Sometimes what they don't know can be the biggest fear a drag racer can face. Three years ago, point leader Justin Ashley knew just enough about a Top Fuel dragster to make him dangerous, but not in the sense of his capabilities. He was a dangerous talent to the competition. 

As he sat in the burnout box moments before making his first run behind the wheel of a 12,000-horsepower dragster, Ashley had a moment of fear he had never shared with anyone until today. 

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How does the saying go? Education is important, but having fun is importanter?

Grammar shortcomings aside, Larry Morgan has a master's degree in Pro Stock drag racing, and now he's working on his doctorate in having fun. 

"I wouldn't be here if I wasn't having fun," said Morgan, driving the Phillips Connect/VitaC Shot Pro Stock Camaro. "That I can guarantee you."

If Tony Schumacher was looking for security in drag racing, he got it on Saturday. 

The Maynard Family Race Team announced at the NHRA Carolina Nationals, the team they have renewed their partnership agreement with SCAG Power Equipment with a three-year deal. 

The program originally began this season with a seven-race deal as the major sponsor and six races as the co-primary.  

Only in America can a drag racer who raced his first national event wearing a pirate eye patch and won one day lead Mountain Motor Pro Stock qualifying at an NHRA national event.

Elijah Morton drove his 800-plus cubic inch Mustang to a 6.249  elapsed time at 226.39 miles per hour to set the pace for first-day qualifying at the NHRA Carolina Nationals, the fourth outing for the large displacement factory hot rods. 

Though these cars have been in the six-teens, a 6.2-second run is no joke. 

​The King of drag racing John Force was back on top of NHRA’s nitro Funny Car world on Friday.

Force clocked a 3.854-second lap at 330.47 mph in his Camaro to claim the provisional No. 1 spot at the betway Carolina Nationals in Charlotte, N.C.

When the 2022 NHRA season began veteran Top Fuel driver Doug Kalitta was full of optimism for what his team could accomplish.

That positivity was fueled by the addition of world championship crew chiefs Alan Johnson and Brian Husen to his Kalitta Motorsports team in the offseason.

When a man named Captain Chaos stands there speechless, you know the poop is real. And that's precisely what happened to the master of Chaos, Kenny Koretsky, as he stood on the starting line at Maple Grove Raceway surveying the packed grandstands and the unending line of race fans still coming in.

"I couldn't even give my speech," Koretsky admitted. "It's just emotion; it got the best of me."

Koretsky might have been the only person who didn't see this coming. Those who know the man who runs seemingly a gazillion businesses simultaneously and does so efficiently knew when Koretsky and his family purchased Maple Grove Raceway in April 2022 that a grand time was on the horizon in September.

Cruz Pedregon cannot help it. He gets to meet all the cool people. 

Last month he met NFL Defensive Lineman Danielle Hunter and members of the Minnesota Vikings when he was invited to visit the team's preseason training camp. He's also crossed paths with professional wrestler Bill Goldberg and ATL Rapper Killer Mike. He's also spent time with iconic sports talk show icon Jim Rome and boxing champion Larry Holmes. Oh yeah, and there was the time he met the entire Las Vegas Raiders organization.  

But of them all, one stands out amongst them all. 

Shawn Bowen may not be a regular competitor in the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series. Still, when he showed up at Tulsa Raceway Park with his 3000 horsepower Front-engine Top Fuel Dragster dubbed "The Violator" at this past weekend's Nitro Nationals, he was an immediate favorite right from the jump. 

Not only did Bowen win the race, but he did so in dominating fashion. Qualifying No. 1 while also setting low elapsed time in eliminations and the top speed of the meet gave Bowen and his Violator Top Fuel team a clean sweep on the weekend.