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Celebrating the start of the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season in grand fashion, the 55th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals promises to be one of the biggest races in the event’s long and heralded history.

This past year, I conducted two dozen interviews with well-known, accomplished people. Here are some of the most interesting.

Jet-skiing in 60-foot waves at Nazare, pulling 7.3 G’s in a supersonic Blue Angels F-18, chasing tornadoes - all make the list.

NHRA and Toyota officials announced today that Toyota will continue as the “Official Car of NHRA” as part of a new multi-year extension.

The Funny Car national champion was decided Sunday at the In-N-Out NHRA Finals after only the second of four elimination rounds.

The world’s biggest drag race turns 70 in 2024 and tickets are now on sale for the prestigious 70th annual Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, which takes place on the sport’s grandest stage on Aug. 28-Sept. 2 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.

Tickets are now on sale for the 64th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals, which takes place March 21-24, 2024 at legendary In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.

The Funny Car national champion was decided Sunday at the In-N-Out NHRA Finals after only the second of four elimination rounds.

In a winner-take-all final round of the 2023 NHRA season, Doug Kalitta captured victory and his first career NHRA Top Fuel championship at Pomona.

Robert Hight climbs to second place in the Funny Car standings with top qualifying times ahead of Sunday's eliminations.