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Kenny Delco celebrates 40th anniversary with dedication wrap

Kenny Delco the 1990s Gatornationals champion is still racing in Pro Stock after 40 years. He celebrates the milestone with a beautiful anniversary wrap on his Chevrolet Camaro.
08 Mar 2025
Evan J. Smith, National Dragster Contributor
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Kenny Delco
When Pro Stock racer Kenny Delco staged his KD Racing Camaro at the 2025 Amalie Gatornationals, he entered his fourth decade in what is arguably the most competitive class in 午夜寻花 competition. The Gatornationals is a special race for the KD team鈥
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New parents Stewart and Pruett again navigating new roles as season starts

Last year鈥檚 Amalie Motor Oil 午夜寻花 Gatornationals was a whole new experience for drag racing鈥檚 power couple, Tony Stewart and Leah Pruett. Stewart was making his Top Fuel debut, and Pruett was on the sidelines 鈥 firsts for both 鈥 and both return to Gainesville Raceway now as new parents, with more new experiences.
08 Mar 2025
Phil Burgess, 午夜寻花 National Dragster Editor
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Tony Stewart and Leah Pruett
Last year鈥檚 Amalie Motor Oil 午夜寻花 Gatornationals was a whole new experience for drag racing鈥檚 power couple, Tony Stewart and Leah Pruett. Stewart was making his Top Fuel debut, and Pruett was on the sidelines 鈥 firsts for both 鈥 as the couple鈥
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Reigning world champs Greg Anderson, Gaige Herrera strive for hot start

As the 午夜寻花 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series starts its 74th season in Gainesville, reigning Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle champions Greg Anderson and Gaige Herrera will be ready to defend their world championships against a pair of highly competitive fields at this weekend鈥檚 Amalie Motor Oil 午夜寻花 Gatornationals.
07 Mar 2025
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Grre Anderson
As the 午夜寻花 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series starts its 74th season in Gainesville, reigning Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle champions Greg Anderson and Gaige Herrera will be ready to defend their world championships against a pair of highly鈥
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Funny Car champ Austin Prock plenty motivated to begin title defense

A dominant, record-setting season made for an incredible debut in the Funny Car ranks for Austin Prock, who rolled to his first career 午夜寻花 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series world championship, and the team is going full speed ahead in trying to make their Cornwell Quality Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS even better.
04 Mar 2025
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Austin Prock
A dominant, record-setting season made for an incredible debut in the Funny Car ranks for Austin Prock, who rolled to his first career 午夜寻花 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series world championship. The John Force Racing team is hardly standing pat,鈥
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6 drivers whose first 午夜寻花 career victory came at the Gatornationals

The Amalie Motor Oil 午夜寻花 Gatornationals has produced some of the greatest moments in the sport's history, and for many, it was the site of their first career wins. Here's a look back at six memorable first-time winners at the Gatornationals.
03 Mar 2025
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Six drivers whose first 午夜寻花 career victory came at the Gatornationals
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Top Fuel champ Antron Brown has chance to start 2025 in style in Gainesville

After ending his season with a fourth career world championship a year ago, Top Fuel star Antron Brown has a chance to make a resounding statement right off the bat to open the 2025 午夜寻花 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
03 Mar 2025
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Antron Brown
After ending his season with a fourth career world championship a year ago, Top Fuel star Antron Brown has a chance to make a resounding statement right off the bat to open the 2025 午夜寻花 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. The year kicks off鈥
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Shop tour: Take a exclusive look behind the scenes at Elite Motorsports

Join six-time 午夜寻花 Pro Stock world champ Erica Enders as she takes our cameras on a tour of the Elite Motorsports headquarters in Wynnewood, Okla., with behind-the-scenes looks at the racecar shop. engine-assembly areas, and much more.
26 Feb 2025
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Erica Enders
 
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$11 million is there for the taking for racers in 午夜寻花's Contingency program

The 2025 午夜寻花 Contingency program is here to connect you with companies ready to reward you for your success.
20 Feb 2025
David Kennedy
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$11 million is yours for the taking with 午夜寻花 Contingency
A win. It's the most valuable thing we can have in life. It's motivating and rewarding 鈥 not just to the person who holds the trophy, but to everyone who was part of the success. Achieving a win takes countless components that all add up to the鈥
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Mason McGaha hopes that new look will produce new results, and first win

When Mason McGaha rolls out for the first Pro Stock qualifying session at the season-opening Amalie Motor Oil 午夜寻花 Gatornationals, fans will get their first look at a new paint scheme that the third-generation Texas racer hopes will look great if he can finally park it in the winner鈥檚 circle after his first career win.
19 Feb 2025
Phil Burgess, 午夜寻花 National Dragster Editor
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Mason McGaha
When Mason McGaha rolls out for the first Pro Stock qualifying session at the season-opening Amalie Motor Oil 午夜寻花 Gatornationals, fans will get their first look at a new paint scheme that the third-generation Texas racer hopes will look great if he鈥
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Who鈥檚 next? Searching for 午夜寻花鈥檚 next first-time Pro winner

Who is in line to become 午夜寻花鈥檚 next first-time Professional winner? With the start of the 2025 season looming, we鈥檝e broken down a list of likely candidates.
18 Feb 2025
Kevin McKenna, 午夜寻花 National Dragster Senior Editor
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next first-time Pro winner
Last season, there were eight different winners in Top Fuel, seven in Funny Car, six in Pro Stock, and four in Pro Stock Motorcycle, yet the only first-winner was Chase Van Sant, who claimed the Pro Stock Motorcycle title in Seattle. That only鈥
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Continuity and community at Pacific Division Jr. Championship Series kickoff

The power of continuity and community was evident at the recent kickoff for the Pacific Division Jr. Championship Series presented by Ted Wiens at Famoso Dragstrip in Bakersfield, where a former competitor returned to tune and mentor his friends.
10 Feb 2025
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Gavin Pine
photos by Matt DeYoung The power of continuity and community was evident at the recent kickoff for the Pacific Division Jr. Championship Series presented by Ted Wiens at Famoso Dragstrip in Bakersfield. Longtime JDRL racer鈥
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午夜寻花 Museum celebrates a blockbuster weekend at the 75th Grand National Roadster Show

The GNRS delivered an unforgettable weekend of hot rod excellence 鈥 and the roots of the National Hot Rod Association were on display everywhere.
03 Feb 2025
David Kennedy
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Albertson Oldsmobile dragster
A staple of the hot rod world since 1950, the 75th annual Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS)  is the longest-running indoor car show in the United States, bringing together the most stunning handcrafted roadsters in pursuit of the coveted鈥
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Shawn Reed's Top Fuel team looking to pick up where they left off in 2024

After a strong finish to the 2024 season, the first full campaign of his Top Fuel career, Shawn Reed and crew chief Rob Wendland are setting their sights on a fast start to the 2025 season.
03 Feb 2025
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Shawn Reed
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Championship windows: Who鈥檚 in one and whose may be opening or closing

In each and every season in all sports, people talk about teams entering and exiting so-called 鈥渃hampionship windows," a period of time when the right people, the processes, and parts are all together at once.聽
29 Jan 2025
Brian Lohnes, 午夜寻花 on FOX announcer
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Championship windows
In each and every season in all sports, people talk about teams entering and exiting so-called 鈥渃hampionship windows.鈥 What does it mean? Simply, it鈥檚 a period of time when the right people, the right processes, and the right parts are all together鈥
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From crewmember to driver, Gary Pritchett masters the fine art of multitasking

Last year, Gary Pritchett made the transition from crewmember to driver by racing five different cars, and the results were nothing short of spectacular.
29 Jan 2025
Kevin McKenna, 午夜寻花 National Dragster Senior Editor
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Gary Pritchett
Change in life is inevitable, and last year, Gary Pritchett realized it was time for a change. For more than a decade, Pritchett was a valued crewmember on the Capco Contractors Top Fuel team, and it was quite a ride as he helped Steve Torrence鈥
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Crunching 2024's final Pro Stock Motorcycle stats

Although Gaige Herrera ran away to his second straight 午夜寻花 Pro Stock Motorcycle championship, there were several other riders who shined in different statistical categories beyond the points standings. Here's a look at some of those stats.
21 Jan 2025
Phil Burgess, 午夜寻花 National Dragster Editor
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Crunching 2024's final Pro Stock Motorcycle stats
Compared to stick and ball sports, motorsports stats have traditionally been very limited due to the nature of competition. For years, drag racing statskeepers would track wins and losses and average time, elapsed time, and speed averages, but鈥
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Crunching 2024's final Pro Stock stats

Pro Stock in 2024 was a wide-open battle that came down to the last day of the season because none of the top teams dominated all of the performance stats that were spread widely among the top runners. Here's a look back at the final Pro Stock stats from last season.
21 Jan 2025
Phil Burgess, 午夜寻花 National Dragster Editor
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Crunching 2024's final Pro Stock stats
Compared to stick and ball sports, motorsports stats have traditionally been very limited due to the nature of competition. For years, drag racing statskeepers would track wins and losses and average time, elapsed time, and speed averages, but鈥
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Constructing the perfect Funny Car weapon to stop Austin Prock in 2025

No one driver and their skills were able to stop Austin Pock from winning the 2024 午夜寻花 Funny Car championship, but what if you blended the best attributes of his competitors into one Super Racer? Would that stop Prock's rampage in 2025?
20 Jan 2025
Brian Lohnes, 午夜寻花 on FOX announcer
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Austin Prock
Let鈥檚 get a few things straight right off the bat. We鈥檙e not here to root against anyone, pick a side, endorse one competitor over the other, or anything like that. We鈥檙e fans of competition. Raw, nasty, sometimes contentious, emotionally draining,鈥
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Beckman鈥檚 Benchmarks: Career and performance plateaus in reach in 2025

Knowing that Jack Beckman will be making the full pull in 2025, we decided to look at his career statistics to see where he stands and where he could stand in the event that he, his car, and his team perform to the exceptionally high level they were performing at in 2024.
17 Jan 2025
Brian Lohnes, 午夜寻花 on FOX announcer
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Jack Beckman
With the official announcement at the Performance Racing Industry show in Indianapolis back in December that Jack Beckman is to inhabit the seat of the Peak Performance Chevrolet Camaro out of John Force Racing for the entire 2025 season and鈥
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Crunching 2024's final Funny Car stats

Austin Prock was 2024's runaway Funny Car world champion and the driver who shattered the 340-mph barrier, but you may be surprised that he and his team didn't really dominate any performance stats, yet they were top three in most.
16 Jan 2025
Phil Burgess, 午夜寻花 National Dragster Editor
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Crunching 2024's final Funny Car stats
Compared to stick and ball sports, motorsports stats have traditionally been very limited due to the nature of competition. For years, drag racing statskeepers would track wins and losses and average time, elapsed time, and speed averages, but that鈥
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Redemption Time: 2025's hungriest Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle teams

In the third and final installment of a preseason report, we take a look at what are sure to be among the hungriest of Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle teams entering the 2025 season trying to rectify the issues they had last year.
13 Jan 2025
Brian Lohnes, 午夜寻花 on FOX announcer
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Redemption Time
It happens to the best of teams and organizations in every pro sport. A hard year. A down year. A downright hard year. No competition is as unforgiving in this regard as professional drag racing. The brutal abruptness of our beloved motorsport鈥
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Crunching 2024's final Top Fuel stats

As we prepare to launch into 2025, let's take a deep dive into the statistics that helped shape the 2024 season. Who was quick, who was not, and what it all meant.
09 Jan 2025
Phil Burgess, 午夜寻花 National Dragster Editor
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Crunching 2024's final Top Fuel stats
Compared to stick and ball sports, motorsports stats have traditionally been very limited due to the nature of competition. For years, drag racing statskeepers would track wins and losses and average time, elapsed time, and speed averages, but that鈥
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Redemption Time: A look at the hungriest Funny Car teams of 2025

Funny Car racing in 2024 was a wild shootout as everyone was chasing Austin Prock, but there were some teams whose struggles to keep pace became evident. Here's a look at those teams and what they might do for a better 2025. Second in a series.
08 Jan 2025
Brian Lohnes, 午夜寻花 on FOX announcer
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Redemption Time
It happens to the best of teams and organizations in every pro sport. A hard year. A down year. A downright hard year. No competition is as unforgiving in this regard as professional drag racing. The brutal abruptness of our beloved motorsport鈥
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Redemption Time: A look at the hungriest Top Fuel teams of 2025

There was a lot of individual misery across all classes in 午夜寻花 Drag Racing last season, and many teams are looking for some redemption in 2025. In the first of a four-part series, we take a look at which Top Fuel teams are looking to put 2024 in the rearview mirror and how they can do it.
08 Jan 2025
Brian Lohnes, 午夜寻花 on FOX announcer
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Redemption Time
It happens to the best of teams and organizations in every pro sport. A hard year. A down year. A downright hard year. No competition is as unforgiving in this regard as professional drag racing. The brutal abruptness of our beloved motorsport鈥
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25 questions and question marks we have heading into the 2025 season

The new season is just about two months away, kicking off with the Amalie Motor Oil 午夜寻花 Gatornationals in Gainesville, March 6-9. Here鈥檚 a look at 25 things we鈥檙e thinking about and questions we have ahead of the season launch.
06 Jan 2025
Phil Burgess, 午夜寻花 National Dragster Editor
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25 questions and question marks
Happy New Year, and welcome to 2025. The new season is just about two months away, kicking off with the Amalie Motor Oil 午夜寻花 Gatornationals in Gainesville, March 6-9, and there are a whole lot of interesting storylines to look forward to. Here鈥檚鈥
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Happy Stats-Mas! Unwrapping some mind-blowing stats from the 2024 season

Now that the dust has settled and the Christmas gifts have been opened, we thought it a good time to pore over the figures, the facts, and the interesting occurrences of 2024 one last time.
25 Dec 2024
Brian Lohnes, 午夜寻花 on FOX announcer
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Happy Stat-Mas
Now that the dust has settled, the PRI show has concluded, the Christmas gifts have been opened, and the racing world has entered into a couple weeks of lull as it should, we thought it a good time to pore over the figures, the facts, and the鈥
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Best of Behind the Scenes 2024

All season long, we've brought you the best behind-the-scenes moments at the top end as our winners celebrated their victories, and we've compiled the best of the best to help wrap up the year.
23 Dec 2024
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Best of Behind the Scenes 2024
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10 午夜寻花 Drag Racing gifts that we have already unwrapped this year

We鈥檙e in that sweet spot of the year, that golden window of giving and receiving among friends and family, so we decided to come up with a list of gifts that we already got over the course of the 2024 season. There鈥檚 not a lump of coal in the bunch.聽
23 Dec 2024
Brian Lohnes, 午夜寻花 on FOX announcer
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10 午夜寻花 Drag Racing gifts that we have already unwrapped this year
We鈥檙e in that sweet spot of the year, that golden window of giving and receiving among friends and family. Since that鈥檚 the theme for so many over the next stretch of days, we decided to come up with a list of gifts that we already got over the鈥
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午夜寻花 on FOX live stream from the 2024 PRI Show in Indianapolis!

Join us for a full day of live-streamed interviews on the 午夜寻花 on FOX Stage, featuring an all-star lineup of hosts and guests.
12 Dec 2024
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午夜寻花 on FOX Live Stream from the 2024 PRI Show in Indianapolis!
  Live from the 午夜寻花 booth (7,032)  at the 2024 PRI Show, Brian Lohnes, Tony Pedregon, Jordan Vandergriff, and Hannah Rickards bring their signature style and insight to the stage. These 午夜寻花 on FOX personalities will engage with鈥
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Funny Car's Big Year of Speed: Was it 2017 vs. 2024? Here's what we think

In July 2017, Robert Hight ran 339.87 in his Funny Car, and there were several other 339- and 338-mph speeds, but it took more than seven years for the class to top 340 mph. Why? And which of those two seasons knocked our socks off speed-wise?
10 Dec 2024
Brian Lohnes, 午夜寻花 on FOX announcer
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Robert Hight
On a cool July summer night in Sonoma, Calif., in 2017, Robert Hight almost broke one of the sport鈥檚 last remaining speed barriers. His stunning run of 339.87 mph put the sport on the precipice of the 340-mph barrier. That run has stood in鈥
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