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How Driver Fitness and Training Prepare Athletes for Racing

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How Driver Fitness and Training Prepare Athletes for Racing

Elle Puckett August 20, 2026

Race car drivers don’t look like typical endurance or strength athletes, but the physical demands of modern...

The U.S. Nationals Isn’t Just Drag Racing’s Biggest Trophy — It’s the Regular Season’s Final Verdict Packed grandstands overlooking the drag strip at the NHRA U.S. Nationals

Packed grandstands overlooking the drag strip at the NHRA U.S. Nationals

The U.S. Nationals Isn’t Just Drag Racing’s Biggest Trophy — It’s the Regular Season’s Final Verdict

Johnny Puckett August 19, 2026

Every year, the NHRA regular season builds to the same date at the same track: Lucas Oil...

Monster Energy Bankrolls IHRA’s First Personal Watercraft World Cup at Lake Havasu a speed boat speeding across a lake with mountains in the background

a speed boat speeding across a lake with mountains in the background

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Monster Energy Bankrolls IHRA’s First Personal Watercraft World Cup at Lake Havasu

Shawn Henry August 19, 2026

IHRA has spent decades building its reputation on eighth-mile and quarter-mile pavement, so it’s a little disorienting...

Jim Campbell’s Brainerd Funny Car Proves Nitro Sponsorship Still Starts at the Corner Gas Station Design rendering of Jim Campbell's patriotic Track Stop Funny Car livery

Design rendering of Jim Campbell's patriotic Track Stop Funny Car livery

Jim Campbell’s Brainerd Funny Car Proves Nitro Sponsorship Still Starts at the Corner Gas Station

Elle Puckett August 18, 2026

Photo: NHRA.com Jim Campbell’s nitro Funny Car isn’t rolling into the NHRA Brainerd Nationals wearing a soda...