Photos by Auto Imagery; Kelly Wade contributed to this presentation
In celebration of a spectacularly captivating, delightfully striking 2024, ace photographer and Auto Imagery Vice President Alex Owens has hand selected 24 great photos for us to share with you. In the 2024 season of NHRA drag racing, the Auto Imagery team had cameras aimed at a variety of NHRA events, including those within the nostalgia-inducing Hot Rod Heritage Series; the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series (featuring some of the most dedicated and talented sportsman racers in the country); and the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, which hosts everything from 11,000+ horsepowered nitro monsters to half-scale Jr. dragsters, coast-to-coast.
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Eily Stafford at the 2024 March Meet in Mark Borjon’s Fuel Altered
Crew chief Dean “Guido” Antonelli and assistant crew chief “T-Buck” Tom Buckingham review notes before a run for Ron Capps
The GT/HA ’86 Camaro of Patrick Glade earned a big hit after becoming unruly at the New England Nationals
Not to be outdone, Super Stock racer Venice Perno went two-wheeling in Norwalk
Respected crew chief Dickie Venables tuned Matt Hagan to three wins in six final rounds over the course of the season
Jordan Lazic came from behind to win his first NHRA Pro Mod world championship
Taylor Vetter Januik saluted husband Nick through the windshield of his Pro Mod Corvette, flashing her wedding ring before sending him down track
Brad Burton launched with wheels up a time or two, making his way to a No. 6 finish in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Super Stock standings
Brittany Force showed resilience and fortitude upon her return to Top Fuel following a season-ending crash experienced by her father, Funny Car icon John Force
Eventual Seattle finalist Dustin Lee goes wheels way up next to Dean Carter in Comp Eliminator
Nostalgia cars cackled and pleasingly popped at the Northwest Nationals in Seattle
Alex Taylor drove her ’55 Chevy to the final round at the PEAK Street Car Shootout at the Route 66 Nationals in Chicago
Holley EFI Factory X competitor Alex Laughlin drove Geoff Turk’s Blackbird X into the Jesel 200 MPH Club
Dan Mercier was the upset king with semifinals performances in Chicago and Reading.
For the first time in history, four Mexican nationals lined up together to race at an NHRA national event. Fernando Cuadra Sr. joined sons Fernando Jr., Cristian, and David in qualifying at the Charlotte Four-Wide Nationals
From diggers to floppers, Buddy Hull can wheel them all. Here he is driving Funny Car legend Jim Dunn’s entry.
Esteemed Top Alcohol Funny Car crew chief Steve Boggs, who tuned Sean Bellemeur to a fourth world championship in 2024
Tony Schumacher and wife Summer celebrate his 87th career win, the most of any Top Fuel driver in NHRA history
Pro Stock Motorcycle legend-in-the-making Gaige Herrera and Vance & Hines crewman Jay Krawiec at the top end
Pro Mod racer Mike Thielen, who proved adept in both blown and nitrous combinations
Comp racer William Scott pulls a wicked wheelstand
Larry “Spiderman” McBride, winner of the inaugural championship in the Pingel NHRA Top Fuel Motorcycle Series
Pro Stock driver Aaron Stanfield blows up big in Chicago
Curt White in The Iceman Jet Dragster
