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A First Round Flame Out
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Thru no fault of itself - the NDRC's first round of 2026 for its XPRO Nitro Funny Car division -- did not have the desired outcome.
Five-nitro burning machines did travel to Willowbank Raceway for the opening season frame as part of that track's NDRC Pro Alcohol Nationals feature race.
After Saturday’s program saw qualifying completed for the 11,000 HP flame-throwing Funny ...
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“50 Years of Force” Celebration Plans
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As NHRA prepares to celebrate its 75th anniversary season in 2026 and highlight some of the sport’s biggest legends, the 2027 season is already shaping up for another year-long epic celebration with one of motorsports’ most iconic figures.
NHRA announced today that the 2027 season will honor the sport’s winningest star, legendary 16-time Funny Car world champion John Force, with a ...
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Comeback Kid Inclusion
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This Australia Day weekend (24-25 January 2026), the National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) is bringing flame-throwing action to Willowbank Raceway for the season-opening Pro Alcohol Nationals.
Five fire-breathing XPRO Nitro Funny Cars will join with eight incredible Pro Alcohol machines to headline the two-day spectacular, joined by more than 100 of the country’s best sportsman racers competing for the NDRC Aeroflow ...
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Coming for 2026 — “One Hull of A Mustang”
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FS Performance and Sam Pack Ford teamed up with Funny Car driver Buddy Hull to create a limited-edition Ford Mustang "Buddy Hull" specialty car, inspired by the same grit, attitude, and adrenaline that drive his Nitro Funny Car program.
Hull also has a full-size Funny Car on display at the North Dallas dealership.
"This was an amazing opportunity to partner with Sam Pack Ford ...
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JFR Expanded Lineup!
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John Force Racing will expand to four teams for the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season and beyond with the signing of 2014 U.S. Nationals Funny Car winner Alexis DeJoria to a multi-year contract with the 24-time world championship organization.
Alexis DeJoria
DeJoria is the only female currently competing in the NHRA Funny Car category and was the first woman ...
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Top Dog Revisits!
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Funny Car’s Austin Prock claimed his second straight NHRA Mission Foods world championship title in 2025.
For Prock, it’s the culmination of a simply dominant season in Funny Car for the John Force Racing standout, as he followed up his first year in the class with an even more impressive campaign in his 12,000-horsepower Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS.
Prock, who won eight ...
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Funny Car Feature On Tap!
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Australia’s NDRC will open its 2026 Championship season with Fuel Funny Cars being a main attraction.
The National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC) has announced major additions to the 2026 calendar. For Funny Car fans — the flame throwing XPRO NITRO FUNNY CAR Championship roars into Willowbank Raceway on Australia Day weekend (Jan 24-25) joining the Pro Alcohol Nationals and Aeroflow Sportsman ...
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Resounding Rookie Recognition
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First year Funny Car driver Spencer Hyde, of Stratford, Ontario, was named 2025 NHRA Rookie of the Year at the 2025 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California. Hyde, who races for Hall of Fame tuner and team owner Jim Head, received the most votes from a national media panel recognizing ...
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Worsham Wins IHRA Season Capper
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Former IHRA champion Del Worsham finished off his dominant season for IHRA Funny Car racing by winning the final IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series event last weekend -- which was held at Darana Motorsports Park Dunn, NC (formally known as Galot Motorsports Park). Worsham made it to the final round in all five IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series races this season - to ...
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“XPRO ‘Xpertise!
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Australia’s XPRO Nitro FC Division completes it’s 2024-25 NDRC wrap around season campaign….
In what was billed as a one-day NDRC spectacular full of nitro mayhem — the Nitro Nationals presented by PW Brakes and Racer Industries at Sydney Dragway well and truly delivered on November 8th.
In hot and sultry conditions, the final season rounds of the 2024/2025 NDRC Top Fuel ...
