This is the story of a man who, every time he went to the dragstrip, was like a kid in a candy store, and his wife ended up with the same sweet tooth. They also made acquaintance in stacking at an NHRA national event and became partners in the two-car NHRA Competition Eliminator team. 

The story of Andrew Moeck, his wife Melissa Murphy, and driver Allen Wilson is both entertaining and inspirational. 

Murphy, a freshman drag racer and driver of a B/Dragster Automatic entry, said her husband is her 52-year-old child, and his youthful enthusiasm created this story. 

For NHRA, their Become A Racer program is about making the path to becoming a drag racer easier. 

NHRA’s “Become a Racer” program extends an accessible and affordable path for individuals to engage with drag racing at NHRA Member Tracks across North America. The Street Legal program emphasizes safety and legality and encourages participants of all skill levels to experience the thrill of competitive drag racing in a controlled setting. The initiative reflects NHRA’s ongoing commitment to combat illegal street racing while fostering a welcoming environment for aspiring racers.

Despite her destructive efforts, Mother Nature couldn't manage to tip the scales in her favor at the NMRA/Red Line Oil NMCA Race for the Rings & Saturday Thrill Festival, May 3-5, 2024 at World Wide Technology Raceway outside of St. Louis.  
 
The racing went on as planned with an added showcase of jet cars, high-jumping FMX Motocross, BIGFOOT monster truck, a car show and a manufacturers’ midway..
 
“After we were hit with the storm on Saturday, we concentrated on clean-up efforts so that we could produce this event as promised for our racers and race fans,” said Rollie Miller, General Manager and National Event Director for NMCA and NMRA. “Our NMCA Starting Line Team, TVC Track Prep Team and Brad Cannon of World Wide Technology Raceway were at the track late after the rain passed to dry the track and they were back well before dawn to prep the racing surface in time for an 8:30 a.m. start on Sunday. That led to some of the most amazing racing we have seen so far this season.”

The Laris Motorsports Insurance NHRA Cajun Nationals finally got around Mother Nature to crown champions on Sunday afternoon at No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, LA. 

With the original March date rained out and moved to May, the event lost a day to rain when Friday's schedule was washed out. 

Chase Williams (Comp), Trevor Boyd (Super Stock) and Jimmy Hildalgo (Stock) headlined the champions. 

Four-time Top Fuel champion Shirley Muldowney has more than enough accomplishments to quantify her status as a drag racing legend. However, one of her most significant accomplishments often gets overshadowed.

Muldowney is heralded for her exploits in driving a dragster. Let the record reflect that she is also in the drag racing history books as the first female driver to have ever won a national event behind the wheel of a nitro-burning Funny Car. After a storied career, an event in 1971 stands as the only Funny Car national event victory for the lady whose Mustang also featured sponsorship from Fredrick's of Hollywood.

Once upon a time there were facilities a third the quality and size of stunning Route 66 Raceway in Joliet that were slam-packed with race fans who couldn’t get enough straight-line action. It was roughly the 10-year period from the early 60s through the early 70s, and the place was “Chicagoland,” an area that roughly encompassed not only the Windy City itself, but the surrounding environs. From northern Indiana on the south, all the way to Cordova in the distant southwest, to Rockford directly west on I-90, and even into Wisconsin north of the city, this was the region that locals knew as Chicagoland.

Few know the HEMI Challenge better than Herb McCandless. Even fewer have more experience with the Chrysler Hemi combination than the Sox & Martin.

Mike McCandless, the youngest of his three sons, grew up in a household where this popular car combination is revered. He learned early how Sox & Martin, as well as the

This understanding is why when Dodge opted out of the Hemi Challenge sponsorship in 2024, McCandless knew he needed to do something. He knew it would be the perfect opportunity to bring together three of the more synonymous names in Chrysler drag racing history.

Don Schumacher will be forever remembered as a drag racing legend. During the upcoming NHRA Route 66 Nationals, May 17-19, he will be honored during a trackside Celebration of Life ceremony

Schumacher privately battled lung cancer before succumbing to illness-related complications on Wednesday, December 20, 2023.
 
The Route 66 Nationals outside of Chicago, Ill., provides the perfect backdrop as Schumacher is a native of the Chicago area. 

Chicago's Zizzo Racing will roll into the Route 66 NHRA Nationals, May 17-19, featuring a new associate sponsor, Master Truck & Trailer (MTT). The Waukegan, Illinois-based team's enduring bond with owner Tony Zizzo and driver TJ Zizzo supplements major sponsorship on the Rust-Oleum Top Fuel dragster.

"My dad has known John Pinkley at MTT for years, and the opportunity to add their company to our race team is a perfect arrangement," said TJ Zizzo, driver of the Rust-Oleum Top Fuel dragster. "On a serious note, the quality of products MTT is providing to their customers is amazing, and we want to highlight their company at the track and across the country."

If Pro Street icon Annette Summer's last five weeks could have been any more of a whirlwind, it would have been an F5 tornado. 

Summer, the first lady of Pro Street racing back in the 1990s, in a span of five weeks has resurrected her old "pink" Camaro and took delivery of a drag racing relic. 

Summer is racing Brian Havlik's Fastest Street Car Shootout at Tri-State Raceway in Earlville, Iowa. This is a reunion of sorts of the cars that raced in the early years of the NMCA.