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2025 NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals Comp Eliminator winner Matt Alvey

28 Sep 2025
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Matt Alvey scored his first national event win in Comp, wheeling his H/AA Cobalt to a (-.51) 8.61 to fend off Scott Chamness’ 200-mph B/Dragster by just .003-second at the stripe. 
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Levasseur, Alarie, Taylor, and Konopacki win Summit Series Canada Finals

Cody Levasseur, Patrick Alarie, Dustin Taylor, and Mike Konopacki scored wins at the 2025 NHRA Summit Racing Series Canada Northeast Division Finals.
26 Sep 2025
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Division 1
The following are final results from the 2025 NHRA Summit Racing Series Canada Northeast Division Finals:SUPER PRO DOOR CARCody Levasseur, 4.943, 136.36  def. Pam Rennie; , 4.763, 141.50.SEMI PROPatrick Alarie…
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Brown, Spiegel double up at Famoso Raceway Division 7 Lucas Oil Series event

James Brown in Super Street and Andy Spiegel in Top Dragster both won both halves of the doubleheader NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Pacific Division event at Famoso Raceway.
25 Sep 2025
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Division 7
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division event at Famoso Dragstrip:COMPETITION ELIMINATORScott McClay, Tehachapi, Calif., '98 dragster, C/ED, 7.259, 182.51  def.…
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Banaka leads loaded Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Series field to St. Louis

Fresh off his first career victory in the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, Billy Banaka now finds himself as the man to beat heading into this weekend’s playoff race as part of the NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals.
25 Sep 2025
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Pro Mod
Fresh off his first career victory in the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, Billy Banaka now finds himself as the man to beat heading into this weekend’s playoff race as part of the NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide…
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Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown championship coronation on the line

Reigning world champion Mark Pawuk is all but assured of winning his second consecutive Flexjet NHRA Factory Stock Showdown championship as the series' final 2025 event will be contested this weekend at the NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals.
25 Sep 2025
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Mark Pawuk
The final Flexjet NHRA Factory Stock Showdown national event will be contested Sept. 26-28 at World Wide Technology Raceway during the NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals.Reigning world champion Mark Pawuk is all but assured of winning his second…
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Fuel Your Future: Explore exciting new career opportunities with NHRA

NHRA is offering qualified professionals the chance to join the team of the world’s largest sanctioning body with a pair of exciting career opportunities: General Manager, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, and Division Services Coordinator, Northeast Division.
24 Sep 2025
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NHRA
NHRA is offering qualified professionals the chance to join the team of the world’s largest sanctioning body with a pair of exciting career opportunities.General Manager, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway ParkRev up your career by…
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Ron Tornow and RAT Racing team win Holley Never Rest award in Charlotte

Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Ron Tornow and his RAT Racing team, who are retiring from racing after the NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals, were celebrated for their years of competition with the Holley Never Rest award in Charlotte.
23 Sep 2025
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Ron Tornow
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NAPA NHRA Midwest Nationals event guide: What you need to know before you go

Planning to attend or even watch next week's NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis? Check out our event guide, which features ticket information, event schedule and news, entry lists, a facility map, the Nitro Alley schedule, driver bios, and much more
23 Sep 2025
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NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals event guide
NAPA AUTO PARTS NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS EVENT GUIDE
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Countdown to the Championship hits halfway point at NAPA Midwest Nationals

This weekend's 14th annual NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals marks the halfway point of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs, and drivers have their sights set on a big weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway in St. Louis.
23 Sep 2025
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NAPA
Every NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series driver knows the importance of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship and its six playoff races. The 14th annual NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals, Sept. 26-28, marks the halfway point of the playoffs…
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Eight Lucas Oil Series event champs crowned at NHRA Carolina Nationals

In addition to the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series action at the NHRA Carolina Nationals, eight other winners were crowned in Lucas Oil Series action at zMAX Dragway, including Top Alcohol Dragster Matt Cummings.
23 Sep 2025
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Matt Cummings
In addition to the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series action at the NHRA Carolina Nationals, eight other winners were crowned in Lucas Oil Series action at zMAX Dragway.Gatornationals Top Alcohol Dragster champ Matt Cummings scored…
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Vincent Nobile wins JHG Mountain Motor Pro Stock at Carolina Nationals

Vincent Nobile in his Jersey Auto Supply 2024 Chevy Camaro picked up his first career victory in Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage Mountain Motor Pro Stock Sunday at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway.
22 Sep 2025
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Vincent Nobile
 Vincent Nobile in his Jersey Auto Supply 2024 Chevy Camaro picked up his first career victory in Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage Mountain Motor Pro Stock Sunday at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway.In the finals, Nobile lined up…
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Five things we learned in Charlotte

22 Sep 2025
NHRA National Dragster staff
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5 Things
We learn a lot at every NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series event, and during the Countdown to the Championship playoffs, we sometimes learn lessons that stick with us for the rest of the year. That was certainly the case in Charlotte, and here…
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Kelly Clontz adds ArchKey Solutions for Midwest Nationals

Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Kelly Clontz will lead her race team into the NHRA NAPA Midwest Nationals with ArchKey Solutions, a premier installation and integrated facilities services business.
22 Sep 2025
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Kelly Clontz
Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Kelly Clontz will lead her race team into the NHRA NAPA Midwest Nationals with ArchKey Solutions, a premier installation and integrated facilities services business that builds, installs and maintains electrical,…
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McBride completes unbeaten season in Pingel Top Fuel Motorcycle in Charlotte

21 Sep 2025
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Larry “Spiderman” McBride, who had already locked up his second straight Pingel Top Fuel Motorcycle championship before the event, added an exclamation point to an unbeaten season with his fourth straight win, three of which came with Bob Malloy in…
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Billy Banaka gets first career Congruity Pro Mod win in Charlotte

In a wild final round, Billy Banaka picked up his first career victory in the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series on Sunday at zMAX Dragway, defeating Mike Castellana, Sidnei Frigo and Mason Wright in a chaotic final quad at the NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals..
21 Sep 2025
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Pro Mod
In a wild final round, Billy Banaka picked up his first career victory in the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series on Sunday at zMAX Dragway, defeating Mike Castellana, Sidnei Frigo and Mason Wright in a chaotic final quad at the NHRA 4-Wide…
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2025 NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Sportsman winner Sandy Wilkins

21 Sep 2025
NHRA National Dragster staff
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After three runner-up finishes at his home track, Sandy Wilkins scored a coveted zMax Dragway victory by topping Jeff Brooks in the final of Right Trailers Top Sportsman. The final was a rematch of the 2024 Richmond race, with the same result.
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2025 NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Gas winner David Griffith

21 Sep 2025
NHRA National Dragster staff
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David Griffith locked up his first career win in style, cutting a .008 reaction time in the Super Gas final and wheeling his Camaro to a 9.912 to defeat his season’s Richmond winner, J.J. Brock.
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2025 NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Comp winner Allan Ackles

21 Sep 2025
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Allan Ackles, whose breakthrough first career win came in Atlanta in 2020, added a second Super Comp Wally to his mantle after defeating Tori Iacono on a holeshot in the final round, 8.917 to 8.912. 
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2025 NHRA Carolina Nationals Stock Eliminator winner Morgan Taylor

21 Sep 2025
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Four years after reaching her first national event final at zMax Dragway, Morgan Taylor claimed her first win via a narrow double-breakout Stock final against Jeff Longhany. Taylor was .003-second under her dial while Longhany missed by .011-second.
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2025 NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Stock winner Byron Worner

21 Sep 2025
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Byron Worner joined his brother, Bryan, as a Charlotte winner after beating Marion Stephenson in the Super Stock final. Worner cruised to the title after Stephenson spun the tires.
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2025 NHRA Carolina Nationals Comp Eliminator winner Wes Leopold Jr.

21 Sep 2025
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Thirty-four years after his only other national event win, in Stock in Columbus way back in 1991, Wes Leopold Jr. got back to the winner’s circle, this time in Comp where he wheeled his ASMA Stratus to a stout (.-.59) 7.87 to defeat defending event…
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2025 4-Wide NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Brian Hough

21 Sep 2025
NHRA National Dragster staff
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A week after winning Top Alcohol Funny Car in Reading, Brian Hough continued his East Coast reign of terror by scoring again in Charlotte, wrapping up his 15th career win in a weird final round in which world champ Sean Bellemeur and Chip Beverett,…
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2025 4-Wide NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Matt Cummings

21 Sep 2025
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Gatornationals Top Alcohol Dragster champ Matt Cummings scored his second win of the season, the eighth of his career, and his second at this event, running a 5.18 to outduel Jon Bradford, Jackie Fricke, and red-lighting five-time world champ Joey…
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NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals Sunday preview

For the first time ever, four-wide racing is a part of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway. Here's a look at what to expect with our Sunday preview.
21 Sep 2025
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Charlotte
For the first time ever, four-wide racing is a part of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway. Here's a look at what to expect with our Sunday preview.Today will be a historic day…
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Witkowski, Fornwalt, Hakucsa, Schwalm claim Division 1 Summit Series Finals wins

Matt Witkowski, Mike Fornwalt, Bill Hakucsa, and Mark Schwalm scored victories at the 2025 Division 1 NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals at Numidia Dragway.
20 Sep 2025
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Division 1
The following are Saturday's final results from the 2025 NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Finals:SUPER PROMatt Witkowski, Elverson, Pa., '90 S15, 6.554, 102.17  def. Scott Hakucsa, Denville, N.J., '68 Chev, 6.508,…
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NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals Saturday preview

For the first time ever, four-wide racing is a part of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway. Here's a look at what to expect with our Saturday preview.
20 Sep 2025
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Charlotte
For the first time ever, four-wide racing is a part of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway. Here's a look at what to expect with our Saturday preview.Last night, NHRA’s pro…
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Tulsa Division 4 doubleheader completes in Dallas

The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series South Central Division was in a doubleheader event at Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park but only one race was completed before rain ended the event, which was completed Oct. 6 in Dallas.
19 Sep 2025
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Division 4
The following are Wednesday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division event at Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park:COMPETITION ELIMINATORChase Williams, Carthage, Texas, '14 dragster, B/ED, 7.263…
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Playoff action heats up for Congruity NHRA Pro Mod series in Charlotte

Coming off the biggest win of his career in the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, Michael Stavrinos is primed for a run at the champonship in the class during this weekend's NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals.
19 Sep 2025
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Mike Stavrinos
Coming off the biggest win of his career in the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, Michael Stavrinos is primed for a run at the championship in the class.His victory in Indy at the prestigious Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals was…
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Reading wreck in the rearview, Tony Stewart ready to continue title chase

Less than a week after a top-end shunt at the NHRA Reading Nationals presented by Nitro Fish put his dragster on its side in the shutdown area of Maple Grove Raceway, regular-season Top Fuel champ Tony Stewart is ready to continue his pursuit of a first NHRA championship at the NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals.
19 Sep 2025
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Tony Stewart
Less than a week after a top-end shunt at the NHRA Reading Nationals presented by Nitro Fish put his dragster on its side in the shutdown area of Maple Grove Raceway, regular-season Top Fuel champ Tony Stewart is ready to continue his pursuit of a…
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NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals Friday preview

For the first time ever, four-wide racing will be a part of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway. Here's a look at what to expect with our Friday preview.
19 Sep 2025
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CH2
For the first time ever, four-wide racing will be a part of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway.Last weekend in Reading, the opening round of the six-race playoffs featured…
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