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The Nitro Time Machine transports us back to the 1988 Reading event for a look at a wild pedalfest between Joe Amato and Jim Head, the quickest race in Top Fuel history, a Rusty-Billy Glidden high five, and all three Pro finals.

Funny Car veteran Tom Hoover, along with his family crew, had one of their greatest days in Funny Car at the 1990 U.S. Nationals, where they reached the final round.

This week in our Nitro Time Machine, we go back to 1974 to watch all the wild Funny Car action from the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis.

In our latest edition of Nitro Time Machine, watch Shirley Muldowney crash during a qualifying run for the 1983 U.S. Nationals. Her crew then goes to work in order to repair her car in time for Monday's final eliminations.

Jump into the Nitro Time Machine for a trip back in Minnesota history, where big wheelstands, the quickest run in class history, and a major upset highlighted the wild Top Fuel action at the 1997 Brainerd national event.

From top-end fires to blown tires and starting-line supercharger explosions. Funny Car racing at the 1990 Brainerd event was a breathless affair, as you can watch in our latest edition of our Nitro Time Machine series.

In our latest edition of Nitro Time Machine, we got back a decade to the 2011 Winternaitonals, where Morgan Lucas, Robert Hight, and Jason Line kicked off the season with impressive victories.

The Winternationals is one of NHRA's oldest and most prestigious events. This week, we take a look back at the 1963 edition of the "Big Go West" and the accompanying car show.

Anytime "Big Daddy" Don Garlits raced Shirley Muldowney it was worth watching especially at the 1986 Winternationals where the two legends were paired in round one.

NHRA legend Don Prudhomme is best known for his four Funny Car championships, but he also was a great Top Fuel racer at both ends of his career, including this victory at the 1992 Sonoma Nationals.

Blaine Johnson captured an emotional Top Fuel win at his and brother Alan’s hometrack at the 1996 Sonoma Nationals. It would be Blaine’s final Top Fuel win as he passed away later that season.

Four years ago, during qualifying at the 2017 NHRA Sonoma Nationals, Robert Hight made the fastest run in drag racing history, 339.87 mph, to set the NHRA world on its ear.

Tony Pedregon lost five straight races to his boss, John Force, to start the 1999 season but he began to even the score in Denver en route a convincing win at the Mile-High Nationals.

At the 1992 Denver race, Eddie Hill and Clayton Harris each had their fair share of troubles in their round one match-up. Hill got the win, but it came with a price as you'll see in our latest edition of Nitro Time Machine.

The Pro Stock final at the 2015 Mile-High Nationals in Denver featured one of the longest and most intense burndowns in NHRA history when Larry Morgan and Allen Johnson each refused to stage first. See who finally gave in during this week's edition of The Nitro Time Machine.

At the 2019 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Pat Dakin did something he hadn't done in more than two decades; make it to a Top Fuel final. Relieve the dramatic final rounds in the latest edition of Nitro Time Machine.

At the 2016 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, a faulty brake rotor caused Pro Stock Motorcycle's Eddie Krawiec to make two trips to the sand trap on a weekend in which he ultimately would win the event. Let's take a closer look in our latest episode of Nitro Time Machine.

When it comes to excitement, Pro Mod cars rarely disappoint and that was certainly the case at the 2014 Summit Racing Equipment Nationals where Jim Laurita and Dan Stephenson had side-by-side nitrous explosions.

In the latest edition of Nitro Time Machine, watch as Funny Car champion Jack Beckman rides out one of the biggest explosions of his career at the 2016 Epping event.

Sportsman racing takes center stage during this edition of Nitro Time Machine where Thomas Fletcher spun out his father Dan's Camaro during a round of Stock Eliminator at the 2016 Epping event.

Independent Northeast-based Funny Car racer Kosty Ivanov enjoyed one of his best days at the races during the 1979 U.S. Nationals when he upset some of the sport's biggest names to reach the final round.

As we look ahead to next week's trip to New England, the Nitro Time Machine goes back to the 1983 Cajun Nationals where Northeast favorite Al Segrini drove his colorful Super Brut Pontiac to an impressive Funny Car victory.

There was a lot of drama at the 2016 Houston event and much of it came from the E3 Pro Mod series courtesy of Jonathan Gray and Sidnei Frigo.

Native Texan Erica Enders claimed one of the biggest wins of her career in 2014 when she won her home event at Houston Raceway Park.

In the latest episode of our popular Nitro Time Machine series, Pro Mod racer Steve Jackson goes for a wild ride in the final round of the 2018 Four Wide Nationals in Charlotte.

At the 1992 Houston event, Mark Pawuk got his long-awaited first win in Pro Stock with a final-round victory over Rickie Smith.

Sweden native and FIA Pro Stock world champion Jimmy Alund became the first European driver to win an NHRA Pro title at the 2014 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte.

There was a lot of drama during NHRA's first stop at Atlanta Dragway in 1981 including Tripp Shumake's upset victory over a star-studded Funny Car field.

Proving that almost nothing is impossible, longtime rivals Shirley Muldowney and "Big Daddy" Don Garlits made headlines at the 1989 Atlanta race when they became Top Fuel teammates. Another in a series of historic Southern Nationals videos in advance of this weekend's finale.

Gary Scelzi's Top Fuel fire and Cory McClenathan's victory were just two of the highlights from the 1998 NHRA Southern Nationals that are featured in the latest edition of Nitro Time Machine with Brian Lohnes.