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Ron Capps returns to St. Louis chasing a win and points in the Countdown. Maddi Gordon debuts a historic NAPA Auto Parts Top Fuel scheme.
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CGM found clutch issues behind its recent Funny Car traction problems. The team heads to St. Louis ready to pick up another win.
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Jim Dunn has been burning nitro for over 70 years. Dunn has been selected to join the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports HOF.
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RON CAPPS
Driver of the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car
Countdown to the Championship Ranking: 3rd (-106 points)
NHRA Midwest Nationals Event Highlights:
Four-time event champion (1997, 2005, 2007, 2017)
Four-time runner-up (2009, 2022, 2023, 2024)
2009 No. 1 qualifier
2025 NHRA Midwest Nationals...
MADDI GORDON
Driver of the NAPA Auto Parts Top Fuel Dragster
Last Event (Rockingham):
Qualified ninth; Quarterfinal finish (defeated Justin Ashley in E1; defeated by Doug Kalitta in E2)
2026/Career Statistics:
16 races: one win, one runner-up finish
Career-best E.T.: 3.695 seconds (Brainerd...
Matt Hagan brings the Funny Car points lead to St. Louis. Leah Pruett debuts the Pellera dragster at World Wide Technology Raceway.
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Shawn Langdon, Doug Kalitta, and J.R. Todd are ready to go rounds in St. Louis. The Kalitta teams could double up this weekend in St. Louis.
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John Force Racing drivers are fighting to advance in the Countdown points. Here's a look at how the team is approaching St. Louis.
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MADISON, Ill. (Sept. 30, 2026) — In Funny Car, Hagan enters the NHRA Midwest Nationals not only with significant wind in his sails after capturing a crucial victory at Rockingham Dragway, but as the defending event champion. His win last weekend was his fourth of the season, 59th of his career...
Factory Stock Showdown racers had a big weekend at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park. More records could fall in St. Louis this weekend.
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The 2026 NHRA Nationals At The Rock put on a show. Check out our amazing photo gallery from Rockingham Dragway.
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MADISON, Ill. (Sept. 30, 2026) — The Countdown to the Championship rolls into World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis for the NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals, and Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) enters the third event of the six-race playoff with strong momentum and a new primary paint...
ALEXIS DEJORIA
Driver of the John Force Racing Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car
Countdown to the Championship Ranking: 7th (-170 points)
2025 Midwest Nationals Recap:
Qualified sixth; Quarterfinal finish (defeated Paul Lee in E1; defeated by Daniel Wilkerson in E2)
Last Event (Rockingham)...
Shawn Langdon, Kalitta Air Careers Top Fuel Dragster
2025 NHRA Midwest Nationals Recap: Qualified No. 13; defeated Shawn Reed, lost to Justin Ashley.
Shawn Langdon Career Stats: 385 events, 29 wins, 32 runners-up, 456 round wins, 28 No. 1 qualifiers.
Current Points Position: 1
Pre-Race...
Doug Kalitta, Gerber Collision & Glass Top Fuel Dragster
Partnership Update: Doug Kalitta will drive the Gerber Collision & Glass Top Fuel dragster in this weekend’s third round of the Countdown to the Championship NHRA Playoffs. Founded in 1937, Gerber Collision & Glass has provided quality...
J.R. Todd, DHL GR Supra Funny Car
2025 NHRA Midwest Nationals Recap: Qualified No. 10; lost to Cruz Pedregon.
J.R. Todd Career Stats: 353 events, 23 wins, 28 runners-up, 389 round wins, 17 No. 1 qualifiers.
Current Points Position: T3
Pre-Race Notes:
J.R. Todd enters the NAPA NHRA Midwest...
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (September 28, 2026) – SCAG Racing’s Bluebird Turf Top Fuel team reached a major milestone this weekend at the NHRA Nationals at The Rock, as Will Smith advanced to his first career semifinal appearance in his first full-time NHRA Top Fuel season.
Smith qualified No. 12 in the...
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (September 24, 2026) – SCAG Racing heads to Rockingham Dragway this weekend for the inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock, the second race of the six-race Countdown to the Championship.
The historic Rockingham facility will host its first NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series...
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Sept. 30, 2026) – The Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car team with rookie Funny Car driver Jordan Vandergriff have developed into a championship-caliber team over the past few months and they know the final four races of the season, beginning with the Oct. 2-4 NHRA Midwest...
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Sept. 30, 2026) – The racing gods have been good to Jack Beckman at World Wide Technology Raceway over the years but the 2012 NHRA Funny Car World Champion knows how much he needs their backing for the Oct. 2-4 NHRA Midwest Nationals to keep his 2026 championship aspirations...