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NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series champs honored at awards ceremony

First-time world champion Austin Prock was honored Monday evening, along with multitime world champs Antron Brown, Greg Anderson, and Gaige Herrera, during the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony at the Pechanga Resort Casino in scenic Southern California Wine Country.
18 Nov 2024
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Awards Ceremony
First-time world champion Austin Prock was honored Monday evening, along with multitime world champs Antron Brown, Greg Anderson, and Gaige Herrera, during the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony at the Pechanga Resort Casino…
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Tony Stewart named 2024 NHRA Rookie of the Year

In one of the closest races in recent history, Top Fuel driver and motorsports legend Tony Stewart was named the 2024 NHRA Rookie of the Year in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series.
18 Nov 2024
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Tony Stewart
In one of the closest races in recent history, Top Fuel driver and motorsports legend Tony Stewart was named the 2024 NHRA Rookie of the Year in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. Stewart was awarded NHRA Rookie of the Year honors Monday…
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In Memoriam

18 Nov 2024
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In Memoriam
Recent passings of notable figures from within the NHRA world. The NHRA extends its sincere condolences to the family and friends of those we have lost. Notices of passing can be sent to nhra@nhra.com.…
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2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Top Dragster champion Ed Olpin

18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
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80:43
Ed Olpin Sr. closed out his 2024 season in the best way possible with a win in Right Trailers Top Dragster highlighted by a perfect .000 reaction time. Olpin ran 7.058 on his 7.03 dial while opponent Kevin Wright, who was nearly perfect in the…
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2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Top Sportsman champion Joe Mellof

18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
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88:25
Canadian Joe Mellof was consistent on both ends of the track on his way to the win in Right Trailers Top Sportsman. Mellof turned on the win light in the final after Division 6 champ Robert Strohm fouled.
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2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Super Gas champion Val Torres

18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
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137:16
In one of the biggest races of his long and successful career, Val Torres Sr. defeated Kris Whitfield in the final round to win the Super Gas world championship. Torres, a two-time Winternationals champ, won his second career Finals Wally with a 9.…
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2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Super Comp champion Bob VanPopering

18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
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90:28
Bob VanPopering’s first career national event final-round appearance was a successful one as he claimed the Super Comp crown on Pomona on Nick Alejandre’s final-round foul.
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2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Stock champion John McLaughlin

18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
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104:02
John McLaughlin wheeled his four-speed-equipped ’70 Road Runner to his first national event title by beating Michael Wann in the Stock final. McLaughlin gave up a lead at the start, and won with a .03-over 10.56 after Wann broke out.
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2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Comp champion Travis Gusso

18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
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78:54
After sweeping both Las Vegas national events last season, Travis Gusso finished out 2024 with another big win in Comp, wheeling his H/A Cobalt to victory on Australian ace Jason Grima’s final-round red-light.
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2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Top Alcohol Funny Car champion Shane Westerfield

18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
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91:51
Past world champ Shane Westerfield got back into the Top Alcohol Funny Car winner’s circle after a two-year absence, defeating Ray Martin, for the title. Six of Westerfield’s 17 career wins have come in Pomona, evenly split between the…
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Wild Sportsman action at season finale produced nine winners at NHRA Finals

In addition to the exciting championship battles raging in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, nine event winners were also crowned in Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competition at the In-N-Out Burgher NHRA Finals.
17 Nov 2024
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Val Torres Sr.
In addition to the exciting championship battles raging in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, nine event winners were also crowned in Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competition at the In-N-Out Burgher NHRA Finals. In one of the biggest…
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Unofficial Mission Foods points standings

Unofficial final points standings following the completion of the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, the final event of the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
17 Nov 2024
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Points
Unofficial final points standings following the completion of the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, the final event of the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.  Official points will be posted…
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Greg Anderson joins exclusive company with sixth NHRA Pro Stock title

Greg Anderson joins former mentor Warren Johnson and Erica Enders as a six-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion after winner-take-all final round.
17 Nov 2024
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Greg Anderson
Greg Anderson knows he won’t eventually win the race against Father Time, but he’s determined to hold off the younger generation of Pro Stock racers for as long as possible. Anderson, who began racing in the factory hot rod class more than three…
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Antron Brown secures fourth Mission Foods NHRA Top Fuel world championship

Antron Brown joined a very short list of four-time NHRA Top Fuel champions, sealing the title, his first since 2016 and his first as a team owner, with a solid run through a gauntlet of tough competitors at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.
17 Nov 2024
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Antron Brown
Antron Brown joined a very short list of four-time NHRA Top Fuel champions, sealing the title, his first since 2016 and his first as a team owner, with a solid run through a gauntlet of tough competitors at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, the final…
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Funny Car world champ Austin Prock makes fastest run in NHRA history

A day after winning his first career NHRA world championship, Funny Car’s Austin Prock made the fastest run in NHRA history, delivering an epic run of 341.68 mph during the first round of eliminations on Sunday at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals in Pomona.
17 Nov 2024
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Austin Prock
A day after winning his first career NHRA world championship, Funny Car’s Austin Prock made the fastest run in NHRA history, delivering an epic run of 341.68 mph during the first round of eliminations on Sunday at the 59th annual In-N-Out Burger…
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2024 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals Top Alcohol Dragster champion Joey Severance

17 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Nine months after it began, the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals is finally in the books as Joey Severance defeated Ron Anderson to win the Top Alcohol Dragster final. The event was initially interrupted by rain and cold weather, and Severance was…
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Gaige Herrera locks up second straight Pro Stock Motorcycle championship

After dominating the 2023 season, Gaige Herrera did not let up in 2024, winning ten events on his RevZilla Vance & Hines Suzuki en route to his second-straight Pro Stock Motorcycle world title.
17 Nov 2024
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Gaige Herrera
Proving that last year’s 11-win championship season was anything but a fluke, Gaige Herrera clinched his second-straight Mission Foods NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle title on Sunday in Pomona. Herrera entered final eliminations at the season-ending In-N-…
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In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Sunday preview

The In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, and the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing season, races to a conclusion today with the crowning of both pro and sportsman world champions.
17 Nov 2024
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Pomona
TOP FUEL On Saturday, Pomona fans got to see some of the quickest runs of the season including a blistering 3.643 by low qualifier Brittany Force and her Monster Energy team. Force was one of eight drivers to venture into the 3.6s and the bump…
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Austin Prock clinches first Funny Car world championship in dominant fashion

Austin Prock completed one of the greatest first-year seasons in the history of NHRA Funny Car competition, winning the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series world championship in his debut in the class.
16 Nov 2024
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Austin Prock
Austin Prock completed one of the greatest first-year seasons in the history of NHRA Funny Car competition, winning the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series world championship in his debut in the class. Prock secured the championship at the end of…
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Saturday News and Notes from the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals

News, notes, quotes, and photos from the final day of Pro qualifying at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif. (updated throughout the day)
16 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Saturday News and Notes from the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals
Long before the first professional session of the day, there was plenty of action on In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip including the crowning of a champion in Super Stock. Folloiwing a heated back-and-forth battle over the past few weeks, Jimmy…
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U.S. Army veteran, mother receives life-changing car gift at NHRA Finals

Damielle Reynolds, a U.S. Army veteran and single mother, was presented with a vehicle Saturday at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals thanks to the National Auto Body Council Recycled Rides program and partners GEICO and Gerber Collision & Glass.
16 Nov 2024
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National Auto Body Council
Damielle Reynolds, a U.S. Army veteran and single mother, was presented with a vehicle Saturday at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals that will allow her to get to work and care of her family, thanks to the National Auto Body Council Recycled Rides…
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Cody Lane and Cody Webber clinch NHRA Lucas Oil Series titles in Pomona

Following the early rounds of competition at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals in Pomona, Cody Lane and Cody Webber have clinched NHRA Lucas Oil Series championships in Comp and Right Trailers Top Dragster, respectively.
15 Nov 2024
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Cody Lane
Following the early rounds of competition at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals in Pomona, Cody Lane and Cody Webber have clinched NHRA Lucas Oil Series championships in Comp and Right Trailers Top Dragster, respectively. Lane wrapped up his first…
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DHL, Kalitta teams join forces to provide 2 million meals in “Race To End Hunger”

At the NHRA In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, DHL Express and the 2024 “Race to End Hunger” partners donated two million meals to Feeding America and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, bringing the program’s overall five-year total to 11 million meals. 
15 Nov 2024
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Feeding America
DHL Express and the 2024 “Race to End Hunger” partners donated two million meals to Feeding America and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, bringing the program’s overall five-year total to 11 million meals.  With some 49 million people in…
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In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Friday preview

The 20th and final stop of the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series brings with it the drama of a late-season points chase as multiple titles remain up for grabs this weekend at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Raceway.
14 Nov 2024
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Pomona
The 20th and final stop of the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series brings with it the drama of a late-season points chase as multiple titles remain up for grabs this weekend at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Raceway. TOP FUEL There are eight…
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Zurn Elkay and Mainline Sales join Krista Baldwin for NHRA Finals

NHRA Top Fuel racer Krista Baldwin heads into the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals with new partners in Zurn Elkay and Mainline Sales Inc. 
14 Nov 2024
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Krista Baldwin
NHRA Top Fuel racer Krista Baldwin heads into the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals with new partners in Zurn Elkay and Mainline Sales Inc.  Zurn Elkay provides drinking water solutions with bottle-filling stations and is represented by…
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Shell Roofing Solutions Group covers Funny Car driver Jason Rupert in Pomona

Southern California Funny Car driver Jason Rupert will close the season at his home track of In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip flying the colors of Shell Roofing Solutions Group on his Ford Mustang at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals in Pomona.
14 Nov 2024
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Jason Rupert
Fresh off an outing at the Ford Performance NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas, where part-time NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Funny Car competitor Jason Rupert drew attention by lowering his career-best elapsed time twice in an effort that…
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Paul Lee enters NHRA Finals with a new look from Mainline Sales Inc.

NHRA Funny Car racer Paul Lee returns to the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals with a new look, courtesy of Southern California-based Mainline Sales Inc.
14 Nov 2024
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Paul Lee
NHRA Funny Car racer Paul Lee returns to the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals with a new look, courtesy of Mainline Sales Inc., a full-service, manufacturer’s representative serving the plumbing, mechanical, fire protection, industrial, irrigation, and…
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NHRA to honor veterans during weekend-long celebration in Pomona

NHRA officials have announced a special Veteran’s Day celebration that will take place throughout the event at this weekend’s 59th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at legendary In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.
13 Nov 2024
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Veterans
NHRA officials have announced a special Veteran’s Day celebration that will take place throughout the event at this weekend’s 59th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at legendary In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip. As part of the weekend-long…
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Hull to finish rookie Funny Car season in iconic Mooneyes/Jim Dunn Racing entry

Funny Car rookie Buddy Hull will finish out his first season in the class behind the wheel of the iconic Mooneyes-branded Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.
12 Nov 2024
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Jim Dunn Racing
Funny Car rookie Buddy Hull will finish out his first season in the class behind the wheel of the iconic Mooneyes-branded Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals. “One of my favorite memories as a kid was watching ‘Big Jim’…
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Factory Stock ace Stephen Bell to make NHRA Pro Stock debut in 2025

Stephen Bell, a seven-time winner in NHRA’s Factory Stock Showdown, will break into the Professional NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series ranks at the season-opening NHRA Gatornationals. Bell will compete at a minimum of 10 races under the Elite Motorsports banner in 2025.
12 Nov 2024
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Stephen Bell
Stephen Bell, a seven-time winner in NHRA’s Factory Stock Showdown, will break into the Professional NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series ranks at the season-opening NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, March 7-9. Bell will compete at a minimum of…
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