It was one of the proudest moments of Trevor Larkin's life.

Standing in the pit area at Irwindale Dragstrip, he just stood there looking at the former Top Gas front-engine dragster. But this was no ordinary rail.

The dragster was the same one his dad Tommy Larkin campaigned in the late 1960s to early 1970s and sold in 1972. It's one of the most impactful memories he has of his dad, who passed away in 2011.

If there’s one lesson Jasmine Salinas’ father, Top Fuel racer Mike Salinas, taught her, it’s to stay the course and never give up. Today, she has proof her father’s counsel is spot on.

Salinas, who drives the Scrappers Racing/Pep Boys Top Alcohol Dragster, recently scored her first regional championship, winning the North Central title. 

Growing up in a family immersed in drag racing history, Lana Chrisman understood the importance of preserving that history. That's why when Chrisman, daughter of the legendary Jack Chrisman, was offered the Executive Director position at the Lions Automobilia Foundation; she knew she had found her calling.

"I think it's important because we have to understand where we came from, where our industry came from," Chrisman said. "In southern California. So much came out of there, and so many innovators; we have Iskederian and Howard Cams, Keith Black, there's so many of our founding manufacturers came out of Southern California and tested at Lions. So I think that that relationship is important for us to preserve for just for our next generation to understand it and have a clear understanding of where we came from."

Travel back in time to an era when the NHRA Champions were decided on the pit road of the famed Ontario Motor Speedway. This rare broadcast was aired in 1977 via syndication on CBS channels and produced by the legendary Diamond P Sports.

You'll see the legends Shirley Muldowney, Don Garlits, Don Prudhomme, "Dyno" Don Nicholson, Bob Glidden and many more.

However, the most entertaining celebrity might just be a shaggy haired Graham Light racing his Top Fuel dragster to the finals.

In the early 80’s, the growing popularity of the IHRA mountain motor Pro Stock class made a huge ripple in the great drag racing pond – a ripple felt all the way past the front doors of NHRA headquarters in Glendora, Ca.

Headlines once reserved for Bob Glidden, Lee Shepherd, and Frank Iaconio now featured such names as Rickie Smith, Warren Johnson, and Ronnie Sox. The IHRA Pro Stockers had blasted their way into the 7.90s during the 1980 season and the 7.80s one year later.

Never mind the fact the NHRA had just staged the closest point championship in the history of the class, a battle that went down to the final run of the season. The IHRA had seven-second Pro Stockers and wasn’t afraid to flaunt them to the media.

NHRA cars ran 8.30s. IHRA cars ran 7.80s. Get the picture?

In the weeks prior to the end of the 1981 season, the NHRA announced that they would do away with the pounds-per-cubic-inch format and adopt an IHRA-type program.

Instead of the sky-is-the-limit mentality of the IHRA, however, the NHRA put a 500-inch ceiling on their “mountain motors.”

Veterans Day usually always falls on the weekend NHRA concludes its season. 

This year Kalitta Motorsports will team with long-time sponsor Clean Harbors to recognize the sacrifice and commitment of our brave servicemen and servicewomen on Veteran's Day, November 11, during the NHRA Finals in Pomona, Ca.

Rahn Tobler thought it was time to step aside a few years ago but returned to some unfinished business. Today, he knew the time had come to finish those final tasks.

Tobler, who has tuned multiple drivers to nitro championships, confirmed with CompetitionPlus.com that he will retire from full-time tuning at the end of the 2022 season.

"I realized that the travel and the wear and tear on me was just getting too much," Tobler said. "I'm a 68-year-old guy, and I don't want to complain about getting on an airplane and flying somewhere, but with the time changes and coming back and just getting used to one time and then coming back and doing this every week, it just got to be too much.

The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, starring the best and most decorated sportsman drivers in drag racing, announced the schedule for the upcoming 2023 season, featuring stops across the country.

Starting on Feb. 3-4 at Orlando Speed World Dragway, the 2023 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season will include 46 total divisional events and 24 regional events, finishing Nov. 3-5 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The season will also feature nine doubleheader events, which have been a popular draw for race teams in recent seasons.