NEWS

1953: THE SEASON THAT DEFINED ORGANIZED DRAG RACING
02/14/2026

Drag racing did not begin in 1953. What began that season was something far more consequential: the moment the sport separated itself from the dry lakes tradition and began defining its own identity under national structure.“The National Hot Rod Association wasn’t created for drag racing,” said Bret

THE WIN HISTORY FORGOT: SHIRLEY MULDOWNEY’S 1971 FUNNY CAR FIRST
02/14/2026

Four-time Top Fuel champion Shirley Muldowney has more than enough accomplishments to quantify her status as a drag racing legend. However, one of her most significant accomplishments often gets overshadowed.Muldowney is heralded for her exploits in driving a dragster. Let the record reflect she is

BACK IN THE SEAT: LEAH PRUETT RETURNS TO TOP FUEL WITH MOTHERHOOD, FAITH AND FIVE-WIN GOALS
02/13/2026

Leah Pruett did not leave Top Fuel because she was done.She stepped away because time, biology and belief told her it was the right moment — and because she trusted she could return stronger than when she paused her championship pursuit.More than two seasons after announcing she would step out of th

NORMAN “MOOSE” PEARAH: THE CHARCOAL-GRAY PROMOTER WHO PUT LOUISIANA ON NHRA’S MAP
02/13/2026

Norman “Moose” Pearah helped bring major league NHRA drag racing to Louisiana, doing it with a style that was outsized, unconventional and rarely subtle. He died at 74, leaving behind a legacy tied to the rise of Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock racing in Baton Rouge and LaPlace.“They don’t make th

FASCHING STEPS INTO KEY ROLE AS GORDON CONFIRMS TOP FUEL LEADERSHIP AT RON CAPPS MOTORSPORTS
02/12/2026

For weeks, the focus around Ron Capps Motorsports’ Top Fuel program centered on Rob Flynn’s appointment as lead crew chief. On Tuesday’s CompetitionPlus Power Hour, rookie driver Maddi Gordon confirmed the other half of the equation — veteran tuner Troy Fasching will serve as assistant crew chief fo

ASPHALT HUSTLER REBORN: CLASSIC ’63 PLYMOUTH FURY RETURNS AS 10,000-RPM SUPER STOCK GT CONTENDER
02/11/2026

Blackbird Performance’s Geoff Turk has spent much of his life in the boardrooms of corporate America, where — like it or not — profits, human efficiency and growth are often emphasized above all else. But Turk’s many life experiences, from business success to personal tragedy, have shaped his presen

POWER HOUR EPISODE 254: MADDI GORDON PREPARES FOR NHRA TOP FUEL DEBUT
02/10/2026

LIVE at 5:30PM ET (2/10), Competition Plus TV’s drag racing talk show, Power Hour, presented by Weldon Performance, goes live with the latest news, insight, and real conversation from inside the sport.This week’s show features rising star Maddi Gordon, who joins the show live as she prepares to make

MADDI GORDON FULL OF EXCITEMENT AS SHE IS ON THE BRINK OF MAKING HER FIRST TOP FUEL RUNS
02/10/2026

What once seemed like a far-fetched dream is now days away from becoming a reality.Maddi Gordon, 21, will be making her first passes as the driver of the Carlyle Tools-sponsored Top Fuel dragster for Ron Capps Motorsports.Gordon will be in the driver’s seat when her new team makes test runs schedule

BOBBY BENNETT: FAMILY SHOULD NEVER COMPETE WITH FAMILY
02/10/2026

In many drag racing circles, the Bakersfield March Meet is a BFD. I won’t take the time to spell out what BFD means, other than to say the event is a big deal to gearheads. It’s a throwback to a much simpler time in drag racing, when innovation was raw, personalities were larger than life, and the s

NHRA LAUNCHES WALLY PARKS 75TH ANNIVERSARY APPRECIATION FUND AS PART OF $27 MILLION PURSE FOR 2026
02/09/2026

NHRA will award more than $27 million in purse money and payouts during the 2026 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season, highlighted by the introduction of the Wally Parks 75th Anniversary Appreciation Fund during the organization’s milestone year.The special fund will distribute $500,000 over the

COMPETITION PLUS TV

🎥 Scotty Cannon’s First Win: The Coolest Post-Race Interview in Drag Racing History?
02/14/2026

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Ford Pinto Commercial Flashback: The Car That Took Over 1970s Drag Racing
02/14/2026

Power Hour #254 Maddi Gordon | Drag Racing | NHRA | Top Fuel
02/11/2026

March 1990: The Birth of Pro Modified | First-Ever Pro Mod Race at Darlington (IHRA)
02/08/2026

2008 NHRA Summit Nationals: The Final NHRA Quarter-Mile Nitro Race
02/08/2026

1985 IHRA Stroh’s Shootout | $50,000 on the Line at Darlington Dragway
02/07/2026

1970 Dodge Challenger “Dodge Material” | The Sheriff Joe Commercial That Defined Muscle Car Attitude
02/05/2026

The Alan Reinhart Show With Nicole Clark #1 || Ron Capps
02/05/2026

Power Hour #253 Shawn Reed | Drag Racing | NHRA | Top Fuel
02/04/2026

1976 NHRA World Finals at Ontario Speedway | Nitro Legends, Pro Stock & Historic Broadcast Footage
02/02/2026

RACE RESULTS

THE TEN – 2025 YEAR-END EDITION
12/31/2025

Competition Plus’ Water-Cooler Topics From 2025 drag racing season. 1 – PROCKS ROCKET ON – The silence of a Friday night cracked when the Prock family rumor finally stopped whispering and started shouting.The news appeared in the CompetitionPlus.com FTI Rumor Mill, where word spread that the Prock f

THE TEN – SNOWBIRD OUTLAW NATIONALS EDITION – BRADENTON, FLA.
12/07/2025

Competition Plus’ Water-Cooler Topics From The Snowbird Outlaw Nationals from Bradenton, Fla..1 – HARRIS CAPTURES SNOWBIRD TITLE – Jason Harris closed out a dominant weekend by winning the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks on Saturday night at Bradenton Motorsports Park, one da

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

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