The strategy was simple in 2020 - win every race, for you never know when it might be your last.

With a moving target last year brought about by the pandemic, teams were left scrambling week to week not knowing how many races there would be. Would the season last just four races? Six races? 10 races? As events dropped off the schedule and others were added, it was a hectic year for the teams capable of contending for an NHRA championship.

With so much uncertainty plaguing the teams, the answer became clear - win as many races as you can and don’t worry about anything else.

They are two of the quickest, fastest and baddest race machines on the planet.

A Top Fuel dragster, the fastest accelerating race machine on earth reaching speeds in excess of 330 mph, vs. a Pro Modified, a wild, unpredictable car that is known as much for its carnage as it is for its highlight-reel passes.

While the two race machines are very different disciplines typically wrestled by very distinct drivers, this weekend one man is trying to tackle both classes at once. Mike Salinas.

The Torrence steamroller keeps powering along in NHRA Top Fuel competition.

Steve Torrence claimed his fourth Camping World Drag Racing Series victory of 2021, defeating Brittany Force in Sunday’s final round of the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at Norwalk, Ohio.

Cruz Pedregon is quite an accomplished racer.

He is a two-time NHRA Funny Car champion. He has more than three dozen national event victories and 61 top qualifier awards. His nearly 600 round win tally is among the best in the sport.

Greg Anderson was the No. 1 qualifier. He was the quickest car through all four rounds of eliminations. And he had all the motivation in the world, sitting one win shy of tying Warren Johnson atop the all-time Pro Stock win list.

Then Erica Enders happened.

People chuckle that drag racers compete for just a few seconds. That might be true, but during eliminations at the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at Norwalk, Ohio, Pro Stock Motorcycle finalists Matt Smith and Steve Johnson discovered those few seconds – just a single round – can be spread over several hours.

The NHRA almost completed two rounds Sunday before brisk winds and heavy rain moved in, leaving only one pair of Pro Stock Motorcycle competitors, No. 1 qualifier Steve Johnson and opponent Angie Smith, at the starting line. Already advancing to the semifinals were Eddie Krawiec, Joey Gladstone, and Matt Smith.

After qualifying in the top spot to start the day at the 14th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series driver Jose Gonzalez took home the win at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park.

The Norwalk event marked the fourth race of the 2021 E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service season, and with today’s victory, Gonzalez currently sits second in the points standings.

Point standings (top 10) following the 14th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, the seventh of 22 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series -

Final round-by-round results from the 14th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, the seventh of 22 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series: