A second NHRA Top Fuel championship brings to mind family for Doug Kalitta.“My cousin Scott Kalitta ended up with two,” Kalitta told RACER. “So, I had always hoped that after getting the first one that somehow, we’d manage to get a second one and tie him because that’s the relationship...

Funny Car points leader Austin Prock rolled to his second straight win of the season on Sunday at Brainerd International Raceway, defeating J.R. Todd in the final round of the 43rd annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals and putting the reigning world champion on the verge of the regular-season championship.Doug Kalitta...

Funny Car veteran Jack Beckman won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge over Matt Hagan on Saturday at Brainerd International Raceway, also securing the No. 1 qualifier at the 43rd annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals.Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge in Brainerd, while...

Reigning Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown made the quickest run on Friday at Brainerd International Raceway, taking the provisional No. 1 position and winning the night’s special American Rebel Light Friday Night “Battle for the Rebel Axe” at the 43rd annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals.Austin Prock (Funny Car) and...

Top Fuel’s Doug Kalitta won for the first time this season at Sonoma Raceway, defeating Antron Brown in the final round of the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals. Austin Prock (Funny Car), Greg Stanfield (Pro Stock) and Richard Gadson (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also took wins.

The Fuel Tech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon is set to hold its first-ever shootout specialty race at Brainerd International Raceway in August.The top 16 in points following the NHRA Pro Mod stop a week earlier in Topeka will be eligible to compete in the D-Wagon...

The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli will celebrate the life of Jed Copham at Brainerd International Raceway for the second-annual Ryan Companies US Jed Copham Tribute Weekend, July 16-18.The three-day event honoring the track’s late owner and part-time Trans Am driver Jed Copham will highlight racing throughout history from...

Parella Motorsports Holdings, in conjunction with SCCA Pro Racing, has appointed Aaron Coalwell as the new Technical Director for the Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda and the Formula Regional Americas Championship Powered by Honda.Buddy Fey, who has served as the Technical Director for the two junior formula...

Ken Thwaits enjoyed a banner season in his second year of Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli competition, winning four of the eight races he contested to become the first-ever XtremeGT class champion.The 64-year-old driver from Brentwood, Tennessee, made his Trans Am debut last year at Indianapolis, when he learned...

The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli returns to Brainerd International Raceway while honoring a key player from the circuit in the Ryan Companies US presents the Jed Copham Tribute Weekend on July 10-12.This will be Trans Am’s 29th visit to the road course and drag racing facility that opened...