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The Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals, the second race of the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship, was a wild affair with upsets abounding yet some familiar names returning to the winner's circle.

The Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals, stop two of the 2023 Countdown to the Championship, further embued the reputation of zMAX Raceway as a place where cool things happen. Here's our five takeaways from this year's event.

After a dominating regular season in which he rode his Mission Foods/Vance & Hines Suzuki to six wins in nine starts and gained a huge points lead, people wondered how Gaige Herrera would handle his first adversity. Very well, it turns out.

After switching from a cockpit canopy car back to an open cockpit, Doug Kalitta broke the second-longest dry spell of his career, and the team is sticking with the same car. Coincidence or not, superstition or not, Kalitta's ready to roll in either configuration.

Reigning Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Matt Smith wasn’t at the first race in the class, but the six-time champ will be at the 500th official race for the category, which takes place at this weekend’s Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

With a prime spot in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship, the Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals is always packed with excitement. Here's a look back at five memorable moments from the history of the event.

Robert Hight has already won once this year at one of his favorite tracks, zMAX Dragway, which hosts this weekend’s Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals. But a season sweep at "the Bellagio of dragstrips" would go a long way in the Funny Car standout trying to claim a fourth world championship.

A regular season filled with struggles changed almost overnight for Tony Schumacher. The Top Fuel legend and eight-time world champ enjoyed a sizeable turnaround to open the Countdown to the Championship, advancing to the semifinals last weekend to kick off the playoffs.

Go behind the scenes with the winners of the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals as they celebrate their victories with their teams and one another and accept congratulations from their vanquished final-round foes.

The 2023 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals will long be remembered for a series of upsets as well as Doug Kalitta's 50th career win. Take a look back at all of the excitement of the event in our Weekend Rewind video.

With his Top Fuel victory at the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, Doug Kalitta became just the 23rd driver in NHRA history to reach the 50-win milestone and just the 16th to do it in the NHRA Professional ranks. Here's a look at the list of NHRA winners with 50 or more victories.

The first race of the 2023 NHRA Countdown to the Championship was one that left no stone unturned. Quick times! Big speed! Changing of the guard! Upsets! Rain! Yep, we had it all at Maple Grove Raceway's 38th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals, but we've narrowed down five attention-worthy notes.

The first portion of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series was a wild one for second-generation Pro Stock racer Fernando Cuadra Jr., and it concluded with a final-round on the most prestigious stage. His start to the Countdown, though, brought an unexpected challenge.

It was quite a ride. That’s one way to look at J.R. Todd’s regular season, but regardless of the twists and turns in the road, the destination was spot on: Todd and his DHL GR Supra team will start the 2023 NHRA Playoffs as the No. 5 seed.

A dominant and incredible regular season was one to remember for relative Pro Stock Motorcycle newcomer Gaige Herrera. Now, the second-year rider hopes to enjoy the same success in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship, which opens at this weekend’s Pep Boys NHRA Nationals.

It takes a special kind of person to be both a driver and a tuner. Here’s a look at five who have done both and experienced success at Maple Grove Raceway, site of this weekend's Pep Boys NHRA Nationals.

Heading into the opening race of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship, this weekend’s 38th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, Funny Car standout Ron Capps knows the challenge that awaits.

Antron Brown won’t start the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship with the Top Fuel points lead, but nobody enters the playoffs — and this weekend’s opener, the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway — with more momentum than Brown.

What goes into the running of the world’s biggest and richest drag race, the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals? What does it take to plan, organize, schedule, promote, and stage six days of thrilling action on the fabled course at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park?

Justin Ashley and the Phillips Connect Top Fuel team enter the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship as the top seed. Crew chief Mike Green talks about their planning and preparation for the six-race playoffs.

Relive the incredible weekend of Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals Funny Car winner Ron Capps and Don Prudhomme from startup to the winner’s circle with the Hot Wheels/Prudhomme tribute car.

All four NHRA Camping World Series winners from the 69th Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. National joined NHRA announcer Joe Castello for a deep dive into winning the Big Go! Check out the shows and get ready for the NHRA Countdown beginning at the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove.

Go behind the scenes with the winners of the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals as they celebrate their victories with their teams and one another and accept congratulations from their vanquished final-round foes.

The 2023 Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals seemingly had it all, with huge wins, emotional moments, upsets, and tons of points drama as the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series regular season concluded at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.

One day after the completion of the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, JFR Top Fuel drivers Brittany Force and Austin Prock and their teams were back at work at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park for a Tuesday test session.

Through three qualifying runs, it appeared that popular Top Fuel pro Clay Millican and crew chief Jim Oberhofer might miss the field at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, but some last-minute heroics saved the day for the Rick Ware Racing/Parts Plus team.

The Factory X presented by Holley class made its official debut at the Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals and longtime Ford racer Chris Holbrook is thrilled by be a part of it.

Two years and 10 surgeries after his harrowing two-bike accident at zMax Dragway, Cory Reed has made his return to the Pro Stock Motorcycle class at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals.

When you have a race that’s as steeped in tradition, lore, and longevity as the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, now in its 69th year, you can’t help thinking about those who went before you, especially if you’re Bob Tasca III.

Tony Stewart and Tommy Johnson Jr. are just two of the hundreds of racers taking part in the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals experiencing the trials and tribulations of competing at the world's biggest drag race.