John Force didn’t ease into drag racing — he clawed his way in one burned motor, one borrowed sponsor, and one parking-lot burnout at a time. In this installment of

If Tommy DeLago didn’t think the phrase “When one door closes, another opens” had merit when he was fired as a crew chief for Kalitta Racing in 2018, he did

Photos courtesy of Logan Sampey Angelle Sampey had waited long enough to know the moment would never feel routine, not even with three world championships on her résumé. When she

FS Performance and Sam Pack Ford have partnered with NHRA Funny Car driver Buddy Hull to produce a limited-edition Ford Mustang bearing Hull’s name and performance vision. The specialty car

NHRA announced the 2026 Hot Rod Heritage Series schedule, outlining a coast-to-coast slate of nostalgia drag racing events that will anchor the sanctioning body’s 75th anniversary season. The series will

Questions over the timing of NHRA’s decision to open its Countdown at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park have intensified after Larry Morgan said IHRA made a good-faith offer for NHRA to

Alan Drinkwater’s return to the PDRA Drag Racing Series in 2025 ended with a familiar result, as the Florida-based driver captured his second Extreme Pro Stock world championship by season’s

NHRA will open the 2026 Countdown to the Championship with a first-time national event at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park, accelerating what was originally planned as a 2027 project following IHRA’s

CompetitionPlus.com staff photographer Adam Dobbs was at the 2025 Performance Racing Industry Trade Show. The veteran shooter captured the essence of the event from displays, to booths to the numerous

There are multiple types of stories in drag racing. Those you can tell, and those you shouldn’t. Then there are those you tell to win a trophy. For almost a

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