After a dream 2021 NHRA season that saw Bruno Massel III win his third career Comp world championship, he plans on taking a different approach to his racing schedule in 2022.

“I'm going to run an abbreviated schedule,” Massel III said. “I'll run probably six or seven national (events). That's all I know. No points meets. The focus is really... I just got to be a dad more. Like these long travel sports and stuff like that, and just need to be around for that. You know what I mean? We've got some big trips this summer. Cooperstown for baseball and all that.”

In addition to his abbreviated Comp schedule, Massel III said he also will run a limited slate in the Pro Stock class with Elite Motorsports again.

NHRA and Racing Electronics have teamed up to announce the renewal of Racing Electronics as the Official Radio Communications of NHRA.

Headquartered in Concord, N.C., Racing Electronics is the trusted 2-way radio communication provider for most NHRA teams, including John Force Racing and Kalitta Motorsports. When visiting a NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series event, fans will see Racing Electronics communication equipment being used by crews, drivers and NHRA officials. Fans can purchase a variety of products from Racing Electronics’ trackside location and listen in on uncensored team communications as well as in-venue commentary.

This weekend’s car auction involving a variety of cars and trucks built and restored by Burnyzz Speed Shop in Ocala, Florida, drew rave reviews from collectors and bidders after two days of furious bidding action saw over $1 million in sales.  

Nearly 100 of some of the most beautiful and collectible cars from across the country were sold with a 1970 Chevelle SS and 2021 Ford Bronco leading the way gaveling for $126,000 and $100,000 respectively. The two-day event was held at World Equestrian Center, Expo 2 (1750 NW 80th Ave Ocala FL 34482) and a future event is already planned for December of this year. 

It was deja vu - in the worst sense of the term - for Jasmine Salinas this year at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. In the semifinal round of Top Alcohol Dragster competition, she found herself in the same lane (the right), facing the same competitor (Karen Stalba) as she had just one year ago when she survived a traumatic experience that still lives on, rent-free in her mind. Lifting off the ground, seeing only blue, flying through the air, landing in a heap of unrecognizable metal - a terrifying blowover that shook her to her core. This year, the outcome was very different. After defeating Stalba, she went on to win her first national event in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. It was not an easy journey to the winners circle. It was one full of emotion, determination and persistence. And isn’t that what makes any journey great? 

Famed research professor and author Brene Brown says, “Vulnerability is not weakness. It’s our greatest measure of courage… Vulnerability is not winning or losing. It’s having the courage to show up when you can’t control the outcome.” If that’s the case, every drag racer who gets behind the wheel faces extreme vulnerability. This sport is emotional. It’s psychological. It’s dangerous. It takes a mental toughness that is courage at its finest. 

Jasmine Salinas is not afraid to be vulnerable. In fact, she’s not really afraid of much, now…

In what promoter Donald "Duck" Long described as "essentially a $115,000 test session," Jason Lee, Charlie Cooper, Tim Kincaid, Rob Goss and Kieffer Simpson prevailed in their respective classes Mar. 27, for Duck X Productions' Sweet 16 V at South Georgia Motorsports Park.

In front of minimal fans and with relatively small fields in each of the five featured classes--Radials vs. the World, Pro 275, Limited Drag Radial, X275 and Ultra Street--it was a quick, tight show that wrapped up about 1 p.m Sunday.

There are times when Ozzy Moya wonders, “Why in the world do I run a dragstrip?”

Then there are others when he wonders what he would do without it.

“Honestly, it’s a love/hate relationship,” Moya said when asked what makes him want to be a dragstrip owner. “I believe there’re some racers that appreciate everything you do. And it keeps you motivated, but then some of them just bash you, and they’re never satisfied. And it makes you think, 'Well, what do I do this for?' I will tell you that the good ones outweigh the bad ones. I would say that 80% of the people that do appreciate what you do — and they do — when things go wrong, they make a phone call to me, It outweighs the negatives. You’ve always got those one bad apples or two bad apples that honestly sometimes make you wonder, ‘Why do I do this?'

The Funny Car Chaos Classic, the second annual season opener for the popular flopper series, brings all of the action annually with sixty-plus entries to the hallowed grounds of the Texas Motorplex. We have highly-acclaimed photographer Dave Kommel bringing us a photo gallery of the event.

​Technically he wasn’t wrong. 

NHRA’s Jeffrey Young responded to rumors which suggested that Wild Horse Motorsports Park was going away as a drag racing venue. Multiple reports had circulated the web hinting the track would be demolished to make way for hotels, a concert venue, and office buildings, among other things.

“It’s not going anywhere,” Young responded to CompetitionPlus.com in a January 23, 2021 article. “We plan on being back there in 2022.”

Apparently, beyond 2023 is another story. 

Multi-time Funny Car Chaos Champion Ken Singleton experienced a fire behind the wheel of his race car on Friday evening during qualifying for the Funny Car Chaos Classic at the Texas Motorplex.

According to witnesses, the car became engulfed in flames at half-track, and once it came to a stop, he was able to exit the car under his own power as the safety team of the Texas Motorplex arrived. Singleton was said to be alert and talking to race officials before he was airlifted to Parkland Burn Hospital.

Team spokesperson Tammy Singleton delivered this update on the team's Facebook page.

March 3, 2002.

It was a good day for late-winter drag racing in central Florida.

Seventy-eight-degree temps warmed the asphalt, the fans, and racers at Orlando Speed World Dragway. Cloudy skies, and a comfortable southerly breeze of 15 miles per hour.

It was a near-perfect setting for the kickoff of the Fun Ford Weekend season, especially for racers from cold climates who had toiled through the winter to get back to action.

So what could go wrong?