John Force Racing is gearing up for the 2024 season with a fresh theme, #2024ORCE (Twenty-twenty-force), symbolizing renewed vigor and ambition. Led by patriarch John Force, alongside daughter Brittany Force and Austin Prock, standing in for sidelined Robert Hight, the team aims to reclaim their championship status. 

The resolute #2024ORCE theme underscores their determination to ascend back to the summit of NHRA competition.

Brittany Force expressed the team’s readiness for the upcoming season, affirming their quest to reclaim their historic position atop NHRA ranks. 

Top Fuel driver and reality television personality Jordan Vandergriff is set to join the NHRA on FOX team as a reporter for select events in the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. Vandergriff’s debut will be at the 55th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway, where he’ll engage the audience during the FS1 broadcast and on NHRA’s social media platforms.

Vandergriff, known for his Top Fuel debut in 2019 and appearances on reality shows like The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise, expressed his enthusiasm for the opportunity.

“This is a great opportunity for me to stay involved in the sport, and I’m looking forward to working with NHRA on FOX and NHRA social media teams,” Vandergriff said. “The television side of things has always been a passion of mine, and this is a fantastic chance to learn that side of the sport and be a part of a great team, both on the television and social media side. Hopefully, it can help create some added exposure for our sport and keep me close to the action on the racing side as well.”

The consensus is when something isn’t broken, one shouldn’t attempt to fix it. For five years, the Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Modified event at Bradenton Motorsports Park has understandably worked and worked well. 

Just days after the latest high-dollar Pro Modified event, race officials announced the event will abandon the traditional Friday through Sunday format in favor of starting on Thursday and ending Saturday. The 2025 World Series of Pro Mod will take place Feb. 27-March 1 at Bradenton Motorsports Park. 

In Doug Kalitta’s decorated NHRA Top Fuel career which began in 1998 – he has never been in this position.
 
When Kalitta opens the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season it will be as the reigning world champion for the first time in his career.

Kalitta first taste as a world champ will come when he competes in the 55th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at legendary Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway, March 8-10.

Stock Eliminator standout Randi Lyn "RL" Butner is diversifying her race schedule for the 2024 season, adding Mountain Motor Pro Stock to her repertoire alongside her husband, 2017 Pro Stock world champ Bo Butner. With seven wins in NHRA's Stock Eliminator category and a Division 3 Stock championship to her name, RL is poised to tackle the challenges of the 800-plus-cubic-inch series.

RL's decision to venture into Mountain Motor Pro Stock reflects her affinity for embracing the unknown, a sentiment she shares as she delves into this new racing endeavor. Drawing parallels to her experience obtaining a pilot's license, RL underscores the importance of pushing boundaries and exploring one's capabilities beyond familiar territories.

With the guidance of Elite Motorsports team owner Richard Freeman, teammate Erica Enders, and seasoned class veteran Frank Gugliotta, RL, and Bo Butner are set to campaign a pair of Johnson's Horsepowered Garage-branded Chevrolet Camaro Mountain Motor Pro Stockers. 

It is back! When the CompetitionPlus.com message boards shut down (much to the chagrin of troller Mark Rebilas) and the FMFL fantasy league ceased to exist, many of the magazine's readers were left looking for their fantasy drag racing options.

In the FMFL series with thousands of participants, the CompetitionPlus.com league placed three participants in the top ten overall, signaling that you had to be pretty Nostradomas-ish to stand a chance. 

The DMP Awnings Nitro Chaos Championship tour rolls into the season opener at Texas Motorplex with an expanded field of 24 qualifiers. With over 70 teams pre-entered, including 25 for Nitro Chaos, the event is set to be the biggest in its history. Thanks to support from various sponsors, including Dunn Off-Set Mag Drives and Stamps Family Farms, the event boasts a guaranteed purse of over $88,000 across multiple fields.

Recently, the series announced an expanded five-race DMP Awnings Nitro Chaos Series, which will also include an expanded championship purse. The increased Championship points fund will be distributed among the top 10 points finishers in 2024. A total of "$13,000+" will be paid across the series top 10 teams, with "$5,000" being taken home by the series champion.

The series' championship bonus is in addition to the guaranteed payouts of "$34,000+" per event paid to the sixteen drivers that qualify for the A and B Fields.

See the final rounds from the 66th annual Bakersfield March Meet presented by the team at CompetitionPlusTV and Weldon High Performance. 

Mainstream America will soon discover what drag racing fans have known for decades. Shirley Muldowney was a great drag racer who just happened to be a woman. 

Thanks to a forthcoming documentary produced by FOX Sports, the Hall of Famer and four-time Top Fuel champion Muldowney will be profiled in what promises to be a presentation for the ages. Like her 1980 championship-winning Top Fuel car, the major production will be “Shirley.”

Five-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Greg Anderson and his KB Titan Racing team have announced a multi-year extension of their partnership with HendrickCars.com and Hendrick Automotive Group as the 2024 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season looms. Initially joining forces in 2021 for a few races, Anderson's collaboration with the Charlotte-based automotive group quickly proved fruitful. By the season's end, Anderson had solidified his status as the winningest driver in Pro Stock history aboard the HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro.

The partnership between Anderson and Hendrick Automotive Group, which commenced in the latter part of the 2021 season, has flourished over the past two years, marked by multiple victories and a commendable contention for the series championship.