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Seattle Summarized!
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Funny Car’s J.R. Todd won for the first time in 2026 at Pacific Raceways when he defeated back-to-back and reigning world champion Austin Prock in the final round of the 37th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals.
Todd snapped a 23-race winless streak when Prock went red in the final round, as the past world champion went 3.941-seconds at 334.90 ...
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WESTERN SWING – Progress Report
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Spencer Hyde and the Head Contractors & Engineers Funny Car team continued to build momentum during this weekend's Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways, showing steady improvement throughout qualifying before an opening-round loss ended their day on Sunday.
Hyde, the 2025 NHRA Rookie of the Year and the only full-time Canadian competing in the NHRA's Nitro ranks, enjoyed ...
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Mid-Summer California Mindset
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Spencer Hyde, the driver of the Head Contractors and Engineers Funny Car, advanced to the quarterfinals of the uber competitive DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge.
He entered race day from the No. 6 qualifying position, based on a pass that was the quickest run of his 2026 season thus far. "It was great to see the car get in the ...
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Sonoma FC Summary!
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Funny Car class newcomer Jordan Vandergriff notched his 2nd career victory of the season - driving for John Force Racing during NHRA's Denso-presented Sonoma Nationals.
Vandergriff went 3.900-seconds at 330.72 mph in his Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS to power past Dan Wilkerson’s 3.950 at 301.33 in the championship round, getting his second career victory and first at Sonoma Raceway. The Brea, Calif. ...
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Points Positive!
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While racer participation fell short of pre-event expectations — Nathan Sitko and Hodgson Racing took full advantage of the cards they were dealt while winning the 2026 Rocky Mountain Nationals.
The talented Edmonton-based group — who are again deep within the points mix for NHRA’s Heritage Hot Rod Series championship chase - were dominating while winning a 4-car shootout at the ...
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Headline Hunting for Spencer
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NHRA Rookie of the Year and 2026 Funny Car championship contender Spencer Hyde will make his debut appearance at the 49th annual Cornwell Tools Night Under Fire at Summit Motorsports Park, July 31-August 1.
The Stratford, Ontario, Canada native will race the Head Engineering and Construction Mustang Funny Car against some of the fiercest Funny Car competitors in the country for ...
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Dream Weekend – Double Up!
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Ron Capps Motorsports scored its first-Ever "double-up" event win at NHRA's Summit Racing Equipment Nationals.
Just moments before his racing stablemate Maddi Gordon earned her first career NHRA Top Fuel victory -- it was Capps who tamed the fuel Funny Car field for the 3rd time this season. Capps after standing out in qualifying, began his march through eliminations on Sunday with ...
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Norwalk Northern Nitro Report!
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Canadian native fuel Funny Car drivers give NHRA's Summit Racing Equipment event a go…
Nitro Funny Car driver Spencer Hyde was a hometown hero this weekend at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park.
Team owner Jim Head is from Ohio, while Hyde, from Stratford Ontario, does consider the Norwalk track his 'American home track.'
Both Hyde and ...
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Triple Crown Round FC Contender
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IHRA’s extremely lucrative offer for Fuel FC class racing this season now has only one (potential) Million $ winner!
As fans will recall -- the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series organisation had previously announced, that for any Fuel FC driver able to sweep all three of the IHRA Triple Crown races — held between facilities at Darana Raceway (Hebron Ohio) and Darana ...
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Hagan’s Home Track Homage!
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In workmanlike fashion, four-time Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan grinded out the victory at his home track -- winning Bristol Dragway's 25th edition SuperGrip Thunder Valley Nationals.
In Sunday's final round of Hagan denied Daniel Wilkerson his first career victory thanks to a run of 4.125 at 310.91 in the TSR/Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage Dodge Funny Car.
It is Hagan’s second win ...
