Stevie “Fast” Jackson was feeling bold Sunday afternoon. After all, the two-time NHRA Pro Modified champion had just beaten Justin Bond in the Pro Modified final, and it was his first win since April 2021. 

Please understand that Jackson admits to having only two heroes in drag racing - six-time Pro Modified champion Scotty Cannon and 17-time Funny Car champion John Force. 

So when Jackson decided to fire his supercharged Bahrain-1 Camaro in the winner’s circle and drive back to the pits, he made a stop before heading to his hauler. With Scotty Cannon retired from drag racing and no pit area, it left only one place to stop. 

 On September 23, 2015, Lyle Barnett was 10 feet tall and bulletproof. At least, he thought so. 

The next day he found out different. 

Today, the three-time NHRA Pro Modified national event winner is fine not being ten feet tall and bulletproof. It took a horrific accident to teach him a lesson. 

Barnett was involved in one of the worst fires ever experienced in a doorslammer and survived. 

Anybody who thought Top Fuel driver Justin Ashley wasn’t an NHRA world championship contender is being proven wrong.

Ashley arrived at the Betway Carolina Nationals first in the points standings and he helped his championship drive by capturing the No. 1 qualifying spot in Q3 Saturday with a 3.668-second run at 335.65 mph.

Erica Enders’ 2022 NHRA highlight reel keeps rolling along.

Enders, a four-time NHRA world champion, and winner of seven races this season, added another accomplishment at the Betway Carolina Nationals Saturday in Charlotte.

Alex Laughlin knew exactly what he was doing. He was manipulating; as he saw it, when you manipulate for the good of drag racing, it is perfectly acceptable. 

Laughlin knew exactly the right buttons to push to get extreme sport, adrenalin-connoisseur Travis Pastrana to add a Top Fuel dragster to his crowded resume of machinery experiences. 

"I've been a fan of this guy's my whole life, to be honest," Laughlin said. "Who hasn't? He's like the poster child of motorsports as a whole. I have a mutual friend that worked on the film crew for Nitro Circus, and he's the one that put me through to Travis. And I told him, 'You can't have a show called Nitro anything without ever experiencing what nitro is." 

Sunday's final results from the 14th annual Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway. The race is the 18th of 22 in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series: 

Point standings (top 10) following the 14th annual Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway, the 18th of 22 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series -

Final round-by-round results from the 14th annual Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway, the 18th of 22 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series:

Drag Racing Association of Women, is $5,000 richer, thanks to David Napp’s donation to the charitable organization Saturday at the Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals at Concord, N.C.
DiBartolomeo – photojournalist/editor, racer with handful of victories dating back to the early 1990s, manufacturer, parts distributor, innovator, and liaison between drivers and the sanctioning body – passed away May 23 at age 68 following a battle with cancer.

Napp, co-owner of Old Bridge Township Raceway Park at Englishtown, N.J., presented the gift on behlf of the Napp family to DiBartolomeo’s family. Accepting were Di Bartolomeo’s widow Dottie; son Franklin, his wife Jennifer, and their son, Evan; and daughter Christina.