It is the elephant in the room. Or in this case, the new team in the pits.

Antron Brown is gearing up to leave Don Schumacher Racing after a long and storied run with the company, winning championships with the team in 2012, 2015 and 2016.

Brown, who has 52 wins in Top Fuel, will be starting up his own operation in 2022 under the banner of the AB Motorsports Top Fuel team. Brown will be taking with him his entire operation and crew as the team ventures out into the wild, wild west of team ownership.

NHRA’s four-time and reigning Pro Stock champion, Erica Enders, has been nominated for the 2020 ESPYS Best Driver Award.
 
Enders claimed the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series championship last season to deem her the winningest NHRA female champion, with four world titles to her name.

Bob Tasca III did more than claim a runner-up finish in his nitro Funny Car at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA in Norwalk, Ohio, on June 27.

On June 26, he set an NHRA drag racing world record in an all-electric Ford Mustang Cobra Jet 1400. Tasca clocked an 8.128-second elapsed time at 171.97 mph down the quarter mile at Summit Motorsports Park.

“On Thursday (June 24) we ran an 8.20 we reset the record from last year when we went 8.27,” Tasca said. “Then, we knew there was some more in it. I was expecting the thing to break into the high teens. We went 169 mph on (June 24), and we ran the 171.97 at 8.12, which was really cool. I know the team was excited and they continue to work towards getting the car even quicker and faster. It just showcases the Ford technology as far as being on the forefront of the quickest and fastest electric door car.”

For the first time in its nine-year history, the Southeast Gassers Association (SEGA) visited historic Farmington Dragway near Mocksville, NC, June 26, for its fifth of 11 scheduled events this year.

Despite hot, muggy weather, a sizable crowd turned out at "The Farm," to watch 2019 class champion Ken Phillips get the job done over 17 A/Gas entries, top qualifier Todd Oden take the win in a 20-car B/Gas field, Larry Floyd also win from the number-one position over 20 C/Gas competitors, and second-place starter Ron Allison break through with his first Super Stock race title in a 14-car field.

There is an inside joke amongst many of the 4.70 Quick Outlaw racers about Chris Vanover and the knack he has had for knocking off some of the more accomplished racers in the series. When the Outlaws left Bristol Dragway early Sunday morning the “Vanover Effect” had swept the No.1 qualifier and the win over 58 of his competitors. 
 
In six rounds of racing his worst reaction time was .017, including a .003 in the first round.

 
NHRA continues its anniversary celebration with the announcement of the 2021 NHRA 70th Anniversary Sweepstakes. 
 
NHRA partners Camping World, Battery Tender, K&N Performance, Summit Racing Equipment and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company have stepped in to provide nearly $21,000 worth of prize winnings to lucky NHRA fans. 
 
Five first-prize winners will each be awarded $1,000 Batterytender.com gift card. The gift card is only valid on batterytender.com and subject to the terms and conditions of Battery Tender.

The strategy was simple in 2020 - win every race, for you never know when it might be your last.

With a moving target last year brought about by the pandemic, teams were left scrambling week to week not knowing how many races there would be. Would the season last just four races? Six races? 10 races? As events dropped off the schedule and others were added, it was a hectic year for the teams capable of contending for an NHRA championship.

With so much uncertainty plaguing the teams, the answer became clear - win as many races as you can and don’t worry about anything else.

They are two of the quickest, fastest and baddest race machines on the planet.

A Top Fuel dragster, the fastest accelerating race machine on earth reaching speeds in excess of 330 mph, vs. a Pro Modified, a wild, unpredictable car that is known as much for its carnage as it is for its highlight-reel passes.

While the two race machines are very different disciplines typically wrestled by very distinct drivers, this weekend one man is trying to tackle both classes at once. Mike Salinas.

The Torrence steamroller keeps powering along in NHRA Top Fuel competition.

Steve Torrence claimed his fourth Camping World Drag Racing Series victory of 2021, defeating Brittany Force in Sunday’s final round of the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at Norwalk, Ohio.

Cruz Pedregon is quite an accomplished racer.

He is a two-time NHRA Funny Car champion. He has more than three dozen national event victories and 61 top qualifier awards. His nearly 600 round win tally is among the best in the sport.