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 Have any Bobby Baldwin gear? Maybe just some bright-blue and white clothing to honor the independent Top Fuel racer who competed from the 1980s through 2001? Well, get it out of the closet and wear it to Auto Club Raceway at Pomona! Maybe sit in “24/24,” Section 24, 24 rows up. That’s where Krista Baldwin has sat here at her hometown racetrack for 29 years, for many years watching her late father race and carrying on the tradition since he passed away unexpectedly in September 2001 from a brain aneurysm. 

Krista Baldwin is a spectator no longer. She’s competing for a spot in the 16-car show, like her dad and her mother’s dad, Chris Karamesines, have done. And at this race, her eighth NHRA national event this year but first at this sentimental and storied venue, her car is sporting the retro look of her dad’s dragster. 

Across all sports on nearly every continent, there comes a moment in every championship battle that defines what it truly means to be a champion.

Brittany Force hopes her moment came Friday night.

​There was no shortage of drama in the Funny Car category during opening day at the Auto Club NHRA Finals.

Robert Hight entered the NHRA season finale holding a narrow two-round advantage over championship rivals Ron Capps and Matt Hagan. He ended the day having lost that extra round advantage, while Hagan was able to leapfrog the defending series champion into second, just 59 points behind Hight.

"Happy Birthday to me."

Those words past NHRA Pro Stock driver and Comp Eliminator racer Rodger Brogdon uttered when he exited his Rooftec-sponsored B/Altered Automatic Camaro during Thursday's final qualifying session at the AAA NHRA Finals in Pomona, Ca.

Brogdon ran a 6.900 elapsed time, -.700 under the index, to take the top spot in the second session. Ryan Priddy, who runs in A/Altered Automatic, led the first session and stood on his 6.434, -0.686 to land second. Sportsman drag racing icon Jeff Taylor, also in B/Altered Automatic, was third with a 6.920, -0.680 performance.

After a topsy-turvey beginning, the 2022-23 Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship returns after a two-month break for round three at the Perth Motorplex, Western Australia, 11-12 November.

The meeting will also incorporate the final round from the opening meeting of the season at Alice Springs Inland Dragway in September, which was canceled due to inclement weather.

ATFC organizers, in conjunction with the teams, then decided to run the finals during round two of the championship at Heathcote Park Raceway, Victoria, last month. Those plans were thwarted when the meeting was canceled.

After two successful seasons with Kalitta Motorsports CMR Construction and Roofing will continue their marketing relationship with the multi-time world championship team throughout the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season. Heading into the next season CMR Construction and Roofing will be the primary sponsor on Shawn Langdon’s Toyota Top Fuel dragster for four NHRA national events with additional exposure at the prestigious U.S. Nationals. CMR will adorn Langdon’s 11,000-horsepower race car as primary sponsor at national events in Gainesville, the first Las Vegas race, Brainerd, and Dallas in addition to co-primary sponsor at Indianapolis. Doug Kalitta will campaign a CMR Construction and Roofing Top Fuel dragster at the first race of the 2023 NHRA Countdown contested at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Starting with a must-see FOX broadcast to open the 2023 season in Gainesville, NHRA and FOX Sports today announced the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series schedule for the upcoming season.

All 21 races, plus the two Pep Boys NHRA All-Star Callout events, will be broadcast on either FOX or FS1, including eight broadcasts on the FOX broadcast network. That starts with the highly-anticipated 2023 season-opener, the 54th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville, where eliminations will be showcased on FOX starting at 12 p.m. on Sunday, March 12.

Scott Bathurst estimates he has 200 clients monthly for his popular Classic Graphix t-shirt brand, and staying on top of customer demands can be challenging. So what does the popular King of T-shirts do to help his cause? He's added another 700 or so clients.

Bathurst recently purchased the Red Line Shirt Club, a program that provides collector t-shirts monthly to its subscribers.

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The tradition of rolling out a Moon sponsored Funny Car with Jim Dunn Racing continues during the NHRA Auto Club Finals at Pomona. In addition to being the team’s primary sponsor, Moon will have on-site presence at the Fairplex track with its popular merchandise trailer.

The relationship between Jim Dunn Racing and Moon is filled with legendary racing history, and is highlited by two California entities looking to have fun hot rodding.  Team Manager, Jon Dunn, said “The fans will like the look of this year’s Moon Equipped Funny Car at the Finals.  It has a bright red highlight that will show up in the daylight and especially if we get to run at dusk on Friday or Saturday’s later qualifying sessions.”