As part of NHRA”s 75th anniversary during the 2026 season, a special commemorative ticket will be available for fans to purchase online, highlighting some of the biggest moments and legends in NHRA history.NHRA announced today the commemorative tickets for the first five races have been released, honoring legends Kenny Bernstein...

Dragster Genesis is the story of drag racing’s formative years, told through the feats of the people and cars involved.The simple format on a dragstrip was, and remains, two cars lining up in separate lanes to race over a straight course stretching a quarter of a mile, with the first...

Tom “the Mongoose” McEwen, one of the iconic figures in drag racing history, died June 10 at 81. Voted No. 16 on NHRA's Top 50 Drivers lists in 2001, McEwen competed in both Funny Car and Top Fuel, and although he wasn't one of drag racing's most prolific winners, he...

Ron Capps is an NHRA Funny Car world champion. After years of trying and several heartbreaking near-misses, the veteran Funny Car finally got the proverbial monkey off his back, officially locking up his long-awaited for championship when he qualified for the season-closing Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona.• Line, Savoie...

Mike Dunn, president of the IHRA, did not have to rise through the amateur ranks to become one of the country's top drag racers. The son of Hall of Fame Drag Racer "Big Jim" Dunn, Mike began racing just before he turned 20 in 1976. The following year he earned...

The 2016 NHRA Breakfast, held annually at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, will continue the celebration of NHRA's 50 years of Funny Car with some of the sport's biggest stars.Funny Car drivers featured during the NHRA breakfast are include pioneers of the sport Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, Tom "The...

As part of NHRA's 50th Anniversary of Funny Car celebration, fans will have the opportunity to vote for the cars they believe are the most important in the class' history.After hundreds of suggestions from fans, an expert panel of drag racing historians and journalists narrowed the final list to 20,...

Drag racing legend Don Prudhomme was among those taking part with Tony Stewart in in an excursion driving ATVs on dunes in the California desert, and in an interview with SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, he offered some details of the accident which led to Stewart's back injury, which will sideline him...

Packed aisles, full booths and brisk sales were the rule of the day for Thursday's opening of the 27th Annual Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.Long known as the three biggest business days in racing, this year's Show certainly lived up to its...

Legendary drag racers Don "the Snake" Prudhomme and Tom "the Mongoose" McEwen will help kick off the opening of this year's 27th Annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show with an appearance at the show's Grand Opening Breakfast, Dec. 11 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.The PRI Trade Show, which...