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In a moment that will echo through drag racing history, Shawn Langdon etched his name alongside the greatest Top Fuel racer of all time, winning the milestone 1,000th NHRA Top Fuel trophy at the 2025 American Rebel Light NHRA 4-Wide Nationals.…
NHRA racers and fans alike celebrate history as "Big Daddy" Don Garlits receives a recreated version of his first Top Fuel trophy, bridging 1,000 Top Fuel drag drag races in the process.
Today at zMAX Dragway, history came full circle.
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Doug Kalitta, Antron Brown, and Brittany Force — respective winners of the 500th, 800th, and 900th Top Fuel races in NHRA history — have their eyes set on collecting the special trophy being offered to the winner of the American Rebel Light NHRA 4-Wide Nationals, the 1,000th race in class history.
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While speed gains in Top Fuel’s early days were quick and often, and barriers fell like 10 pins, it’s been a long road to Brittany Force’s barrier-breaking 341.59-mph pass in Friday qualifying at the American Rebel Light NHRA 4-Wide Nationals.
While speed gains in Top Fuel’s early days were quick and often, and barriers fell like 10 pins, it’s been a long road to Brittany Force’s barrier-breaking 341.59-mph pass in Friday qualifying at the American Rebel Light NHRA 4-Wide Nationals.…
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Racing less than three hours from his home in Christiansburg, Va., four-time Funny Car champion Matt Hagan heads to zMAX Dragway with hopes of earning another win at "the Bellagio of dragstrips" during this weekend’s American Rebel Light NHRA 4-Wide…
Tony Stewart, the 112th and latest first-time winner in the NHRA’s Top Fuel ranks, has a chance to make more history with a victory at the 1,000th Top Fuel race in NHRA history at this weekend’s American Rebel Light NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway.
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Tony Stewart added another remarkable chapter to his legendary motorsports career by capturing his first NHRA Top Fuel victory at the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. With the win, Stewart has now earned professional…
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Where there’s ‘Smoke,’ there’s victory
Given…
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West Coast Stocker fans have had a treat at the last three NHRA national events, witnessing Bob Bender's East Coast-based Chevy wagon Stocker, but he's out west on a mission and in tribute to his late wife, Penny.
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Cory Reed made the switch to Pro Stock car from Pro Stock Motorcycle last season, and this weekend at the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he’ll have his first go at four-wide racing in the Pro Stock category.
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The 20-year-old Arizonan has worked…
Coming off one of the biggest wins in his NHRA career — and certainly the earliest of any season in his NHRA Top Fuel career — Clay Millican now has the opportunity for another special victory at this weekend’s 25th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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WFO Radio NHRA Nitro host Joe Castello sits down with NHRA Pro Stock legend Greg Anderson, unny Car standout "Fast Jack" Beckman, and Top Fuel powerhouse Clay Millican to discuss their successful weekends at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals.
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