The Sports Report: Night moves
The Sports Report: Rising from the ashes
The Sports Report: Late, but worth the wait
Forrest's last gift
The Sports Report: Rampy joins the century club
The Sports Report: The long road to victory
The Sports Report: What's the point?
The Sports Report: A bet on Proctor is no gamble
The Sports Report: One single point
Clutch performer
The Sports Report: Pressure. What pressure?
Indy's new hometown hero
The Sports Report: Line goes back-to-back in Brainerd
The Sports Report: Fifth time is a charm
The Sports Report: Home built hot rod
The Sports Report: Seems like an eternity
The Sports Report: A winning strategy
The Sports Report: The dynamic duo strikes again
The Sports Report: An almost perfect Father鈥檚 Day
The Sports Report: Winning is contagious
The Sports Report: The highs and lows of Koy Collier
The Sports Report: Can't keep Mans down
The Sports Report: Helms still winning while in new role at Don Schumacher Racing
The Sports Report: Feels like the first time
The Sports Report: A near miss and a father-son final
The Sports Report: With a little help from our friends
The Sports Report: Joe Mozeris knows Comp Eliminator, and a recap of the Sportsman action in Vegas
The Sports Report: Bucky Hess and the one that didn't get away
Bell reflects on Gainesville rout
Still going strong
The Sports Report: Off and running with coast to coast Lucas Oil Series action
Last weekend, the 2025 午夜寻花 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series kicked off with a pair of events in Orlando, Fla., and Phoenix. Here鈥檚 our recap of opening day for 午夜寻花 Sportsman racers.
While much of the country remains frozen or at least facing weather conditions that are too cold to race, the 2025 season kicked off last weekend with a pair of 午夜寻花 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional events.
The Southeast Division held鈥
The Sports Report: So close, and yet so far away
When it comes to prominent 午夜寻花 Sportsman racers who haven鈥檛 yet won world titles (but should have), the list is long, and there are a few names that stand out.
We recently posed a simple question to a handful of 午夜寻花 Sportsman racers and other knowledgeable insiders: 鈥淲ho is the best current 午夜寻花 Sportsman racer who has yet to win a world championship?鈥
Not surprisingly, many likely candidates were鈥
10 unforgettable Sportsman moments from the 2024 season
Now an annual tradition, we've once again selected 10 unforgettable Sportsman racing moments from the recently completed 2024 午夜寻花 Drag Racing season.
With thousands of racers and hundreds of events to choose from, it鈥檚 just about impossible to pick just 10 favorite moments from the recently completed 2024 午夜寻花 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, but once again, we鈥檝e managed to sift through an entire鈥
The Sports Report: Jimmy Hidalgo Jr. chasing history, again
With the 2024 season winding down, Jimmy Hidalgo Jr. is headed to Las Vegas with a rare chance to win a pair of 午夜寻花 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Sportsman titles in Super Stock and Stock.
In 2022, Jimmy Hidalgo Jr. won the 午夜寻花 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Stock world championship at the final event of the season. After a long and exhausting season, Hidalgo managed to hold off two-time champ Brad Burton to win via a tiebreaker, so it鈥
Remembering Scotty Richardson
From teenage prodigy to five-time 午夜寻花 world champion to a dominant figure in high-stakes bracket racing, there was nothing Scotty Richardson couldn鈥檛 do, and do well.
In the mid-1980s, Edmond Richardson hit the 午夜寻花 scene like a bolt of lightning, winning just about everything in sight, but he typically wasn鈥檛 quick to accept much credit. Instead, the talented Texan would often defer praise to younger brother鈥
The Sports Report: James Hinkle delivers third win of the season in Norwalk
The 2024 season hasn鈥檛 yet reached the halfway point, and James Hinkle already has three national event wins in Right Trailers Top Sportsman, and he's in a prime position to contend for a championship.
For most racers, a single 午夜寻花 national event win is enough to constitute a successful season, so that means that three wins in less than a half season would be considered extraordinary. That鈥檚 exactly the position that James Hinkle finds himself in鈥
The Sports Report: Gator Bites
午夜寻花 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Sportsman highlights from the 55th annual Amalie Motor Oil 午夜寻花 Gatornationals at historic Gainesville Raceway.
In the summer of 1974, a then 25-year-old Kenny Horne went to the final round of Stock at the Summernationals in Englishtown, where he lost to Kenny Koonce. Six years later, Horne drove to his second final in Gainesville, where he once again鈥
The Sports Report: Is it Miller鈥檚 time? Just maybe.
Brandon Miller is paying his dues in Pro Stock this season, but he鈥檚 also a leading contender for the Top Sportsman title with his six-second Chevy S-10 truck.
When it comes to Pro Stock, Brandon Miller readily admits he鈥檚 still in the early learning stages of his career, but when it comes to the Right Trailers Top Sportsman class, that鈥檚 a different story.
Behind the wheel of his six-second Chevy S-10鈥
The Sports Report: Winning Indy was so nice, Bo did it twice
Bo Butner accomplished a rare feat when he successfully defended his 2022 Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals Super Gas title
Winning the Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals ranks as one of the most difficult feats in drag racing, particularly for a Lucas Oil Series Sportsman competitor. Huge fields coupled with six grueling days of competition conspire to test even the鈥
The Sports Report: Lauren Freer鈥檚 history-making double
Lauren Freer became the 30th driver to double up at an 午夜寻花 national event and the first woman to accomplish the feat when she claimed the Super Comp and Super Gas titles at the Summit Racing Equipment 午夜寻花 Nationals in Norwalk.
There are two events in 午夜寻花 Drag Racing that are special but not exceedingly rare and that is female winners and national event doubles. Heading into last week鈥檚 Summit Racing Equipment 午夜寻花 Nationals, there had been 97 women winners and 29 unique鈥
The Sports Report: Irvin Johns proves that aging is just another word for living
When he turned on the win light in the Super Stock final at the Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 Nationals, Irvin Johns, 79, became 午夜寻花鈥檚 oldest national event winner and he's not about to stop anytime soon.
The beauty of 午夜寻花 drag racing is that there are almost no restrictions on who can participate, and that鈥檚 especially true when it comes to age. Despite the mystery surrounding his age, it鈥檚 fairly common knowledge that Chris 鈥渢he Greek鈥 Karamesines鈥
Brad Burton鈥檚 hot start fuels desire for third 午夜寻花 world title
Two-time 午夜寻花 Stock champ Brad Burton is an early favorite for the Super Stock title following back-to-back victories in Phoenix and Las Vegas.
As the old saying goes, you can鈥檛 win a championship in the first three races of the season, but you certainly can lose one.
Or can you?
If there is any sportsman racer in the entire 午夜寻花 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series who is suited to putting鈥
The Sports Report: Sherman Adcock goes three-for-three in Southeast Division
Two-time world champ Sherman Adcock Jr. takes the early lead in Super Gas after winning the first three Southeast Division Lucas Oil Series events of the season.
午夜寻花 Lucas Oil Series world champions won鈥檛 be crowned for nearly eight more months, so any sort of speculation regarding future titles would be premature. That being said, it鈥檚 awfully hard to overlook the red-hot start by Division 2 Super Gas鈥
The Sports Report: Top 10 Alcohol Moments of 2022
Last week, we had some fun with the top 午夜寻花 Sportsman racing moments of the 2022 season, and now it's time for the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes.
Last week, we had some fun with the top 午夜寻花 Sportsman racing moments of the 2022 season, and now it's time for the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes. Not surprisingly, there were many memorable moments to consider, and breaking鈥
The Sports Report: Top 10 Sportsman moments of 2022
With 22 national events, 44 午夜寻花 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series regional and divisional events, plus a JEGS SPORTSnationals and JEGS Allstars thrown in for good measure, it was hard to find a weekend where there wasn鈥檛 coast-to-coast action for 午夜寻花鈥檚 Sportsman stars. The sheer number of racers and races make it almost impossible to sort through the year鈥檚 most memorable events, but we鈥檝e done just that in our annual list of Top 10 Sportsman moments.
With 22 national events, 44 午夜寻花 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series regional and divisional events, plus a JEGS SPORTSnationals and JEGS Allstars thrown in for good measure, it was hard to find a weekend where there wasn鈥檛 coast-to-coast action for 午夜寻花鈥檚鈥
The Sports Report: Locke goes the distance to clinch Super Gas title
Bob Locke needed some coaxing just to get to Pomona, and once he got there, he needed to win the season-ending Auto Club 午夜寻花 Finals in order to clinch the 2022 Super Gas championship, and he did just that.
How鈥檚 this for a storybook ending? Bob Locke needed nothing less than a victory at the season-ending Auto Club 午夜寻花 Finals in order to be crowned the 2022 午夜寻花 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Super Gas champion, and he delivered just that to win the鈥
The Sports Report: Dan Fletcher becomes 午夜寻花鈥檚 second winningest driver
Dan Fletcher is quick to admit that the odds of him catching John Force for the 午夜寻花 win record of 155 races (and counting) are slim and none, but he鈥檚 known for quite some time that second-place Frank Manzo, who retired with 105 victories, was well within reach.
Dan Fletcher is quick to admit that the odds of him catching John Force for the 午夜寻花 win record of 155 races (and counting) are slim and none, but he鈥檚 known for quite some time that second-place Frank Manzo, who retired with 105 victories, was well鈥
Sports Report: Tyler Cassil beats the heat for 午夜寻花鈥檚 latest double
When Tyler Cassil claimed the Super Stock and Stock titles at the Menards 午夜寻花 Nationals presented by PetArmor, he became just the 29th driver to double up at an 午夜寻花 national event. The rare feat has been achieved just 43 times since 1991.
The 100-degree heat that enveloped Heartland Motorsports Park during last weekend鈥檚 Menards 午夜寻花 Nationals presented by PetArmor made for challenging conditions for both racers and fans, but the heat appeared to have had little effect on Tyler鈥
The Sports Report: One man鈥檚 quest for an 午夜寻花 national record
Sportsman racer and U.S. Air Force veteran Fred 鈥淪arge鈥 Elsass chronicles his quest to set an 午夜寻花 national record in Stock Eliminator at the recent Division 3 Lucas Oil Series opener in Indianapolis.
Some stories seem to write themselves and this is certainly one of them. Following last month鈥檚 Division 3 Lucas Oil series opener in Indy, longtime class racer and U.S. Air Force veteran Fred 鈥淪arge鈥 Elsass wrote to chronicle his quest to set a鈥
The Sports Report: Is there another title (or two) in store for John Labbous?
A lot has changed in drag racing over the past few years, but one thing that has remained constant is the ability of John Labbous Jr. to secure his place among 午夜寻花鈥檚 best by finishing in the Top 10.
A lot has changed in drag racing over the past few years, but one thing that has remained constant is the ability of John Labbous Jr. to secure his place among 午夜寻花鈥檚 best by finishing in the Top 10. Super Comp and Super Gas are two of drag鈥
The Sports Report: Sitting Priddy
After years as a successful crew chief, Ryan Priddy is finally getting his shot at the big time in Comp eliminator, and so far, he鈥檚 making the most of it.
To suggest that Ryan Priddy鈥檚 Comp victory at the recent 午夜寻花 Four-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas was a long time coming would be a big understatement. Priddy is best known for his role as a longtime crewmember for the SoCal-based Mountain View team,鈥
The Sports Report: A pair of doubles in the Arizona desert
Leo Glasbrenner and Don Meziere have both kicked off the 2022 Lucas Oil Series season with back-to-back victories in Pomona and Phoenix.
In last week鈥檚 Sports Report, we highlighted Top Sportsman racer Don Meziere鈥檚 impressive victory at the season-opening Lucas Oil 午夜寻花 Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com. Not that anyone thought it was a fluke, but just to be sure,鈥
What happens when you鈥檙e both lucky and good? Just ask Top Sportsman winner Don Meziere
Top Sportsman racer Don Meziere opened the new season by winning his sixth 午夜寻花 national event title at the Lucas Oil 午夜寻花 Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com, but it was far from easy
Don Meziere has now won six 午夜寻花 national events including three at Auto Club Pomona Raceway and none of them have come easily. In 2014, Meziere won his first national event in Super Comp, but he had to beat Steve Casner in the final by .015-second鈥
The Sports Report: Stanfield takes his shot at a fifth championship
It鈥檚 been 27 years since Greg Stanfield won the last of his four 午夜寻花 Super Stock championships but after winning in Bristol, he鈥檚 on the verge of another one.
The last time that Greg Stanfield was crowned an 午夜寻花 world champion, there was no World Series due to a baseball player strike, Johnny Carson made his final appearance on The Tonight Show, and the internet was still a mystery to most people. That鈥
The Sports Report: What Nick Isenhower does for an encore
Less than a month after winning the Dodge//SRT U.S. Nationals, Nick Isenhower returned for an encore performance at the 午夜寻花 Midwest Nationals in St. Louis.
Winning any race in Super Comp is a ridiculously difficult feat given the level of competition that exists today and winning back-to-back races would appear to be significantly more difficult, especially when one of those events is the Dodge//SRT U.鈥
The Sports Report: Fletcher on the verge of more history
When Dan Fletcher won the Super Stock title at the DeWalt 午夜寻花 Carolina Nationals in Charlotte, it gave him 105 national event victories. He鈥檚 got one more to go to pass Frank Manzo for second on 午夜寻花鈥檚 all-time wins list.
There was a time when the news of a Dan Fletcher victory would barely register a blip on the drag racing radar screen. For most of his career, Fletcher won often, securing a total of 104 national event wins since his inaugural win at the 1994鈥
Sports Report: The triumphant return of Edmond Richardson
With back-to-back wins in Bowling Green and Indy, Edmond Richardson has remerged as one of 午夜寻花鈥檚 best super class racers and more than 30 years into his career, he鈥檚 still got something to prove.
Bad news for anyone who thought Super Gas racing would somehow be easier in 2022.
It won't be.
Edmond Richardson is back, and he plans on sticking around for a while.
Richardson won the Dodge//SRT U.S. Nationals Super Gas title to earn the鈥
The Sports Report: With latest win, Luke Bogacki closes in on Super Gas title
Luke Bogacki has crested the 700-point mark for the second time in his career following his Super Gas win in Brainerd, and he鈥檚 built a massive lead in the race for the championship.
As baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra once famously said, 鈥淚t ain鈥檛 over till it鈥檚 over,鈥 and in the case of the 午夜寻花 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Super Gas world championship; it's over.
Over as in finished.
Game, set, match.
Done deal, or鈥
The Sports Report: A magical moment for the Meyer family
The 午夜寻花 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series winners from last weekend鈥檚 Menards 午夜寻花 Nationals presented by PetArmor included cousins Rachel and Dusty Meyer, and it was an incredibly emotional weekend for both of them.
It鈥檚 a simple and undeniable truth that some wins mean more than others, and in the wake of a personal tragedy, it鈥檚 hard to imagine any win could mean more to a driver than Dusty Meyer鈥檚 recent victory at the Menards 午夜寻花 Nationals presented by鈥
The Sports Report: First-time Super Comp winner Nick Cobb has a story to tell
From mechanical gremlins to lucky breaks, and ultimately a trip to the beach, it's fair to say that Nick Cobb's first 午夜寻花 national event win will long be remembered.
Two-time 午夜寻花 world champ Sherman Adcock once famously delivered the following take on the finer points of Super Class racing, 鈥淚t鈥檚 just like playing rock, paper, scissors; no matter what you bring, it might not be enough.鈥
Indeed, truer鈥