, who was a runner-up in Top Dragster. In the final, Kenny drove his Corvette to a double-breakout win against Bill Nuzzo,…
For the past few seasons, Taylor Iacono has been one of the Northeast Division’s best Super Street racers, and now, she’s successfully tackling Super Comp. In her second national event final, Iacono took on her brother-in-law, Lee Ream, and…
Joe Santangelo is a title contender in both Super Stock and Stock and helped himself with his third win of the season in Stock in Reading. Driving Anthony Bertozzi’s ’69 Camaro, Santangelo topped Allison Doll in a final-round battle between two…
There was a first-time winner in Super Stock after Bobby Fazio topped a red-lighting Jonathan Allegrucci in the final round. Fazio, in his four-speed Mustang, had a tough road to the final round, including a semifinal race against past world…
After a slow start to the season, Frank Aragona Jr. has put himself in a position to contend for the Comp title after winning the final round over Chip Ippolito, who fouled. Aragona, fresh off a runner-up finish in Indianapolis, was the low…
Doug Gordon is on pace to possibly win a second straight Top Alcohol Funny Car title after stopping former champ Sean Bellemeur in the final, 5.445 to 5.489. Gordon, the current leader in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series standings, now…
Matt Cummings won in Norwalk and was also a runner-up at the recent Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indy. In Reading, he drove the McPhillips family’s dragster to a strong 5.211 to 5.267 win over Robin Samsel in the Top Alcohol…