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2022 PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE WORLD CHAMPION MATT SMITH

  • Won third consecutive and sixth overall championship
  • Wife Angie finished career-best third in points
  • Scored four wins in six final rounds
  • Won NHRA U.S. Nationals for second time
  • Switched between Suzuki and Buell during season

Top Fuel world champion
Brittany Force

Funny Car world champion
Ron Capps

Pro Stock world champion
Erica Enders

Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion
Matt Smith

Pro Mod world champion
Kris Thorne

Top Alcohol Dragster world champion
Joey Severance

Top Alcohol Funny Car world champion
Doug Gordon

Comp eliminator world champion
Ryan Priddy

Super Stock world champion
Pete D’Agnolo

Stock eliminator world champion
Jimmy Hildalgo Jr.

Factory Stock world champion
David Barton

Super Comp world champion
James Glenn

Super Gas world champion
Bob Locke

Top Dragster world champion
Jeremy Hancock

Top Sportsman world champion
Lance Abbott

2022

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

ALL-STAR CALLOUTS DEBUT

The NHRA All-Star Callouts debuted in Gainesville, where the top four of eight Top Fuel drivers chose their first-round opponent. Antron Brown emerged as the winner. Funny Car followed in Indy, won by Ron Capps.

FROM DRIVER TO OWNER

Multi-discipline Hall of Fame racer Tony Stewart launched a two-car nitro team with Matt Hagan and Leah Pruett in Top Fuel, while Antron Brown and Ron Capps both made the giant step into team ownership and enjoyed tremendous success.

TELEVISION VIEWERSHIP SOARS

NHRA enjoyed its biggest viewership number ever, as an average of 1,678,000 viewers tuned in to the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals, besting the number from 2021. The audience also peaked at a whopping 2.8 million viewers.

RECORD BOOKS TOOK A BEATING

The national records in both Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle fell in Gainesville. Brittany Force set 16 track records in Top Fuel and made the fastest run (338.94 mph) in Top Fuel history.

2022

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

2022 rookie

Camrie Caruso

Caruso enjoyed a standout rookie season in the highly competitive Pro Stock ranks, qualifying at all 19 races and advancing to the Countdown to the Championship playoffs. She earned her first No. 1 qualifier in Houston and also advanced to the final round at the event, where she joined Erica Enders as part of the first all-female final round in Pro Stock history.

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