Top 25 Alcohol Drivers: The recap
The Top 25 Alcohol Drivers list, the third in a list of celebratory anointments saluting NHRA’s best competitors over its first 75 years, was completed Aug. 10 with the release of the final five names. It was preceded by the Top 75 Drivers and Top 50 Sportsman Racers lists, which debuted earlier this year. A […]
Coming soon: The definitive list of NHRA’s Top 25 Alcohol Racers
NHRA’s 75th Anniversary salute to its racers will continue with the next collection of great racers, a list of NHRA’s Top 25 Alcohol Racers. Much in the same way as the previously released Top 75 Drivers and Top 50 Sportsman Racers lists, the celebration of more than two dozen of the sport’s greatest Top Alcohol […]
NHRA’s Top 50 Sportsman Racers: The Wrap-up
The list of NHRA’s Top 50 Sportsman Racers is now complete, further cementing the legacies of the great competitors in the NHRA history books. The challenge of picking just 50 racers from the tens of thousands who have competed over NHRA’s first 75 years was daunting, and it took an elite panel of Sportsman racing […]
Third wave of NHRA 75th Anniversary commemorative tickets features legends
Set to close out the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series regular season in style for its 75th anniversary campaign, NHRA officials announced the next group of commemorative tickets for the final four races of the regular season. The special commemorative tickets will continue to feature NHRA legends past and present at the final […]
NHRA to salute Top 50 Sportsman Racers from NHRA’s first 75 years
As part of NHRA’s 75th Anniversary celebration, an elite panel of Sportsman racing legends has collaborated to select the Top 50 Sportsman Racers from NHRA’s first 75 years. The “Great Eight” Sportsman titans — Dan Fletcher, David Rampy, Peter Biondo, Luke Bogacki, Justin Lamb, Gary Stinnett, Jeff Taylor, and Austin Williams — who made the […]
Second wave of NHRA 75th Anniversary commemorative tickets include more legends
After a successful debut of NHRA’s commemorative tickets for the first five races of the spectacular 75th anniversary season, NHRA officials are thrilled to announce the next wave of special tickets for five upcoming races. The unique commemorative tickets will continue to honor NHRA legends past and present at the sixth through 10th race of […]
Signature Filippo Loreti timepieces celebrate NHRA 75th Anniversary
In celebration of a defining milestone in American motorsports, NHRA has partnered with contemporary watch brand Filippo Loreti to unveil a collection commemorating NHRA’s 75th Anniversary. This NHRA watch collaboration introduces two exclusive models, each available on a stainless-steel bracelet or performance rubber strap, designed to celebrate seven-plus decades of speed, engineering excellence, and championship […]
Happy 75th birthday, NHRA
Seventy-five years ago today, March 13, 1951, the National Hot Rod Association was formally incorporated in a signing ceremony at the Tam O’Shanter Inn in Glendale, Calif. It all started with a letter in the March 1951 issue of Hot Rod magazine that began, “Isn’t it about time that the thousands of hot rod devotees […]
NHRA legends helped kick off 75th Anniversary season in Gainesville
NHRA’s 75th Anniversary season kicked off in fine style at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, celebrating the history of the sport with a collection of NHRA legends on hand. Don Garlits, Don Prudhomme, Shirley Muldowney, Kenny Bernstein, Joe Amato, Warren Johnson, Bruce Larson, and hall of fame announcer Bob Frey were the featured legends […]
NHRA’s Top 75 Moments, No. 1: Kenny Bernstein breaks 300-mph barrier
Kenny Bernstein’s shattering of the 300-mph barrier at the 1992 NHRA Gatornationals was voted by fans as the No. 1 highlight of NHRA’s Top 75 Moments, and it stands as a monument not only to Bernstein’s incredible successes but to the mechanical genius that is part of the DNA of all NHRA drag racers. While […]