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BOBBY BENNETT: THE REALITY NO ONE WANTED TO FACE AT POMONA
11/20/2025

When Glenn Cromwell went on SpeedFreaks this week to address the storm-soaked ending of the NHRA Finals, he wasn’t offering excuses. He was offering the truth. And for those willing to listen, it was a truth backed by 28 years of experience, blunt weather data and the harsh physics of running 11,000

RUMOR MILL: IHRA EYES SHOCKING RETURNS FOR COMMERCE AND MEMPHIS
11/20/2025

Sources close to the IHRA tell CompetitionPlus.com the sanctioning body is moving quickly toward announcing that the long-shuttered facilities in Commerce, Ga., and Memphis, Tenn., will be part of its ten-race national-event schedule next season. Insiders say IHRA President Darryl Cuttell has surrou

CHANGES COMING TO 2026 AUSSIE TOP FUEL AND NITRO FUNNY CAR CALENDAR
11/20/2025

by John Doig, Australian CorrespondentTop Fuel and Nitro Funny Car will add an extra round to their 2026 NDRC season as the series shifts from its traditional October–June format to a January–October calendar year layout.Both nitro categories will appear together at five events: twice at Sydney Drag

ROB FLYNN TO GUIDE MADDI GORDON INTO TOP FUEL WATERS FOR RON CAPPS MOTORSPORTS
11/19/2025

Ron Capps didn’t hide the significance of Wednesday’s announcement. Bringing veteran tuner Rob Flynn into Ron Capps Motorsports wasn’t just another hire — it was, in Capps’ words, the moment the team’s first Top Fuel program “started to come together.”Flynn will serve as crew chief for the Carlyle T

DESPITE FAMILY HERITAGE – SCHUMACHER SAYS FUNNY CARS WERE NEVER PART OF HIS PASSION
11/19/2025

Tony Schumacher respects the legacy of the Funny Car class—especially given his father Don Schumacher’s influence—but he never felt personally drawn to compete in one. His brief experiences in an Alcohol Funny Car and a Jet Funny Car were circumstantial, not the start of a long-term path. “They’re g

FORCE, ANDERSON INSTALLED AS FIRST MEMBERS OF NHRA’S 1,000 ROUND WIN CLUB
11/19/2025

Only two drivers belong to it, and that scarcity is exactly what makes the club extraordinary. John Force and Greg Anderson were formally inducted as the inaugural members of the NHRA 1,000 Round Win Club ahead of the 2025 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony at Pechanga Resort and Casin

PRI SHOW SET TO DELIVER EXPANDED EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR MOTORSPORTS INDUSTRY
11/19/2025

The Performance Racing Industry Show will return to Indianapolis Dec. 11-13 with an expanded slate of educational programs aimed at giving motorsports professionals new tools to grow their businesses on and off the racetrack. Organizers announced that more than 50 seminars, breakout sessions and pan

BACK TO THE COUNTY: REVELRY ONE’S NEW OCIR HERITAGE TEE HONORS A DRAG RACING ICON
11/18/2025

For a generation of Southern California drag racing fans, few places carried the same magic as Orange County International Raceway. From its grand opening in 1967 to its final burnout in 1983, “The County” wasn’t just a track — it was the place where innovation met entertainment under the glow of Fr

IHRA’S EIGHTH-MILE MANDATE RECONNECTS DRAG RACING WITH ITS ROOTS
11/18/2025

IHRA set a decisive course for its future on Nov. 11, 2025, when executive Scott Woodruff announced on the CompetitionPlus POWER HOUR that all national-event classes will run exclusively to the eighth mile beginning in 2026. The move was framed as a step toward uniformity and safety, but it also rev

SPENCER HYDE NAMED 2025 NHRA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AFTER BREAKOUT FUNNY CAR SEASON
11/18/2025

In his first race as a Funny Car driver, Spencer Hyde briefly looked like a rookie. It was also about the only time any of the NHRA’s Rookie of the Year contenders had a realistic shot.Hyde was named the 2025 NHRA Rookie of the Year on Monday evening at the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Awards Ce

COMPETITION PLUS TV

Power Hour #246 Scott Woodruff & Paul Miller | IHRA - Fuel Altereds - Drag Racing
11/12/2025

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🔥 IHRA GOES EIGHTH-MILE! SCOTT WOODRUFF ANNOUNCES MAJOR CHANGE ON POWER HOUR 🔥
11/12/2025

🚨 Doug Foley Walks Away After Wild Top Fuel Mishap at Darana Motorsports Park
11/08/2025

Power Hour #245 Leslie Horne & Cody Austin | SEGA & IHRA Fuel Altered Drag Racing
11/05/2025

BRITTANY FORCE’S HISTORIC FAREWELL WIN | NHRA NEVADA NATIONALS
11/03/2025

🏆 VEGAS SHOWDOWN: J.R. GRAY GOES ALL IN — AND CASHES OUT AS PRO MOD WORLD CHAMP!
11/03/2025

🏁 VEGAS SHOWDOWN: BRITTANY FORCE MAKES HISTORY | NHRA NEVADA NATIONALS FINAL ROUNDS
11/03/2025

💨 BRITTANY FORCE SETS VEGAS SPEED RECORD IN FAREWELL TOUR | #NEVADANATS
11/01/2025

🔥 AUSTIN PROCK DOMINATES VEGAS FRIDAY | 3.89 @ 334 MPH#NEVADANATS
11/01/2025

💥 CORY REED CHASES FIRST-EVER NO. 1 QUALIFIER AT #NEVADANATS
11/01/2025

RACE RESULTS

THE TEN – IN-N-OUT NHRA FINALS EDITION
11/17/2025

Competition Plus’ Water-Cooler Topics From The NHRA IN-N-OUT Finals in Pomona, Ca..1 – RAIN RULES BUT CHAMPIONS NAMED – Not one pro car went down the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals the entire weekend. But Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Austin Prock (Funny Car) becam

KALITTA’S SECOND TITLE ARRIVES AS NHRA FINALS FALL TO RELENTLESS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAIN
11/17/2025

Just one day after Doug Kalitta clinched his second NHRA Top Fuel championship in three seasons, NHRA officials canceled the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip due to persistent rainfall and unsafe track conditions. The decision ended the 2025 Mission Foods Drag Racing S

AUSTIN PROCK CLAIMS HIS SECOND NHRA NITRO FUNNY CAR TITLE IN A ROW
11/17/2025

This isn’t how Austin Prock wanted to win his second NHRA nitro Funny Car championship in a row – but Mother Nature had other plans.Prock had a 101-point lead in the standings over Matt Hagan heading into the season-ending In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, set for Nov. 13-16 in Pomona, Calif.And that’s t

2025 NHRA IN-N-OUT FINALS: POMONA – EVENT NOTEBOOK
11/15/2025

Photos by Ron Lewis, Mike Burghardt, Jeff BurghardtFRIDAY NOTEBOOK – RAIN WREAKS HAVOC AT NHRA FINALS AS FORCE DUO PIVOT, KALITTA NEARS TITLE1 – FOUR-LETTER FINALS – 1 – That nasty four-letter word – rain – popped up just in time to spoil the championship coronation this weekend at the In-N-Out Burg

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