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The NHRA Breakfast, a staple of the SEMA Show for more than two decades, takes place Nov. 6: This year's topic is “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants.” NHRA stars Ron Capps, Tony Schumacher, Austin Prock, and crew chief Jim Oberhofer will appear – as well as a celebrated surprise guest – to discuss the “giant” that helped start their drag racing career.

Unofficial points standings following the completion of the Texas NHRA FallNationals, the 18th race of the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season and the fourth event of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.

Funny Car championship contender Jack Beckman, who has been driving the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet Camaro SS on behalf of drag racing legend John Force, will not compete today in the 39th NHRA Texas Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex after awakening Sunday morning with vertigo-like symptoms.

Following a dominant performance that included three individual winners, the team from the NHRA Northeast Division claimed a record ninth overall team title in the prestigious JEGS Allstars competition, held this weekend at the Texas Motorplex during the Texas NHRA FallNationals.

During the second round of Pro Stock qualifying on Friday at the Texas NHRA FallNationals, Eric Latino crossed the centerline and then struck the right wall, with the car flipping on its top before coming to a stop. Latino was alert, exited the car under his own power and was examined onsite by NHRA Chief Medical Officer Dr. Surface before being released.

During Friday's qualifying at the Texas NHRA FallNationals, NHRA officials crowned Sean Bellemeur the world champion in Top Alcohol Funny Car for the fourth time in his career. The driver of the Bartone Bros. Camaro previously won championships in 2018, 2019, and 2021 and is just the third racer to win four titles in the class.

Thousands of fans descended on Railyard Park in downtown Waxahachie, Texas, for the annual Pre-Stage Fan Fest with over 100 of the sportsman and professional racers for free autographs and photos in advance of the NHRA Texas FallNationals.

On Wednesday night before the 39th annual NHRA Texas FallNationals the 2023 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series event winners were honored one last time for their respective historic achievements. To

The October 2024 issue of NHRA National Dragster, packed with national event coverage and championship drama, is now online in digital format and in the mail in its traditional print format to NHRA Members around the world.

NHRA has officially announced the eight NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series competitors in contention for the 2024 NHRA Rookie of the Year award. 

Every year for the last 39 years, NHRA’s best Sportsman drivers have come together for the annual JEGS Allstars competition. They will compete for more than $125,000 in prize money at the upcoming Texas NHRA FallNationals. Here is a closer look at this year’s contestants.

Speedway Motorsports, the parent company of Charlotte Motor Speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway, leapt into action in the wake of Hurricane Helene to assist in relief efforts, and NHRA and its race teams are also offering their help.

Both reigning world champ Doug Kalitta and red-hot class rookie Tony Stewart will be running special back and gold liveries at the Texas NHRA FallNationals, saluting Mobil 1’s 50th anniversary, a fitting tribute to a Texas-based company at an event set in the heart of the Lone Star State. 

Don Thomas, Joe Lisa, and Houston Raikes led the list of winners as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series South Central Division competed at Texas Motorplex for the makeup event at Pine Valley.

The rain-delayed completion of the Division 4 event from Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park took place at Texas Motorplex just before the Texas NHRA FallNationals.

Season-long sponsor True Brand Products will have its first full-car wrap on the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car at the Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex. In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) will also be highlighted on the True Brand nitro Funny Car.

Mark Ingersoll, lead crew chief for six-time and reigning world champion Erica Enders at Elite Motorsports, is recovering from a double lung transplant but has a long road of recovery ahead of him, and the Elite Motorsports family has started a GoFundMe to help Ingersoll with ongoing medical and care expenses.

The second half of the six-race NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship playoffs begins this weekend with the main event of Texas Motorplex’s Stampede of Speed, the Texas NHRA FallNationals, starting an epic three-race finish.

For the second year in a row, veteran Funny Car driver Terry Haddock took the win light at the Stampede of Speed's signature exhibition event, the Texas Invitational.

Tune in to the NHRA FAST Channel Saturday for a five-episode Talkin’ Funny Cars with Buddy Hull marathon that will feature Buddy Hull talking with fellow Funny Car standouts Ron Capps, Cruz Pedregon, Daniel Wilkerson, Paul Lee, and Austin Prock.

Second-generation Pro Stock driver Mason McGah will drive his father’s ex-Pro Stock Camaro in Comp during the upcoming Division 4 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event and race both that car and his traditional blue and yellow Camaro in Pro Stock at the Texas NHRA FallNationals.

As part of the PlayNHRA initiative, the oddsmakers at Alt Sports Data have released updated championship odds for Professional racers in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series.

Bradley Johnson scored wins in both Top Dragster and Top Sportsman on separate days as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Pacific Division completed a doubleheader event at Famoso Raceway.

Officials with NHRA, Firebird Motorsports Park, and the Gila River Indian Community have announced a multiyear extension for the annual NHRA Arizona Nationals.