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David Kramer may be best known throughout NHRA circles as the father of current Pro Stock championship contender Deric Kramer, but he’s also got a lengthy resumé of his own including the Comp title at the 2002 Denver race. David is now a winner in…

Rickie Smith finished up an impressive weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway with his first victory of the season in E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service action, beating points leader Stevie “Fast” Jackson…

Billy Torrence continues to dominate every time he shows up to race. Torrence beat his son, defending world champion Steve Torrence, to capture his fourth win in his sixth final.  Torrence left a hundredth behind his son but made a clean lap…

Shawn Langdon is now a two-time Funny Car winner. He defeated Kalitta Motorsports teammate J.R. Todd to get his second win at World Wide Technology Raceway and first in a Funny Car, moving him to seventh in points in the process.  Langdon…

Erica Enders is back in the winner's circle. She drove her Melling Performance by Matt Hartford to get her first win since 2018 at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals.  Hartford left first, grabbing a .015-second advantage after cutting…

Karen Stoffer defeated Andrew Hines to get her first victory since 2015. The rider brought home the third-straight victory for White Alligator Racing, which moved Stoffer to second in points, behind Hines as she battles for her first Pro Stock…

Shawn Langdon advanced to the semifinals in come from behind fashion, driving by Jim Campbell in his Global Electronic Technology Toyota Camry. That got him back in the championship conversation and earned him a spot in the semi's for the fourth…

Scott Palmer didn't get a chance to take a shot at his good friend and defending world champion Steve Torrence in the first round of Top Fuel.  His Magic Dry Top Fuel dragster blew up while performing the burnout at the AAA Insurance NHRA…

Watch John Force, Mike Salinas, Erica Enders and Matt Smith take pole in their respective categories and Tim Wilkerson drive through a body-destroying explosion during the final day of qualifying at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals…

The NHRA Countdown to the Championship continues at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals with 40 racers in the hunt for a championship. Professional race day begins with Top Fuel and continues with Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock…

John Force captured his first pole since the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in June as he marched towards his unprecedented 17th championship. He made a 3.842-second pass at 334.4-mph in the final qualifying session to take his fourth pole of the…

Tim Wilkerson experienced an explosive run during the fourth and final Funny Car qualifying session at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis. He exited his car unharmed at his home track but the body of his Ford Mustang Funny Car was…

Mike Salinas sent a message in the final qualifying session at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals. The Scrappers Racing Top Fuel team will still play a role in the championship fight. Salinas ran a 3.687-second pass at a staggering 330.55-…

Defending world champion Matt Smith took a step towards defending his title by earning pole position for the fourth time in 2019 at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals.  Smith went to the top for the first time in three races on the…

Erica Enders will start from the top of the Pro Stock field for the second race in a row. The two-time world champion secured pole position with a 6.552-second pass from the third qualifying session. Enders also made the quickest pass of the…

Rick Hord was chasing one of the final spots in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod field in St. Louis when he made contact with the wall in St. Louis. The racer exited the car under his own power and was assisted by the AAA Safety Safari, who also had…

Drew Skillman grabbed pole position in the SAMTech.edu Factory Stock Showdown at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals to take another step closer to securing the world championship.  Skillman finished four-hundredths of a second ahead of…

The NHRA Countdown to the Championship continues at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals with 40 racers in the hunt for a championship. Professional qualifying continues with a pair of sessions in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock…

Watch Robert Hight, Billy Torrence, Erica Enders and Steve Johnson take pole in their respective categories and Luigi Novelli drive through a big explosion during the first day of qualifying at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals…

Billy Torrence and Steve Torrence highlighted a Capco Contractors one-two punch in Top Fuel qualifying at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis.  Billy Torrence took the top spot with a 3.699-second lap at 321.88-mph. His son…

Robert Hight made a statement run at the first of three races sponsored by the company that sponsors his Chevy Camaro Funny Car.  The 2017 world champion ran a 3.877-second pass at 334.9-mph to go to the top of the Funny Car field, beating…

Erica Enders started at the top of the Pro Stock field in Reading but did not have the race day she wanted. She started her bounce back weekend in fine fashion in St. Louis.  Enders ended Friday qualifying at the top of the Pro Stock sheet…

Steve Johnson is determined to prove his final-round appearance in Reading was not a fluke. The Suzuki rider took provisional pole position at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals with a 6.838-second pass and stunning the St. Louis crowd.…

Rickie Smith ended up on the top of the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod sheet in both sessions at the end of Friday qualifying in St. Louis, but not without a little drama. Smith made a 5.763-second pass at 251.63-miles per hour to take provisional pole…

Robert Hight drove through a fiery explosion to capture a massive win at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals in 2018. Re-live his victory, and the rest of the final rounds, from last year's race from World Wide Technology Raceway outside of St…

DON SCHUMACHER RACING ANTRON BROWN “Looking forward to racing at World Wide Technology Raceway. St. Louis has always been a great place for us. We won there four years in a row, and we want to get back on that trend. We fell…

The NHRA Countdown to the Championship continues at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals with 40 racers in the hunt for a championship. Professional qualifying kicks off with a pair of sessions in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock…

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The first race of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship is in the books. Read what the teams had to say following the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil.  Torrence Racing Steve Torrence “Maple…

The Jason Line’s mid-season struggles in Pro Stock appear to be a distant memory after the three-time world champ claimed a key victory in the final of the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil. Line, who won his first event of the…