NHRA four-time defending Top Fuel world champion Steve Torrence has been nominated for the Best Driver Award for the 2022 ESPYS.
 
Torrence claimed his the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series championship in Top Fuel last year, giving the Texan his fourth consecutive world title in his 11,000-horsepower Capco Contractors dragster.

Third-generation Fuel Altered racer Kyle Hough is taking the family legacy where it's never been before. He's taking the Nanook nitro-burning tradition right to the top of the nostalgia food chain and into Nostalgia Top Fuel. 

Hough, who grew up seeking to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather Dave and father Rick's, got his chance to drive the Nanook Fuel Altered when he turned 17. However, he got a hankering to chart a path of his own.

"My dad and I were loading up the Fuel Altered to go racing in Edmonton in a few weeks," Hough explained. "I told my dad I wanted to do something different. It just so happened there were a couple of Top Fuel cars that came up for sale on Facebook, and I said let's go Nostalgia Top Fuel racing."

Drag racing is expensive.

Tires. Fuel. Parts. Travel. It can all add up in a hurry and that point is magnified by thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars, for competitors in the professional ranks of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series.

Some drivers have wealthy team owners that help offset those costs. Others have large, corporate sponsors that help foot the bill. And then there is a small breed of drivers that compete race-to-race on support of smaller sponsors that help bring in just enough to keep the tires turning and the nitro burning. They use their grit and determination to sell themselves to potential sponsors, hoping to scrape together just enough for a new blower, a fresh clutch and other parts and pieces to help make their car more competitive.

A memorial service celebrating the life of Jim Rockstad, former Seattle International Raceway operator, will take place at 10 a.m. (Pacific Time) Saturday, July 9 at Canyon Hills Community Church, 22027 17th Avenue S.E., Bothell, Washington 98021.

From his earliest days in drag racing, Rodger Brogdon knew the roofing industry and drag racing were a match. As he saw it, most drag racers and racing fans are homeowners, and the common denominator in those houses is that they have a roof. 

"You're looking at a 60 to 70 percent majority, easily who own a house in our sport," Brogdon said. 

Brogdon is one of the majority and is well versed in the process, having been a part of building as many as sixty homes. At that time, he understood the two most crucial parts of the build were the foundation and the roof. 

"Don't have those; you have a major problem," Brogdon added. 

Toyota Racing’s beloved Sponsafier campaign returned for the 2022 season. Three new commercials will begin airing nationally as part of NBC and Fox’s NASCAR and NHRA telecasts over the weekend. Additionally, Sponsafier will once again feature the opportunity for fans to design their own car to be featured in the Toyota Racing Experience later this season.

The commercials feature two drivers that were part of the original campaign - two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin - and two new drivers - former Cup Series champion Kurt Busch and NHRA Funny Car champion J.R. Todd. Toyota Racing worked with a North Carolina company on all three pieces.

Mike Salinas has showed signs of greatness in his Top Fuel career but now he’s showing he’s the best driver in the NHRA Camping World Drag Series.

Salinas won for the fourth time this season when he took the victory at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Sunday in Norwalk, Ohio and moved into the season points lead.

Robert Hight has won a lot of races. He has won at a lot of different racetracks.

But the one blemish on an otherwise impressive resume that has spanned 57 victories over 17 years has been a win at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. That is, until Sunday.