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SAMPEY’S TOP FUEL DEBUT CARRIED A PRIVATE PROMISE — AND A LOUD NEW BEGINNING
12/17/2025

Photos courtesy of Logan SampeyAngelle Sampey had waited long enough to know the moment would never feel routine, not even with three world championships on her résumé. When she finally made her first pass in a Top Fuel dragster after the Las Vegas race, she carried a wish she couldn’t fulfill: her

SAM PACK FORD UNVEILS BUDDY HULL EDITION MUSTANG
12/17/2025

FS Performance and Sam Pack Ford have partnered with NHRA Funny Car driver Buddy Hull to produce a limited-edition Ford Mustang bearing Hull’s name and performance vision. The specialty car debuted Tuesday at the Sam Pack Ford dealership in North Dallas, where Hull’s full-size Nitro Funny Car is als

NHRA RELEASES 2026 HOT ROD HERITAGE SERIES SCHEDULE
12/17/2025

NHRA announced the 2026 Hot Rod Heritage Series schedule, outlining a coast-to-coast slate of nostalgia drag racing events that will anchor the sanctioning body’s 75th anniversary season. The series will visit many of drag racing’s most recognizable facilities while featuring Top Fuel, Funny Car, an

MORGAN QUESTIONS TIMING OF NHRA’S U.S. 131 MOVE, SAYS MAPLE GROVE OFFER WAS GENUINE
12/16/2025

Questions over the timing of NHRA’s decision to open its Countdown at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park have intensified after Larry Morgan said IHRA made a good-faith offer for NHRA to stage an event at Maple Grove Raceway a day after the bombshell announcement that the series had purchased Maple Grove Rac

DRINKWATER CEMENTS PLACE AMONG EXTREME PRO STOCK’S MOST CONSISTENT WINNERS WITH SECOND TITLE
12/16/2025

Alan Drinkwater’s return to the PDRA Drag Racing Series in 2025 ended with a familiar result, as the Florida-based driver captured his second Extreme Pro Stock world championship by season’s end. The title, clinched before the final round of competition, reinforced Drinkwater’s position as one of th

NHRA ACCELERATES PLAYOFF SHIFT, TAPS U.S. 131 MOTORSPORTS PARK TO OPEN 2026 COUNTDOWN
12/15/2025

NHRA will open the 2026 Countdown to the Championship with a first-time national event at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park, accelerating what was originally planned as a 2027 project following IHRA’s purchase of Maple Grove Raceway, the longtime site of a Countdown playoff event.Despite being offered the o

THE 2025 PRI SHOW IN PHOTOS
12/14/2025

CompetitionPlus.com staff photographer Adam Dobbs was at the 2025 Performance Racing Industry Trade Show. The veteran shooter captured the essence of the event from displays, to booths to the numerous number of press conference. We’ve got three photo galleries just for you. VIEW PHOTO GALLERYNever l

LIFE ON THE ROAD: SOME OF THE GREATEST DRAG RACING WAR STORIES, PT. 1
12/14/2025

There are multiple types of stories in drag racing. Those you can tell, and those you shouldn’t. Then there are those you tell to win a trophy.For almost a decade, some of drag racing’s greatest storytellers came together for a good old-fashioned yarn-spinning competition where the first liar almost

IT’S THE MOTHERLODE OF 1970S DRAG RACING VIDEOS: 1970 – 1975
12/13/2025

VIDEOS FROM 1970 – 1975VIDEOS FROM 1976 – 1979We have dipped deep into our drag racing archives to provide you with a taste of Drag Racing Heaven. Crank up the speakers, sit back and enjoy the good ‘ol days of this classic presentation of drag racing from the 1970s.197019711972197319741975

IHRA ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY
12/13/2025

Never let it be said the International Hot Rod Association doesn’t know how to make a splash.At the close of the second day of the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show on Friday, Dec. 12, the IHRA delivered its biggest offseason headline yet.The IHRA announced its acquisition of Maple Grove Racewa

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LEGENDS: THE SERIES PREVIEW | Sox & Martin: The Story Behind the Legend
12/18/2025

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Power Hour #249 Jason Peterson For US 131 Motorsports Park | Drag Racing
12/17/2025

🔥 Rare 1974 NHRA Springnationals Video Rewind | Drag Racing History Uncovered
12/12/2025

Power Hour #248 Jason Harris & Buddy Hull - Drag Racing - Pro Mod - Funny Car
12/10/2025

1975 IHRA PRO-AM NATIONALS: Rockingham’s Spring Showdown | Vintage Speedvision Classic
12/10/2025

🔥 1975 NHRA U.S. NATIONALS ON ABC WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS — RAW FOOTAGE OF LEGENDS & WILD CRASHES
12/05/2025

🔥 1975 NHRA WINTERNATIONALS ON ABC WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS — GARLITS, PRUDHOMME & MORE DRAG RACING
12/04/2025

Power Hour #247 - The 2025 Drag Racing Season & Beyond
12/03/2025

1975 NHRA WORLD FINALS: The Day Drag Racing Changed Forever | Vintage Nitro Showdown
11/29/2025

For Sale on QuarterMileClassifieds.com: 1955 Jerry Bickel–Built Bel-Air Race Roller
11/28/2025

RACE RESULTS

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

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

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