NEWS

DRAG RACING’S SANCTIONING BODY WARS: WINSTON MONEY, TV POWER AND THE LAST LAUGH – PART TWO
11/23/2025

Once IHRA joined the fray, drag racing’s sanctioning-body wars turned into a three-way brawl. Fans saw it as a golden era – three logos on posters, three points chases to follow and three sets of rulebooks trying to buy their loyalty.Behind the scenes, it was far nastier. Carrier clashed with Parks

DRAG RACING’S SANCTIONING BODY WARS: HOW NHRA, AHRA, AND IHRA FOUGHT FOR CONTROL – PART ONE
11/22/2025

Drag racing fans once had it better than they probably realized. Three sanctioning bodies spent the 1960s and 1970s clawing for their loyalty, throwing money, perks, and format experiments at racers and spectators in a fight to be king of the hill.At the top of those three organizations stood equall

RUMOR MILL: PROCK FAMILY’S EXIT FROM JFR TAKES A SHARP TURN
11/22/2025

For most of the season, whispers have followed the Prock family like tire smoke — the kind of persistent chatter that suggested their time with John Force Racing was winding down, possibly to launch a program of their own. On Friday, those whispers found traction.CompetitionPlus.com has learned that

REYES ON TOUR – MAGIC OF THE REAR-ENGINED FUNNY CAR
11/21/2025

The Rear-Engine Funny Car Revolution, 1967–1975The rear-engined revolution may have rewritten the record books in Top Fuel when Don Garlits changed everything in 1971, but Funny Car racers were chasing that same magic years earlier—and with far more chaos, creativity, and heartbreak along the way.My

ROLLIE MILLER TAKES OVER AS GENERAL MANAGER AT LUCAS OIL INDIANAPOLIS RACEWAY PARK
11/21/2025

NHRA named longtime industry veteran Rollie Miller as the new general manager of Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, placing him in charge of day-to-day operations at one of drag racing’s most prominent facilities.Miller began the role Nov. 17 and will work out of the NHRA’s Indianapolis office. Hi

2025 PRI SHOW EXPANDS STUDENT PROGRAMS AS MOTORSPORTS INDUSTRY GROWS
11/21/2025

The Performance Racing Industry Show will broaden its efforts to attract future motorsports professionals when it opens Dec. 11-13, offering education tracks, networking events and hands-on competitions aimed at students exploring racing-industry careers.Organizers say the expanded programming stren

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

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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