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WHEN THE RAIN SAID NO, NHRA AND SGMP SAID ‘WATCH THIS’
05/03/2026

The odds were stacked against South Georgia Motorsports Park before the first raindrop ever hit the property. Wildfires around the county had everyone watching the sky, and when the rain finally came to a drought-starved area, it helped the land, but did nothing for drag racing.By sunrise Saturday,

2026 NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS – EVENT NOTEBOOK
05/03/2026

Photos by Alex Owens, Tracy Waters, Marvin T. Smith, Dwayne CulpepperSATURDAY NOTEBOOK – A MIRACLE SETS THE STAGE FOR AN EXCELLENT FAN EXPERIENCE AT SGMP1 – NO WAY IN HELL WE RACE TODAY – By mid-morning, Saturday at South Georgia Motorsports Park looked like a race day slipping away. Rain kept falli

2026 NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS – EVENT RESULTS
05/03/2026

Photos by Alex Owens, Dwayne Culpepper, Tracy Waters, Marvin T. SmithSATURDAY QUALIFYING – KALITTA LEADS FOUR NO. 1 QUALIFIERS AS SOUTH GEORGIA CROWD GETS PAID BACK FOR WAITINGThe rain made them wait. The racers made sure it was worth it.After a long Saturday filled with delays, wet grounds, and eno

KALITTA LEADS FOUR NO. 1 QUALIFIERS AS SOUTH GEORGIA CROWD GETS PAID BACK FOR WAITING
05/03/2026

The rain made them wait. The racers made sure it was worth it.After a long Saturday filled with delays, wet grounds, and enough uncertainty to make cancellation feel like a real possibility, Doug Kalitta, J.R. Todd, Greg Anderson, and Matt Smith locked down No. 1 qualifying positions before a sellou

TODD TURNS CHARLOTTE TROUBLE INTO SOUTHERN NATIONALS SPEED STATEMENT
05/02/2026

In life, there are trips to the beach, and then there are trips to the mountaintops. J.R. Todd made both in the last week, going into the runoff area in Charlotte and then climbing to the top of the qualifying sheet Friday at South Georgia Motorsports Park.Todd grabbed the provisional No. 1 spot at

LANGDON JUST TURNED “IT’S ONLY TESTING” INTO HISTORY
05/02/2026

Well, that ought to shut the skeptics up for a while.In Gainesville, Shawn Langdon and the Kalitta Motorsports crew lit up preseason testing with both the quickest and fastest runs. Instead of giving the team its due, the cheap-seat experts rolled out the tired line — it was testing, and testing doe

NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS GATES DELAYED TO NOON AFTER HEAVY RAIN AT SOUTH GEORGIA MOTORSPORTS PARK
05/02/2026

NHRA officials pushed back Saturday gate opening to noon after heavy overnight and morning rain impacted South Georgia Motorsports Park ahead of the Southern Nationals.Fans were asked not to arrive before 12 p.m. ET as track workers and NHRA staff continued efforts to prepare the facility for racing

LANGDON REWRITES NHRA HISTORY AS SOUTHERN NATIONALS DEBUT OPENS WITH FIREWORKS
05/02/2026

If NHRA wanted a statement to open its first national event at South Georgia Motorsports Park, Shawn Langdon supplied one at 345 miles an hour.Langdon made the fastest run in NHRA history Friday, taking the provisional No. 1 spot in Top Fuel at the Southern Nationals with a 3.724-second pass at 345.

MADDI GORDON TRADES TOP FUEL PRESSURE FOR BRAVES MOUND MOMENT IN ATLANTA
05/01/2026

Maddi Gordon understands pressure. She went straight from Top Alcohol Funny Car to driving a Top Fuel dragster for one of the sport’s more prominent teams, Ron Capps Motorsports.But the fear of failure paled compared to what she faced this week when she walked to the mound at Truist Park to throw ou

NHRA MOVES UP FRIDAY QUALIFYING SCHEDULE FOR SOUTHERN NATIONALS DEBUT IN GEORGIA
04/30/2026

NHRA adjusted Friday’s qualifying schedule for this weekend’s NHRA Southern Nationals, moving the start times earlier for the Mission Drag Racing Series categories at South Georgia Motorsports Park.The first round of professional qualifying will now begin at 11:15 a.m. Eastern on Friday.NHRA Pro Sto

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DOUG KALITTA BLASTS TO NO. 1 AT NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS | 342 MPH RUN STUNS SELLOUT CROWD
05/03/2026

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SHAWN LANGDON SETS FASTEST RUN IN NHRA HISTORY | SOUTHERN NATIONALS DEBUT DELIVERS FIREWORKS
05/02/2026

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04/30/2026

Power Hour #265 - Don O'Neal | South Georgia Motorsports Park General Manager | Drag Racing
04/29/2026

🔥 2026 NHRA 4-Wide Nationals Final Rounds | Kalitta Record Blast, Capps, Hartford & Herrera Win 🏁
04/27/2026

🔥 MILLICAN, VANDERGRIFF, ANDERSON & HERRERA WIN #2FAST2TASTY AT NHRA CHARLOTTE 4-WIDE NATIONALS 🏁
04/26/2026

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04/25/2026

LANGDON, CAPPS, ANDERSON & SMITH TAKE OVER FRIDAY! 🔥 NHRA 4-WIDE NATIONALS QUALIFYING RECAP
04/25/2026

Power Hour #264 - Jasmine Salinas | Top Fuel Dragster Racer | Drag Racing
04/22/2026

🔥 Shawn Langdon BLASTS 345.62 MPH | EXCLUSIVE Finish-Line Video From Gainesville Raceway 🏁
04/20/2026

RACE RESULTS

2026 NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS – EVENT NOTEBOOK
05/03/2026

Photos by Alex Owens, Tracy Waters, Marvin T. Smith, Dwayne CulpepperSATURDAY NOTEBOOK – A MIRACLE SETS THE STAGE FOR AN EXCELLENT FAN EXPERIENCE AT SGMP1 – NO WAY IN HELL WE RACE TODAY – By mid-morning, Saturday at South Georgia Motorsports Park looked like a race day slipping away. Rain kept falli

2026 NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS – EVENT RESULTS
05/03/2026

Photos by Alex Owens, Dwayne Culpepper, Tracy Waters, Marvin T. SmithSATURDAY QUALIFYING – KALITTA LEADS FOUR NO. 1 QUALIFIERS AS SOUTH GEORGIA CROWD GETS PAID BACK FOR WAITINGThe rain made them wait. The racers made sure it was worth it.After a long Saturday filled with delays, wet grounds, and eno

THE TEN – 2026 NHRA 4-WIDE NATIONALS
04/27/2026

Competition Plus’ random water-cooler topics from the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Concord, NC1 – CAPPS DELIVERS CONFIDENCE – Multi-time Funny Car champion Ron Capps admits even veteran racers are burdened by doubt into the cockpit. He turned that doubt into another trophy Sunday at zMAX

POINTS STANDINGS FOLLOWING THE 2026 NHRA 4-WIDE NATIONALS
04/27/2026

Point standings (top 10) following the 16th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway, the fourth of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series –Top Fuel – 1. Doug Kalitta, 373; 2. Shawn Langdon, 350; 3. Leah Pruett, 297; 4. Tony Stewart, 296; 5. Josh Hart, 265; 6. Maddi Gordon, 238;

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