If not for a dragging engine diaper in the opening round of Outlaw Drag Radial at No Mercy 13, it’s unlikely anyone would be talking today about Houston Dial as Radial vs. The World champ at No Mercy 13. But that’s how it turned out Oct. 30, at South Georgia Motorsports Park when Alabama’s own Dial ran a 4-flat at 184.02—a solid pass for an ODR car—against West Coast heavy hitter Jason Lee in the RVW final to score the biggest win of his career.

“I'm super excited, but emotional at the same moment. My son won today, too,” Dial revealed while waiting his turn at taking over SGMP’s victory lane. “He called me right before we were both going to the finals and then he called me again when he won. He was Junior drag racing at GALOT in North Carolina and he won, too, so this is really extra special because of that.”

NHRA and In-N-Out Burger announced today that In-N-Out Burger, California’s first drive-thru hamburger stand, has been named the title sponsor of both the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip and the In-N-Out NHRA Finals as part of an exciting multi-year partnership that begins during the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.

Additionally, the legendary track in Pomona will also play host to a massive event to celebrate In-N-Out Burger’s 75th anniversary on Oct. 22, 2023, with NHRA and In-N-Out Burger teaming up to celebrate the car culture that has been so important in the history of both organizations. In-N-Out’s 75th Anniversary Festival is slated to include drag racing from test-and-tune to class eliminations on the Pomona Dragstrip’s iconic quarter-mile, a car show, concerts with celebrity guest appearances, and more entertainment, complete with In-N-Out Burger’s Cookout Trailers to serve their signature fresh Double-Doubles® and French fries all day and into the night.

From the day a sketchy website report published an account that said the Pomona Fairplex was going away, NHRA immediately denied the fake news report. Today, they absolutely proved its inaccuracy. 

The NHRA and the Fairplex today announced a long-term extension between the two longtime partners, ensuring NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series action will take place at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip through at least the 2033 season.

Up until the 2020 Pandemic wrecked the world Pomona had served as the traditional season-opening event and the home of NHRA drag racing since 1953. The NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series will also close out a thrilling, record-breaking 2022 year with the upcoming 57th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at the legendary track in Pomona on Nov. 10-13.

Three years ago, John Medlen was leaving home for another drag race, happily ready to tune a Funny Car for Don Schumacher Racing. 

His wife, Martha, made a pivotal observation: “We’ve been dragging that suitcase around for 35 years. How much longer do you want to do that?” 

The longtime NHRA drag-racing tuner for the sport’s top teams and elite, champion drivers said, “Well, I've been gone from you, half the days of the year for 35 years. So when you say enough is enough, I'll park that suitcase. I'll move anywhere you want to move. I'll do anything you want to do, because you deserve to spend part of our lives together doing what you want to do. So when you say enough is enough . . .” 

And time – and racing – went on. 

It’s a Catch-22 situation. And the politest thing NHRA Funny Car racer and two-car nitro team owner Terry Haddock can say about it is it’s absurd.

He made the cut Saturday for the Nevada Nationals at Las Vegas in his fourth and final qualifying opportunity. But after the day’s activity was finished, he learned the NHRA disqualified his decisive pass, consequently bumping him from Sunday’s eliminations. Jeff Arend replaced him as the No. 16 starter.

“We got screwed. I don't know what you can and can't say. There's no grownups left in the room. So when you say the facts of what the truth is, it doesn't seem to matter,” Haddock said Sunday morning at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Brittany Force turned a bleak beginning to her Countdown into a promising prospect for her second NHRA Top Fuel championship Sunday with her victory at the Nevada Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 

After four straight second-round defeats, the Flav-R-Pac / Monster Energy Dragster driver rebounded to regain the points lead. 

Matt Hagan’s quest for a fourth NHRA nitro Funny Car world championship is alive and well.

Hagan kept his hopes alive by winning the Nevada Nationals Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Mission accomplished.

Erica Enders’ drive for a fifth NHRA Pro Stock world championship was complete when she won the Nevada Nationals on Sunday, the second to last race in the 2022 season.