At 6:15 PM, NHRA officials postponed the first professional qualifying session until 8 PM, EST at the NGK Four-Wide Nationals in Concord, NC, following high winds. One trio of Funny Cars managed to run before conditions became apparently unsafe for competition.

Larry Dixon has filed a lawsuit against the NHRA claiming his suspension as wrongful and subsequently blacklisted him in the industry. The Indianapolis Business Journal reported the federal antitrust lawsuit was filed on April 11.

NHRA announced back in November 2017 that Dixon was suspended indefinitely for violating NHRA Rules, particularly Section 1.3.1 Participant Conduct and 1.6.3 Chassis Inspection of the 2017 NHRA Rulebook.

The Premier Street Car Association comes to the St. Louis area this weekend for Heads-Up Hootenanny, an event featuring some of the best straight-up drag racing in the country. It’s the fourth running of the event at World Wide Technology Raceway Park at Gateway as the PSCA continues its relationship with the NHRA-sanctioned drag strip. Also in attendance for the second-straight year is the Mid-West Pro Mod Series.

Championship drag racing will come to within 70 miles of Spartanburg this weekend at zMax Dragway, and just under 100 next weekend in Atlanta Dragway. For nearly two decades, the straight line quarter-mile sport was a staple in Spartanburg County. Drag racing didn’t start in Spartanburg, but it was certainly perfected there.

Billy Glidden confirmed he will be at the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals serving as crew chief for Brad Waddle's Mountain Motor Pro Stocker.

Glidden wouldn't say he's through as a driver, but for now, he and wife Shannon are focused on ensuring Weddle runs strong.

This decision wasn’t easy for veteran nitro Funny Car driver Bob Bode to make.

However, for the first time in years, Bode sat out NHRA’s season-opening Winternationals in Pomona, Calif., in February.

The first time Keith Haney attended a Super Chevy Show he was just a young boy visiting Tulsa Raceway Park with his dad, the same track he now co-owns with fellow drag racer Todd Martin. This weekend the 47-year-old new car dealer also will be competing in a Super Chevy Show for the first time.

"As a kid I attended Super Chevy every time they came to Tulsa and I loved it," recalled Haney, who will be driving "Notorious," his nitrous-injected 2104 Camaro, in the Summit Racing Equipment Mid-West Pro Mod Series (MWPMS) at the recently renamed World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, near St. Louis.  "I always thought, 'Wow, one of these days I'd like to do that,' and now, here we are and I'm doing it. It's like fulfilling a childhood dream, I guess you could say."

World Wide Technology Raceway (formerly known as Gateway Motorsports Park) – the home of NASCAR, INDYCAR and NHRA in the St. Louis region – will present the annual Super Chevy Show at the drag strip on April 26-28. The all-Chevrolet show has been combined with the annual Heads-up Hootenanny for 2019 and will feature the Midwest Pro Mods, the all-Chevrolet Mirror Finish car show, heads-up drag racing and bracket racing. Saturday, April 27 is the big day of the meet and spectator admission is $25 for adults, $8 for kids ages 8-15 and kids 7 and under are free.

Two-time NHRA champion Erica Enders understood early in her career being versatile was not an option, it was a requirement in order for her to become one of the more successful drag racers in today's modern world.

This weekend, for only the second time since Enders became a professional drag racer, will race another class other than her beloved Pro Stock.