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Jack Beckman sits down for a candid Q&A covering everything from driving 330-mph Funny Cars to mentoring teammates at John Force Racing. Jack talks about the toughest part of competing in the NHRA, what he loves most about driving and shares his thoughts on the new era of John Force Racing...
CHICAGO, Ill. (May 17, 2026) — Antron Brown advanced to his first final round of the 2026 season Sunday at the Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK, driving his Matco Tools Eagle Experience Top Fuel dragster to a runner-up finish at Route 66 Raceway. The event also...
Brian Bednar's Oldsmobile Cutlass has transformed from family car to race car. Now the Olds is powered by a supercharged Gen III HEMI.
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The IHRA has named Dustin Farthing as its new president. Farthing has an extensive background in the motorsports industry.
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The Idle Air Control value is an important setting in an EFI system. Here's how to set the IAC for a Holley EFI system.
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Big money was on the line at Byron Dragway. Here are the winners that brought home the cash from the Autoland Door Car Challenge.
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The first IHRA Triple Crown race took a hit from Mother Nature. The Maple Grove event has been postponed due to heavy rain.
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Shayne Johnson's 1970 Nova is a work of art. This 2,700 horsepower race car just happens to have the looks of a show car.
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By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Terre Haute, Indiana (May 12, 2026)………Thirty years after his 1996 Tony Hulman Classic victory, Doug Kalitta will serve as grand marshal for the 56th running of the event featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship at Indiana’s...
Alexis DeJoria gives us an exclusive look at her incredible Chevrolet collection! From the fire-breathing Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car to her classic 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle and stunning 1959 Chevrolet Impala, Alexis shares the stories, style, and horsepower behind some of her favorite...
The IHRA is going to be looking for a new President. Leah Martin announced that she's parted ways with the sanctioning body on Monday.
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JOLIET, Ill. (May 18, 2026) — The four-car SCAG Racing team closed out the Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway with a breakthrough first-round Top Fuel victory from Will Smith and a Funny Car second round appearance by Dave Richards, while Justin Ashley and...
JOLIET, Ill. (May 14, 2026) — SCAG Racing returns to Route 66 Raceway this weekend for the NHRA Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 Nationals, one of the biggest events on the team’s schedule and an important weekend for SCAG Power Equipment and parent company Metalcraft of Mayville.The...
Route 66 Raceway
LEAH PRUETT
Dodge//SRT Top Fuel Dragster
Unofficial Points Standing:
3rd
12-time NHRA National Event Winner
Finished 2023 runner-up in championship points
Finished runner-up up at the 2026 NHRA Arizona Nationals
Has finished quarterfinals or better all season
No. 1 qualifier...
JOLIET, Ill. (May 14, 2026) – With a quarter of the Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series season already past, Tony Stewart Racing enters this weekend’s Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals with both Matt Hagan’s Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car and Leah Pruett’s Dodge Top Fuel dragster...
MATT HAGAN Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car
Unofficial Points Standing: 3rd
Four-time world champion (2023, 2020, 2014, 2011)
Finished 2025 season runner-up
Won the NHRA Winternationals, NHRA’s 1000th Funny Car race
14 season streak with at least one win
Has four wins at Route 66 Raceway: 2010...
TSR Dodge drivers Leah Pruett and Matt Hagan continued their title runs in the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series Sunday with semifinal finishes in the NHRA Route 66 Nationals
Changing weather conditions made Sunday’s final eliminations difficult with the humid and windy air, but Pruett and Hagan...