Things just keep getting better for nitro Funny Car standout Ron Capps during the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.

Capps, in his first year as the owner of Ron Capps Motorsports, arrived at the SpringNationals at Houston Raceway Park this weekend third in the points standings with one win and two No. 1 qualifier positions.

​When Jim Yates asked his rookie driver what her expectations were for the season, she didn't hesitate.
 
"I told him I wanted to win the championship and win races," Caruso said. "And he looked at me and told me, 'Yeah, in five years."

For the past several NHRA seasons, Top Fuel driver Brittany Force has been dominant in qualifying.

That trend continued at the SpringNationals at Houston Raceway Park Friday night.

The NHRA announced today that FuelTech, an industry leader in performance engine management systems, has been named the title series sponsor of the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series for the 2022 season.

The FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series opened its season last month in Gainesville and is next in action April 29-May 1 as part of the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte. The series features 10 races during the 2022 campaign, including stops at Virginia Motorsports Park, Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, Heartland Motorsports Park, Brainerd International Raceway, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, the fall race at zMAX Dragway and World Wide Technology Raceway before the finale on Oct. 13-16 at Texas Motorplex.

Rockingham Dragway owner Steve Earwood and NASCAR Hall of Fame team owner and Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs were among those honored Tuesday night (April 19) at the North Carolina Motorsports Industry Ceremony presented by Fifth Third Bank at the Embassy Suites Ballroom.

The annual gala hosted by the North Carolina Motorsports Association, which was postponed from Jan. 25, recognizes companies and individuals who have made significant contributions to the $6 billion Carolina motorsports industry. 

Go behind the scenes with CompetitionPlusTV and Maters Entertainment, as we bring you the day drag racing icon Don Garlits went back to drag racing school with Roy Hill. Garlits was required by NHRA to relicense in a Top Dragster before he could attempt the quickest electric dragster pass on any NHRA race track.

Watch as Garlits learns the nuances of racing with a trans-brake behind the wheel of a Roy Hill Top Dragster. It's a pretty entertaining piece.

Drag racing tracks all over America have closed in the past decade.

Now, supporters of Palm Beach (Fla.) International Raceway are trying to do what they can so PBIR can avoid becoming the next track to be shutdown.

During the NHRA SpringNationals at Houston Raceway Park, April 21-24, Competition Eliminator racer Ed Federkeil will kick-off a season-long association with the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. For over 20 years Tunnel to Towers has supported our nation’s military members and first responders, by providing these heroes and the families they leave behind with mortgage-free homes.
 
Federkeil, a 33-year professional firefighter, is using his racing career and sponsor relationships to shine a light on this very important charity.