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Vote now to help select the 2024 NHRA National Dragster All-Star Team

Fan voting for the 2024 NHRA National Dragster All-Star Team ends Friday. Don't miss your chance to vote for your favorites.
19 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
NHRA National Dragster All-Star Team
NHRA National Dragster All-Star Team
Fan voting for the 2024 NHRA National Dragster All-Star Team is officially open. Don't miss your chance to vote for your favorites. Balloting ends Nov. 29. Fans can vote for Pro Driver of the Year, Top Alcohol Driver of the Year,…
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NHRA Funny Car icon Jim Dunn honored with NHRA Lifetime Achievement Award

Team owner and Funny Car legend Jim Dunn was recognized with the NHRA Lifetime Achievement Award at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series championship banquet.
19 Nov 2024
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Jim Dunn
Team owner and Funny Car legend Jim Dunn was recognized with the NHRA Lifetime Achievement Award at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series championship banquet. For more than 70 years, Dunn has been a fixture in drag racing, campaigning some…
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Toyota wins its first NHRA Manufacturers Cup championship

For the first time in its 23 seasons of NHRA competition, Toyota has won the NHRA Manufacturers Cup. Toyota’s resounding success in Top Fuel this year, along with its achievements in Funny Car, led to its first-ever season triumph.
18 Nov 2024
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Toyota
For the first time in its 23 seasons of NHRA competition, Toyota has won the NHRA Manufacturers Cup. The 2024 season was the first time NHRA included the Top Fuel category in its distinctions for the Manufacturers Cup, to which Toyota’s resounding…
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NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series champs honored at awards ceremony

First-time world champion Austin Prock was honored Monday evening, along with multitime world champs Antron Brown, Greg Anderson, and Gaige Herrera, during the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony at the Pechanga Resort Casino in scenic Southern California Wine Country.
18 Nov 2024
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Awards Ceremony
First-time world champion Austin Prock was honored Monday evening, along with multitime world champs Antron Brown, Greg Anderson, and Gaige Herrera, during the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony at the Pechanga Resort Casino…
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Tony Stewart named 2024 NHRA Rookie of the Year

In one of the closest races in recent history, Top Fuel driver and motorsports legend Tony Stewart was named the 2024 NHRA Rookie of the Year in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series.
18 Nov 2024
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Tony Stewart
In one of the closest races in recent history, Top Fuel driver and motorsports legend Tony Stewart was named the 2024 NHRA Rookie of the Year in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. Stewart was awarded NHRA Rookie of the Year honors Monday…
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In Memoriam

18 Nov 2024
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
In Memoriam
Recent passings of notable figures from within the NHRA world. The NHRA extends its sincere condolences to the family and friends of those we have lost. Notices of passing can be sent to nhra@nhra.com.…
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5 Things We Learned in Pomona

The season-ending In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals produced an incredible amount of memorable moments that will undoubtedly withstand the test of time, but somehow, we’ve managed to pick five that stand out.
18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
Feature
Five Things We Learned in Pomona
  GREATNESS HAS NO EXPIRATION DATE Greg Anderson often jokes about the difficulty he has keeping up with the younger generation of Pro Stock drivers, but who is laughing now? Anderson won his sixth world title on Sunday in Pomona and…
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2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Top Dragster champion Ed Olpin

18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
80:43
Ed Olpin Sr. closed out his 2024 season in the best way possible with a win in Right Trailers Top Dragster highlighted by a perfect .000 reaction time. Olpin ran 7.058 on his 7.03 dial while opponent Kevin Wright, who was nearly perfect in the…
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2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Top Sportsman champion Joe Mellof

18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
88:25
Canadian Joe Mellof was consistent on both ends of the track on his way to the win in Right Trailers Top Sportsman. Mellof turned on the win light in the final after Division 6 champ Robert Strohm fouled.
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2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Super Gas champion Val Torres

18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
137:16
In one of the biggest races of his long and successful career, Val Torres Sr. defeated Kris Whitfield in the final round to win the Super Gas world championship. Torres, a two-time Winternationals champ, won his second career Finals Wally with a 9.…
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2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Super Comp champion Bob VanPopering

18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
90:28
Bob VanPopering’s first career national event final-round appearance was a successful one as he claimed the Super Comp crown on Pomona on Nick Alejandre’s final-round foul.
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2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Stock champion John McLaughlin

18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
104:02
John McLaughlin wheeled his four-speed-equipped ’70 Road Runner to his first national event title by beating Michael Wann in the Stock final. McLaughlin gave up a lead at the start, and won with a .03-over 10.56 after Wann broke out.
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2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Super Stock champion Justin Jerome

18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
Feature
96:48
Justin Jerome scored an emotional win to close out the season as he topped up-and-coming Shelby Williams in the Super Stock final. Jerome left first and closed the deal with a 10.616 against his 10.61 dial.
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2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Comp champion Travis Gusso

18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
78:54
After sweeping both Las Vegas national events last season, Travis Gusso finished out 2024 with another big win in Comp, wheeling his H/A Cobalt to victory on Australian ace Jason Grima’s final-round red-light.
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2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Top Alcohol Funny Car champion Shane Westerfield

18 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
91:51
Past world champ Shane Westerfield got back into the Top Alcohol Funny Car winner’s circle after a two-year absence, defeating Ray Martin, for the title. Six of Westerfield’s 17 career wins have come in Pomona, evenly split between the…
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Wild Sportsman action at season finale produced nine winners at NHRA Finals

In addition to the exciting championship battles raging in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, nine event winners were also crowned in Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competition at the In-N-Out Burgher NHRA Finals.
17 Nov 2024
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Val Torres Sr.
In addition to the exciting championship battles raging in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, nine event winners were also crowned in Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competition at the In-N-Out Burgher NHRA Finals. In one of the biggest…
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Unofficial Mission Foods points standings

Unofficial final points standings following the completion of the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, the final event of the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
17 Nov 2024
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Points
Unofficial final points standings following the completion of the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, the final event of the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.  Official points will be posted…
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Greg Anderson joins exclusive company with sixth NHRA Pro Stock title

Greg Anderson joins former mentor Warren Johnson and Erica Enders as a six-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion after winner-take-all final round.
17 Nov 2024
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Greg Anderson
Greg Anderson knows he won’t eventually win the race against Father Time, but he’s determined to hold off the younger generation of Pro Stock racers for as long as possible. Anderson, who began racing in the factory hot rod class more than three…
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Brown, Anderson win championships, season finale; Beckman, Smith also score

Antron Brown in Top Fuel and Greg Anderson in Pro Stock won world championships and the season-ending In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals to finish off an amazing 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. Championship runner-ups Jack Beckman (Funny Car) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won the event to close their seasons.
17 Nov 2024
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Race coverage
winners
Jack Beckman closed out the 2024 season NHRA season with a thrilling Funny Car victory on Sunday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, defeating John Force Racing teammate and world champion Austin Prock in the final round to close out the 59th…
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Antron Brown secures fourth Mission Foods NHRA Top Fuel world championship

Antron Brown joined a very short list of four-time NHRA Top Fuel champions, sealing the title, his first since 2016 and his first as a team owner, with a solid run through a gauntlet of tough competitors at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.
17 Nov 2024
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
News
Antron Brown
Antron Brown joined a very short list of four-time NHRA Top Fuel champions, sealing the title, his first since 2016 and his first as a team owner, with a solid run through a gauntlet of tough competitors at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, the final…
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Funny Car world champ Austin Prock makes fastest run in NHRA history

A day after winning his first career NHRA world championship, Funny Car’s Austin Prock made the fastest run in NHRA history, delivering an epic run of 341.68 mph during the first round of eliminations on Sunday at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals in Pomona.
17 Nov 2024
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Austin Prock
A day after winning his first career NHRA world championship, Funny Car’s Austin Prock made the fastest run in NHRA history, delivering an epic run of 341.68 mph during the first round of eliminations on Sunday at the 59th annual In-N-Out Burger…
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In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Sunday photo gallery

The NHRA National Dragster photographers were all over In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip on the final day of the 2024 season-ending In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.
17 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
Gallery
Impressive pre race flyover 66
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2024 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals Top Alcohol Dragster champion Joey Severance

17 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Nine months after it began, the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals is finally in the books as Joey Severance defeated Ron Anderson to win the Top Alcohol Dragster final. The event was initially interrupted by rain and cold weather, and Severance was…
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Gaige Herrera locks up second straight Pro Stock Motorcycle championship

After dominating the 2023 season, Gaige Herrera did not let up in 2024, winning ten events on his RevZilla Vance & Hines Suzuki en route to his second-straight Pro Stock Motorcycle world title.
17 Nov 2024
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Gaige Herrera
Proving that last year’s 11-win championship season was anything but a fluke, Gaige Herrera clinched his second-straight Mission Foods NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle title on Sunday in Pomona. Herrera entered final eliminations at the season-ending In-N-…
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Sunday News and Notes from the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals

News, notes, quotes, and photos from final eliminations at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif. (Updated throughout the day)
17 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Sunday News and Notes from the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals
UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY Top Fuel round one Heading into Championship Sunday, Justin Ashley led Shawn Langdon by 42 points and Antron Brown by 46. Doug Kalitta is 78 points back, Steve Torrence 79 behind, Clay Millican at -95, and Brittany…
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In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Sunday preview

The In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, and the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing season, races to a conclusion today with the crowning of both pro and sportsman world champions.
17 Nov 2024
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Pomona
TOP FUEL On Saturday, Pomona fans got to see some of the quickest runs of the season including a blistering 3.643 by low qualifier Brittany Force and her Monster Energy team. Force was one of eight drivers to venture into the 3.6s and the bump…
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Force, Prock smash records to lead Finals fields; Anderson, Smith also No. 1s

Brittany Force made the quickest Top Fuel run of the 2024 season, qualifying No. 1 for the fourth time in the past five races at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals. Austin Prock (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock), and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also qualified No. 1 at the last of 20 races during the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
16 Nov 2024
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Brittany Force
Brittany Force made the quickest Top Fuel run of the 2024 season on Saturday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, qualifying No. 1 for the fourth time in the past five races at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals. Austin Prock (Funny Car), Greg…
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Austin Prock clinches first Funny Car world championship in dominant fashion

Austin Prock completed one of the greatest first-year seasons in the history of NHRA Funny Car competition, winning the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series world championship in his debut in the class.
16 Nov 2024
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
News
Austin Prock
Austin Prock completed one of the greatest first-year seasons in the history of NHRA Funny Car competition, winning the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series world championship in his debut in the class. Prock secured the championship at the end of…
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Ode to my best friend

16 Nov 2024
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Van hero
I never had a biological brother, a familial sidekick to share life’s experiences, its ups and downs, its discoveries and surprises, its joys and its heartaches, another guy who was always there as your “ride or die” through thick and thin.…
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In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Saturday photo gallery

The NHRA National Dragster photographers bring you a collection of photos from a second day at the 2024 season-ending In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.
16 Nov 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
Gallery
Ready for battle 65
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