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As the 2022 season wraps up in Pomona, Tricky Tipster offers his selections and they include championship contenders Brittany Force, Robert Hight, and Matt Smith, as well as Erica Enders, who has already clinched the Pro Stock crown.

It’s almost time to crown some champions and what better place to do so than Las Vegas. So far, nothing has been settled but in a couple of cases, the handwriting is clearly on the wall. This week, we've got Brittany Force, Ron Capps, Erica Enders, and Matt Smith as our pre-race favorites.

Three races down and three to go in the Countdown to the Championship and one gets the feeling that the old saying, “You ain’t seen nothing yet,” applies to the ongoing points battles in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle.

Buckle up. This is where the ride gets a bit bumpy. The Countdown to the Championship playoffs for the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series is about to hit the halfway point with this week’s NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway. Right now, all four Professional championships are very much up for grabs, but that might not be the case on Monday morning.

The Countdown to the Championship heats up this weekend at the Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals, the second of six races in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series playoffs. Tricky Tipster, NHRA's in-house oddsmaker, has tabbed Brittany Force, Robert Hight, and Erica Enders as the favorites.

As the Countdown to the Championship kicks off in Reading, Tricky Tipster has forecast incoming points leaders Brittany Force, Robert Hight, Erica Enders, and Matt Smith as the favorites.

Tricky Tipster has made his picks for the 68th annual Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals and has labeled Steve Torrence, Bob Tasca III, Erica Enders, and Joey Gladstone as the front-runners.

Heading into the wilds of Brainerd for the annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, Tricky Tipster has labeled Steve Torrence and Bob Tasca III as the favorites to win in Top Fuel and Funny Car, respectively.

Here are Tricky Tipster’s selections for this week's Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor, and it’s no surprise that leaders Brittany Force, Robert Hight, and Erica Enders are favored in each class, with second-ranked Joey Gladstone getting the nod in Pro Stock Motorcycle.

After three long years, the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series tour will return to Pacific Raceways in Washington for the Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals, the third and final stop on the annual Western Swing.

When it comes to predicting winners, Bandimere Speedway has historically been a tough place to handicap because there are almost no comparable facilities. In this case, it's often best to look at previous years to see who has a proper thin-air combination and who struggles at altitude. To that end, Tipster has labeled Steve Torrence, Robert Hight, Erica Enders, and Eddie Krawiec as the favorites.

Oddsmaker Tricky Tipster boldly offers his selections for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals and they include Brittany Force, Matt Hagan, Erica Enders, and Matt Smith.

After a solid outing at the recent NHRA New England Nationals, where he correctly picked Matt Hagan and Erica Enders to win in Funny Car and Pro Stock, and labeled Top Fuel winner Mike Salinas as one of the favorites, Tricky Tipster is back to offer his selections for the Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol.

Fearless in his duties as NHRA’s longtime prognosticator, Tricky Tipster has nevertheless picked Steve Torrence, Matt Hagan, and Erica Enders as this week’s favorites at the New England Nationals.

After three long years, the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series makes its long-awaited return to Virginia Motorsports Park for this weekend's Virginia NHRA Nationals, where Tricky Tipster has chosen Brittany Force, Matt Hagan, and Steve Johnson as the pre-race favorites.

Heading to zMax Dragway for the second and final Four Wide racing event of the season, Tricky Tipster, NHRA's longtime wizard of odds, has labeled Brittany Force, Matt Hagan, and Matt Smith as the favorites to win this week's event.

For what appears to be the final time, the Camping World NHRA Drag Racing Series will make a stop at Houston Raceway Park near Baytown, Texas. Not surprisingly, Tricky Tipster has tabbed Steve Torrence an Erica Enders, a pair of native Texans, as the favorites in Top Fuel and Pro Stock. Tipster also has his eye on Matt Hagan and Karen Stoffer in Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle.

Four-wide racing returns this week at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Steve Torrence, Robert Hight, and Erica Enders are the pre-race favorites, according to NHRA’s Tricky Tipster.

Tricky Tipster, NHRA's longtime resident oddsmaker, has tabbed Mike Salinas, Robert Hight, Aaron Stanfield, and Matt Smith as the favorites to win this week's Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway.

Last week, at the season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com., Justin Ashley, Robert Hight, and Erica Enders delivered wins in Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock, respectively. Tricky Tipster, NHRA’s wizard of odds, had Ashley and Hight among the favorites at 5-1, while Enders was valued at 4-1, second among Pro Stock racers.

Tricky Tipster, NHRA’s resident oddsmaker, provides his insight into this week’s season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com.

Tricky Tipster is determined to end the season on a strong note so this week, he’s got title hopefuls Steve Torrence, Matt Hagan, Greg Anderson, and Matt Smith listed as the favorites.

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Well, maybe not as far as the Camping World NHRA championship battles are concerned. What happens in Vegas, particularly during this weekend’s Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil, could have a profound effect on what happens two weeks from now when the season concludes in Pomona.

Tricky Tipster, NHRA’s resident wizard of odds, has gone with points leaders Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny Car), and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) as the favorites for this weeks' Bristol event.

NHRA National Dragster’s in-house odds-maker, Tricky Tipster, is once again going to anoint Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny Car), and Erica Enders (Pro Stock) as the favorites along with Matt Smith in Pro Stock Motorcycle for this week's Texas NHRA Fall Nationals.

For this week's NHRA Gateway Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway, Tricky Tipster is going to lead off with the usual suspects and give the early nod to Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny Car), and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) as the pre-race favorites.

This week, when it comes to our best bets, we’re going to continue to play the hot hand and go with Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), John Force (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle).

Tricky Tipster went two-for-five at Indy when we correctly picked Steve Torrence and Erica Enders to win in Top Fuel and Pro Stock, respectively. Now, it’s time for the start of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs which means there’s little room for error and even the smallest mistake can have dire consequences.

As he’s done every year for more than a half-century, NHRA’s Tricky Tipster has carefully analyzed the professional fields and his predictions for Indy glory include Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), John Force (Funny Car), Erica Enders (Pro Stock), Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle), and Jose Gonzalez (Pro Mod).

With two races remaining before the Countdown to the Championship playoffs begin, it’s officially crunch time in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series. This weekend’s Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd will go a long way towards determining the final seeding for the seven-race playoffs, which kick off next month in Reading.