Beal Racing, an NHRA top fuel dragster team driven by Brandon Welch, will make its 2021 competition debut July 30, 2021, in Pomona at the rescheduled Winternationals with primary sponsorship from Pittsburgh Power, a national leader in diesel performance engineering, to promote its Max Mileage™ Fuel Borne Catalyst. The sponsorship will rebrand the team’s dragster as the Max Mileage™ Top Fuel Dragster beginning at the Winternationals and continue in Las Vegas and Pomona in the fall.

The Pittsburgh Power brand is known by over-the-road truckers nationwide for being at the forefront of diesel performance. Founder Bruce Mallinson is a popular voice in the trucking industry due to his prolific authorship of technical articles in truck magazines, and his weekly radio show on Sirius XM. Max Mileage™ is Pittsburgh Power’s proprietary liquid fuel additive that’s proven to increase horsepower and fuel mileage in diesel engines both on- and off-road.

Friday Night’s qualifying showcased what looked like a Reunion of Nostalgia Funny Cars at Bakersfield.

Former teammates Jason Rupert and Steven Densham lined up alongside one another during the Q1 session. 

Just like his Nostalgia Funny Car alumni Steven Densham and Jason Rupert will attest, Tony Jurado learned that a Camping World Drag Racing Series Funny Car is absolutely sensory overload. 

“The thrill is there,” Jurado said. “It’s cool being here. I’ve always wanted to do this, but there’s a lot to drive in these fuel cars. I have a ton of respect for those drivers, the guys who drive these cars. It’s a difficult learning curve, and we’re getting through it. But absolutely, it’s awesome.”

Jurado got off to a tough start in Friday’s Q-1 session, crossing the centerline and taking out timing cones. He was able to get a run on the board in Saturday’s opening session with a 4.597, 195.31. In the final session on Saturday, Jurado realized a dream by running a personal best 4.176, 270.86, to claim the final spot in the field. 

Steve Torrence still has the chance to become the eighth NHRA professional driver and sixth in Top Fuel to sweep the challenging Western Swing. 

But he wasn’t patting himself on the back Sunday night after winning the Sonoma Nationals in the wine country of Northern California.

There’s no question Robert Hight loves racing at the Sonoma (Calif.) Nationals.

The two-time NHRA nitro Funny Car world champ – 2009 and 2017 – had won three times at the facility in 2008, 2018 and 2019 and after July 25 make it four wins for Hight in Sonoma.

Versatility is a strong attribute for Aaron Stanfield.

A week after losing in the semifinals of the Factory Stock Showdown at the Dodge//SRT Mile-High NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil, July 18 in Denver, Stanfield switched classes to Pro Stock and was in top form at the Sonoma (Calif.) Nationals.

​Pro Stock Motorcycle veteran Karen Stoffer opted out of the pandemic-blunted 2020 season. Instead of racing, she stayed close to home in Gardnerville, Nev., and looked after her parents while tending to her 9-to-5 corporate obligations and life with class-crew-chief husband Gary.

Sunday's final results from the 33rd annual NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway. The race is the ninth of 20 in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series:  

Point standings (top 10) following the 33rd annual NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway, the ninth of 20 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series -