Gary Pritchett had waited a long time for somebody to hand him the keys to a Top Fuel dragster and let him show what he could do. Doug Foley finally
The drivers get the trophies, the television interviews and the championship stage photographs. The guys underneath the race cars get another oil pan to pull, another set of bearings to
Jason Harris spent much of 2026 chasing two world championships. He finished with one, although the fifth PDRA title of his career was enough to put him in some pretty
Some of the most important moments in drag racing never happened on the racetrack. They happened quietly, in conversations and contracts, long before the first car ever fired. One of
If Part 1 proved anything, it was that Chevrolet’s little Vega sure got popular in a hurry with the Funny Car crowd. By the early 1970s, you could travel from
The Southeast Gassers Association has spent much of the 2026 season fighting more than just its competition.Weather has repeatedly altered the championship tour, forcing schedule changes and cancellations. Now, rather
Marcus Butner arrived at Virginia Motorsports Park with a points cushion, a race car his team believed was as prepared as it had been all season and a chance to
NHRA didn’t quite match the television audience it attracted a year ago when FOX paired drag racing with its NFL coverage, but Sunday’s Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway
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NHRA’S COUNTDOWN PROBLEM DIDN’T START WITH SHAWN REED, BUT HIS CASE EXPOSED IT
NHRA had an opportunity to fix its Countdown to the Championship three years ago. Instead, it protected a flawed formula and eventually found itself in a controversy involving a racer