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AFTER WALLY PARKS, NO ONE SHAPED NHRA MORE THAN STEVE GIBBS
07/23/2026

When Wally Parks founded the NHRA in 1951, he literally built what would become the largest and most successful drag racing organization and sanctioning body in the world with his bare hands.Along the way, Parks had a lot of helping hands from others who believed in his vision for what drag racing s

JASMINE SALINAS PROVES THE QUIET ONE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS
07/22/2026

The unwritten rule in a bar fight says you knock out the biggest one first and everyone else falls into place. Jasmine Salinas has spent enough time around drag racing to know the quiet one standing in the corner is usually the one nobody should underestimate.Sunday at Sonoma Raceway, Salinas remind

RACING JOHN FORCE: ELON WERNER’S NEW BOOK CAPTURES THE MOMENTS DRIVERS NEVER FORGOT
07/22/2026

There are few people in drag racing who have worked every corner of the sport’s media landscape like Elon Werner. He has served as a journalist, public relations executive and digital entrepreneur, but after decades of documenting history, Werner is now preserving it through the voices of the people

SEMA MPMC MEDIA TRADE CONFERENCE MARKS 30 YEARS OF BUILDING MOTORSPORTS INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS
07/22/2026

The SEMA Motorsports Products & Media Council (MPMC) Media Trade Conference will be 30 years old when it returns to Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 2-4, 2027, continuing one of the aftermarket industry’s most productive networking events for manufacturers and media professionals.Since it began, the conferenc

PRO EXTREME EXHIBITION CLASS ADDED AS MWDRS EYES 2027 EXPANSION
07/22/2026

The Mid-West Drag Racing Series will use the final two events of its 2026 season to determine whether the Quarter-Max Pro Extreme Exhibition Class deserves a permanent place in the championship lineup.The class has been confirmed for Oct. 23-24 at Tulsa Raceway Park and Nov. 6-7 at Xtreme Raceway Pa

THE SCAR THAT BECAME WILL SMITH’S FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP
07/21/2026

When Will Smith dreamed about driving a Top Fuel dragster, he believed it was the kind of opportunity reserved for someone else.When he heard about people battling cancer, he prayed for them, offered encouragement and quietly assumed that was a battle someone else would have to fight. Then both impr

MEXICO RETURNS TO NHRA AS AUTÓDROMO DE MONTERREY REJOINS MEMBER TRACK NETWORK
07/21/2026

The NHRA’s international footprint grew again Saturday with the return of Autódromo de Monterrey to the NHRA Member Track Network, re-establishing a relationship that dates back to the 1980s and 1990s while opening a new chapter for drag racing in Mexico.The Apodaca, Nuevo León facility will become

ALAN JOHNSON STILL HEARS 1996 SONOMA WITH EACH VICTORY
07/21/2026

Thirty years have passed since Alan Johnson and his younger brother, Blaine, celebrated one of the defining victories of their lives at Sonoma Raceway. Time has transformed Alan Johnson into the gold standard of Top Fuel tuning, but every return to Northern California still carries him back to the d

GARY SCELZI NEVER LEARNED HOW TO BE ANYONE BUT GARY SCELZI
07/20/2026

Gary Scelzi spent a championship career proving one lesson that still resonates across the NHRA pits. As he sees it, authenticity wins as much respect as trophies.Honored Saturday during the NHRA’s 75th Anniversary celebration at the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals, the four-time world champion reflecte

THE TEN – 2026 SONOMA NATIONALS
07/20/2026

Competition Plus’ random water-cooler topics from the NHRA Denso Sonoma Nationals at Northern California’s Sonoma Raceway1 – IT’S A FULL SELLOUT – NHRA officials announced a Sunday sellout at Sonoma Raceway, completing a clean sweep of capacity crowds during the three-day Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals

COMPETITION PLUS TV

The Alan Reinhart Show Starring Nicole Clark #13 || Scott "Woody" Woodruff
07/23/2026

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Power Hour #275 - Drag Racing Talk On Competition Plus
07/22/2026

Jordan Vandergriff Delivers for John Force Racing at Sonoma | Kalitta Wins No. 7, Stanfield Repeats
07/20/2026

🔥 PEAK PIT NOTE – Kalitta And Langdon Run Identical Elapsed Times at 337-Plus MPH!
07/18/2026

💥Rookie Funny Car Driver Jordan Vandergriff Drops 3.849 Bomb in Sonoma Qualifying
07/18/2026

Power Hour #274 Richard Gadson | NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle | Drag Racing
07/15/2026

LARRY SUTTON'S FINAL INTERVIEW ON ALAN REINHART SHOW SHARES A LIFETIME OF DRAG RACING
07/09/2026

The Alan Reinhart Show Starring Nicole Clark #12 || Larry Sutton
07/09/2026

Power Hour #273 Taylor Dietsch | NHRA Factory Stock - IHRA Pro Stock | Drag Racing
07/01/2026

Maddi Gordon's FIRST Top Fuel Win Completes Historic Ron Capps Racing Sweep
06/29/2026

RACE RESULTS

THE TEN – 2026 SONOMA NATIONALS
07/20/2026

Competition Plus’ random water-cooler topics from the NHRA Denso Sonoma Nationals at Northern California’s Sonoma Raceway1 – IT’S A FULL SELLOUT – NHRA officials announced a Sunday sellout at Sonoma Raceway, completing a clean sweep of capacity crowds during the three-day Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals

POINTS STANDINGS FOLLOWING THE 2026 NHRA SONOMA NATIONALS
07/20/2026

Point standings (top 10) following the 38th annual DENSO Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge at Sonoma Raceway, the 11th of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series –Top Fuel – 1. Shawn Langdon, 1,069; 2. Doug Kalitta, 984; 3. Leah Pruett, 803; 4. Antron Brown, 680; 5. (tie) Maddi

ROUND BY ROUND RESULTS FROM THE 2026 NHRA SONOMA NATIONALS
07/20/2026

Final round-by-round results from the 38th annual DENSO Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge at Sonoma Raceway, the 11th of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series:TOP FUEL:ROUND ONE — Antron Brown, 3.739, 332.67 def. Tony Schumacher, 3.746, 336.99; Tony Stewart, 3.712, 336.91 def.

2026 NHRA SONOMA NATIONALS – EVENT NOTEBOOK
07/19/2026

Photos by Alex Owens, Auto Imagery, Mike and Jeff BurghardtCompetition Plus’ random water-cooler topics from the NHRA Denso Sonoma Nationals at Northern California’s Sonoma Raceway1 – IT’S A FULL SELLOUT – NHRA officials announced a Sunday sellout at Sonoma Raceway, completing a clean sweep of capac

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