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NHRA’s traditional three-race Western Swing ended with a bona fide blast from the past.
Eight-time Top Fuel world champion Tony Schumacher scored his first win since 2020 on Sunday, powering to his 86th career victory during …

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Brittany Force may look back on NHRA’s annual three-race Western Swing as the summertime stretch that jump-started her bid for a second Top Fuel world championship.
Force moved past Mike Salinas …

Leah Pruett delivered the first Top Fuel victory for team-owner and husband Tony Stewart at Bandimere Speedway Sunday, as NHRA kicked-off its traditional three-race, summertime Western Swing at the 42nd annual Dodge Power Brokers NHRA …

A self-described workaholic, Mike Salinas wheels his 330-mph Top Fuel dragster as a high-speed hobby. As of Sunday evening in Norwalk, Ohio, NHRA world champions Brittany Force and Steve Torrence wish Salinas had taken up …

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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On the day his mentor officially joined the Legends of Thunder Valley, two-time/reigning NHRA Funny Car world champion Ron Capps marked his own moment of Bristol Dragway history.
Capps tied eight-time …

NHRA Funny Car competition in 2022 doesn’t get any better than Matt Hagan vs. Robert Hight. The three-time world champions met in the final of Sunday’s ninth annual NHRA New England Nationals, with point-leader Hagan …

CONCORD, N.C. – A year after Steve Johnson snapped a seven-year winless streak at zMAX Dragway the Pro Stock Motorcycle competitor repeated his victory Sunday in the NHRA Circle K Four-Wide Nationals to take the …

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
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CONCORD, N.C. – When Top Fuel racer Mike Salinas lost veteran crew chief/tuner Alan Johnson to Kalitta Motorsports earlier this year, there were those who thought Salinas would never win another event. …

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
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CONCORD, N.C. – Sixteen-time Funny Car champion John Force desperately wanted to win Sunday’s NHRA Circle K Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway for his oldest daughter Adria, who’s recovering from …

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
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CONCORD, N.C. – Five days before John Force’s 73rd birthday the 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion earned his 164th No. 1 qualifying position while 27-year-old Justin Ashley claimed his first …