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 […]
NHRA announces first wave of 75th anniversary commemorative event tickets
As part of NHRA’s 75th Anniversary during the 2026 season, a special commemorative ticket will be available for fans to purchase online, highlighting some of the biggest moments and legends in NHRA history. NHRA has announced the commemorative tickets for the first five races have been released, honoring legends Kenny Bernstein (Gainesville and Pomona), Don […]
Goodyear to celebrate NHRA’s 75th Anniversary at Gatornationals
As the NHRA celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2026, Goodyear will mark the occasion with specially branded tires in this weekend’s season-opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. The partnership between Goodyear and NHRA goes back to the early days of the drag racing organization. Today, Goodyear is the exclusive tire supplier to NHRA’s top three […]
NHRA’s Top 75 Moments: No. 2, Shirley Muldowney first female NHRA world champion
After becoming NHRA’s first female Professional class national event winner with her breakthrough triumph in Top Fuel in 1976, Shirley Muldowney wasted no time claiming the next accomplishment the following year: Top Fuel world champion. Muldowney won the 1977 Top Fuel crown in a runaway after three straight summertime wins in Columbus, Englishtown, and Montreal. […]
NHRA’s Top 75 Moments, No. 3: Don Garlits scores first rear-engine Top Fuel win
For more than 50 years, the only design in Top Fuel has the driver sitting in front of the engine, but it wasn’t always that way until Don Garlits proved the design not only safer but faster in 1971. After a 1970 transmission explosion in his front-engine Swamp Rat 13 severed half of his right […]
Commemorative diamond award to be presented to NHRA’s Top 75 Drivers list
NHRA will salute the members of its prestigious Top 75 Drivers list by presenting diamond-shaped commemorative awards to living members at NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series events throughout its 75th anniversary season in 2026. The three-inch by two-inch optical diamond memento, created by Crown Awards, features intricately cut facets surrounding a raised area upon […]
NHRA’s Top 75 Moments, No. 4: Shirley Muldowney first female winner in Top Fuel
After enjoying remarkable success racing street cars at local events around Schenectady, N.Y., followed by gas dragsters in the 1960s and two fire-plagued years in a nitro Funny Car in the early 1970s, Shirley Muldowney found her forever home in Top Fuel in 1974, and within two seasons, she became the first female winner in […]
NHRA’s Top 75 Moments, No. 5: Ashley Force is first NHRA female Funny Car winner
In 50 years of NHRA competition, 15 women have competed in NHRA’s nitro Funny Car ranks, and just four of them have reached the winner’s circle, and it’s fitting that the first came from Funny Car royalty. Ashley Force Hood, eldest of John Force’s three racing daughters, scored the milestone victory at the 2008 NHRA […]
The Top 75 Moments in NHRA history: Revealing Moments 6-15
Milestone victories, epic on-track performances, and history-making foundational chapters in NHRA lore are among the latest memorable moments saluted in NHRA’s Top 75 Moments list. The list is the result of more than 42,000 fan votes cast for the performances and moments that resonated most with them, from record-shattering passes, emotional victories, historic and technological […]
NHRA, FOX Sports announce 2026 NHRA TV schedule for 75th anniversary season
Coming off a standout season that included the most-watched race in NHRA history, NHRA officials and FOX Sports released the television schedule for the upcoming 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season, a year that also celebrates NHRA’s 75th Anniversary. All 20 races, along with the Right Trailers NHRA All-Star Top Fuel Callout events, […]