INDIANAPOLIS – For the third consecutive year, the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony is headed to the Pechanga Resort Casino in the heart of scenic Southern California Wine Country.

The 2024 ceremony will take place on Monday, Nov. 18 following the final race of the season and the Countdown to the Championship, the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, which takes place Nov. 14-17 at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.

“We’re so fortunate to have a pillar of the enormous auto racing community right here in Southern California. The Temecula Valley is our ancestral homeland and we at Pechanga look forward to welcoming the National Hot Rod Association back to celebrate the best of the best of their sport this fall. NHRA awards event attendees will enjoy Four Diamond luxury, and we’re adding even more surprises for fans at Pechanga and at local races,” said Ken Perez, President of the Pechanga Development Corporation.

The invitation-only black-tie affair will celebrate the 2024 world champions in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, as well as honor the 2024 NHRA Rookie of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award winner and the crew of the year in each professional category. The event starts with a pre-event cocktail reception at 5 p.m. and formal sit-down dinner at 6 p.m., and the awards ceremony begins at 7 p.m. The official after party will conclude the evening’s festivities and all activities will take place in the spacious and exquisite Pechanga Summit Ballroom. Continue reading →

Force’s first Indy win, WJ’s impressive PS run, Jim Head’s remarkable win for AJ, Kalitta finally comes through and more all took place in a marvelous decade

INDIANAPOLIS – The Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals are filled with history and there’s no denying the 1990s were loaded with an incredible number of legacy-making events. From first-time wins to final Indy wins, to a run of dominance to incredibly heart-warming stories, this decade of The Big Go had it all.

This year, the world’s biggest drag race turns 70, as the 70th annual Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals takes place Aug. 28-Sept. 2 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. To get to this historical moment, the magic of The Big Go and winning on the sport’s grandest stage grew throughout each decade and the 1990s were no different.

Nearly every year in the 1990s had something significant, but the decade clearly belonged to Pro Stock’s “Professor,” Warren Johnson. He first won Indy in 1984 but didn’t taste victory again at the race until 1992. From there, though, he was nearly unbeatable, winning for four straight years to cement his legacy as one of the greatest drivers and minds in NHRA history. He finished off the decade with a thriller, defeating his former crew chief, Greg Anderson, who was about to unleash his own historical run. Continue reading →

NHRA to host its 70th annual NHRA U.S. Nationals at the famed Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park

INDIANAPOLIS – For the past 70 years, the NHRA U.S. Nationals has stood as the biggest and most prestigious drag race in the world, and the 2024 NHRA U.S. Nationals, at historic Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, promises to be an event for the record books.

This year’s 70th annual NHRA U.S. Nationals takes place during its traditional Labor Day Weekend, Aug. 28-Sept. 2, and is the 14th of 20 races during the 2024 season. Drivers in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series will be on track competing to lock in their spot for the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs, meaning all the stars in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle will all have their sights set on a legacy-making Indy win and setting their playoff position.

The jam-packed event will also feature the Pep Boys NHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout. The elite field of eight Funny Car drivers will battle it out in the unique callout style event on Sunday, Sept. 1. The previous day will see the final Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge bonus race of the season on drag racing’s biggest stage, while the weekend kicks off with an epic pro qualifying session under the lights on Friday. Continue reading →

BRAINERD, MN – As the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series regular season winds down, NHRA teams are gearing up for the 42nd annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, which takes place at festive Brainerd International Raceway on Aug. 15-18.

The Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals serves as the penultimate event of the regular NHRA season before the Countdown to the Championship playoffs and the fan-favorite event and facility always delivers thrilling racing action from the 11,000-horsepower, 330-mph nitro machines that fans have come to expect from the NHRA stars.

It is the 13th of 20 events during the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season with all the top stars in Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock looking to win the event and gear up for racing for a world title in the upcoming Countdown to the Championship playoffs. Continue reading →

Complete Class Winners List, Final Pro Qualifying and Round by Round Results and Post Race Pro Points Standings 

SONOMA, CA – Top Fuel’s Antron Brown defeated first-time finalist Tony Stewart in the final round of the 36th annual Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals, picking up his third win of the 2024 season on Sunday at Sonoma Raceway.

Bob Tasca III (Funny Car), Aaron Stanfield (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won the 12th of 20 races during the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.

Stewart left first with a slight advantage on the starting line, but Brown quickly tracked him down, going 3.746-seconds at 329.67 mph in his 11,000-horsepower Matco Tools/Toyota dragster to earn his 77th career victory. Brown defeated Shawn Reed, Steve Torrence and Brittany Force to reach the final round, leaning on consistency time after time this weekend in Sonoma.

It paid off in a major way, as Brown, who qualified seventh, powered to his fifth Top Fuel victory at Sonoma, which ties him with Doug Kalitta for the most in class history at the facility. Continue reading →