Having a safe place is a good thing these days. 

NHRA Countdown rookie of the year front-runner and Pro Stock championship contender Camrie Caruso along with Caruso Family Racing, have added OZ Saferooms to their Sand Haulers of America Chevrolet Camaro Pro Stock race car during the NHRA Texas Fall Nationals this weekend. OZ Saferooms builds the first and only above-ground seamless concrete tornado structure. Caruso is battling a tough field of Pro Stock competitors and marketing support continues to assist the young driver as the 2022 NHRA season winds to a close.

Defending Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous world champion Jim Halsey is one step closer to securing a fourth consecutive Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) world championship after taking the provisional No. 1 spot at the Proline Racing Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented by ProCharger on Friday night at Virginia Motorsports Park. 

As they say in certain circles, peer pressure is a mother.

Bo Butner, after winning two national events this season with his Super Gas Corvette roadster, let himself get talked into taking his weekend warrior machine into a land where few full-bodied race cars venture.

Butner decided to try Super Comp at the urging of a friend and fellow racer. 

You’ll be hard-pressed to find a bigger fan of the annual Drag Racing Association of Women [DRAW] Auction held each Saturday evening annually at the NHRA FallNationals in Ennis, Texas, than Comp Eliminator racer Rodger Brogdon. 

The Drag Racing Association of Women (DRAW) is a non-profit organization that provides financial and emotional support to qualified individuals involved in drag racing accidents at a track. Since 1985, the group has donated millions of dollars in assistance to racers injured in racing accidents. 

For the second year in a row the historic Texas Motorplex, located between Ennis and Waxahachie on Highway 287, will host the premiere National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racing event in the state of Texas -- the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals as well as a multitude of motorsports and concert events across Ellis County. Millions of fans have experienced 330-mph races and have witnessed historic races between John Force, Cruz Pedregon, Greg Anderson, Steve Torrence and many more as they set records and amazed crowds. This year the Stampede of Speed, October 7-16, 10 days of racing events, plus two major concerts and a full day of professional testing will pump more money into the wallets of race teams from across the country than ever before.

DJ Cox is on the journey of a lifetime, not just talking about him making his way down to Ennis, Texas, for his first visit to the historic Texas Motorplex for the Texas NHRA FallNationals. The Maryland native recently clinched his fourth regional NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series title in his DXI Construction Top Alcohol Funny Car. But make no mistake, Cox has his eye on a bigger prize, and the hunt takes this drag racing family on the road. Regardless of what happens this season, this journey has been full of adventure.

Cox is currently just 63 points behind the national points leader, Shane Westerfield, and only ten points ahead of the third-place driver, Sean Bellemeur. While the Cox family crew typically doesn’t venture any further west than Indianapolis to compete, they’ve been broadening their horizons this year to finish the season strong.

Buddy Hull learned the importance of power and how to harness it for the greater good in his life. Today, he’s using horsepower in a similar fashion. 

For the former professional powerlifter, Hull is using the color pink to show there’s strength in the hue. He sees nothing but power in the pink adorning his Vertex Roofing and General Contractors dragster.

Hull is using this power to raise money for cancer research and will donate the proceeds to Baylor University. 

The Professional Drag Racers Association’s (PDRA) ninth season will wrap up this weekend at the Proline Racing Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented by ProCharger, Oct. 13-16. World championships will be on the line as the all-eighth-mile series returns to its home track, Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP), for the third time this season. 
 
“The Brian Olson Memorial World Finals is a huge race for all of us at PDRA and VMP,” said Tyler Crossnoe, series director for PDRA and VP of racing operations at VMP. “There’s so much on the line at this race, which makes things especially exciting for the fans. The conditions are usually some of the best we see all year, so the racers are running on the ragged edge chasing world records and personal bests.”