Team Press Releases

NHRA® Team Report NHRA Nevada Nationals Pre-Race Report With Las Vegas as the scene of Cruz Pedregon’s epic 2016 Funny Car wheelie, one of drag racing’s all-time memorable moments, the team will be bringing the Snap-on® "Makers and Fixers" Dodge® SRT® Hellcat® to the Nevada Nationals with renewed energy from recent late-season solid runs. “We plan to build off the ‘88s we had in Dallas and finish the season strong here in Vegas and at the final race in Pomona…both are tracks we’ve won in the last two years,” Cruz says. “We took home the commemorative 1000th NHRA Event Wally from Vegas in 2021 and have a history of doing well here.” This will be the final run this season for the pink paint scheme on Cruz’s El Mero Mero Funny Car body...

FEEDING AMERICA: THE “RACE TO END HUNGER” ENTERS FINAL EVENT Prior to the Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals, Kalitta Motorsports introduced the 2023 “Race to End Hunger,” a partnership among Kalitta Motorsports, DHL Express and Kalitta Air to accelerate the fight against food insecurity. For six NHRA Camping World Drag Racing national events, starting with the U.S. Nationals and ending with the Nevada NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas, every time a Kalitta Motorsports driver turns on a race day win light, Kalitta Motorsports will donate $1,000 to Feeding America, and both DHL and Kalitta Air will match the donation. After five of the six races, the three teams turned on 21 win lights: Indianapolis: J.R. Todd (3), Doug Kalitta (2), Shawn...

CAPCO Driver Trails Pruett, Kalitta in Bid for Fifth World Championship LAS VEGAS, Nevada. – Leah Pruett and Doug Kalitta sit atop the Camping World point standings this week as the Countdown to the Championship moves to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the season’s next-to-last event, but the odds still favor four-time World Champion Steve Torrence and his CAPCO Contractors Top Fuel Toyota. Team CAPCO at The Strip at LVMS STEVE TORRENCE Total appearances (2 events): 29 Final rounds: 9 Victories: 5 (fall 2016, 2018, 2021; spring 2018, 2021) No. 1 qualifier: 2 (spring 2016 and 2017) Won-Lost record: 42-22 (25-12 in this race) At this year’s Vegas Four-Wide: Runner-up to Brittany Force. Noteworthy: Although the Nevada...

Future Energy Solutions Livery Set for Las Vegas Debut on Shawn Langdon's Top Fuel Dragster YPSILANTI, Mich. --- Future Energy Solutions is making its first trip to Las Vegas as a passenger on the Top Fuel dragster driven by 2013 NHRA Top Fuel champion Shawn Langdon. The 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series resumes Oct. 27-29, 2023 at the Nevada NHRA Nationals on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It’s not really its first Las Vegas trip, but it’s the first time Future Energy Solutions (FES), in its first-ever sports marketing effort, will be the primary partner on the side of a race car. The partnership between FES and Team Kalitta began in July when FES was introduced, and its activation began with associate partnership...

Dallas - Madison Payne took on a tough field that included a mix of the nation's best blown alcohol and A/Fuel dragsters at the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals. The annual event, which includes a week full of racing, concerts, and other activities called the "Stampede of Speed" is held at the famous Texas Motorplex in Ennis. Madison qualified 7th with a 5.23 @ 277 MPH in the very competitive field. Due to the Jegs All-Star race also being held at the Texas event, qualifying was wrapped up on Friday and the first round of eliminations was uncharacteristically held on a chilly Saturday morning. While some of the cars in the field adapted to the cool windy weather, others did not and fought traction problems. In round one, Madison faced Aaron...

Texas NHRA Fall Nationals Event 19 of 21 Countdown Event 4 of 6 Texas Motorplex Ennis, Texas Oct. 13 – 15, 2023 Top Fuel: Justin Ashley Misses Three-Peat at Texas Fall Nationals Qualified: No. 6 (3.661 E.T. at 336.20 MPH) Elimination Round Results: E1: 4.356 E.T. at 197.29 MPH defeated by Clay Millican 3.789 E.T. at 269.53 MPH ENNIS, Texas (October 15, 2023) – Looking to become the first Top Fuel driver to win three NHRA Texas Fall Nationals titles in a row, Justin Ashley brought the Leatherwood Distillery Top Fuel dragster powered by Phillips Connect into eliminations with high hopes. As the No. 6 qualifier on the strength of his 3.661-second at 336.20 MPH run, Ashley matched up with veteran Clay Millican in a tough first-round...

Texas NHRA Fall Nationals Event 19 of 21 Countdown Event 4 of 6 Texas Motorplex Ennis, Texas Oct. 13 – 15, 2023 Ron Capps Leaves First-Round Exit at Dallas Looking Ahead to Las Vegas Qualified: No. 4 (3.844 E.T. at 330.91 MPH) Elimination Round Results: E1: 8.428 E.T. at 85.81 MPH defeated by Alex Laughlin 4.237 E.T. at 275.21 MPH ENNIS, Texas (October 15, 2023) – After back-to-back Dallas wins, a first-round loss at the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals was the last thing Ron Capps was expecting when he started Sunday eliminations at the Texas Motorplex. But after driving into tire smoke, Capps had to watch as opponent Alex Laughlin drove past him for the win. It was a challenging first round for several other top-ranked Funny Car drivers...

Texas NHRA Fall Nationals Event 19 of 21 Countdown Event 4 of 6 Texas Motorplex Ennis, Texas Oct. 13 – 15, 2023 Antron Brown Comes Up Short in Second Round at Dallas Qualified: No. 9 (3.679 E.T. at 335.62 MPH) Elimination Round Results: E1: 3.682 E.T. at 329.00 MPH defeated Austin Prock 5.861 E.T. at 132.99 MPH E2: 3.736 E.T. at 311.76 MPH defeated by Steve Torrence 3.684 E.T. at 333.19 MPH ENNIS, Texas (October 15, 2023) – Antron Brown was on his way to a fifth consecutive 3.60-second pass in the quarterfinals of the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals when the engine let go in his pink Matco ‘Tools for the Cause’ Top Fuel dragster. The three-time world champion dropped a close race with fellow Toyota driver Steve Torrence, marking the end...

Texas NHRA Fall Nationals Event 19 of 21 Countdown Event 4 of 6 Texas Motorplex Ennis, Texas Oct. 13 – 15, 2023 Short Race Day for Alexis DeJoria at Home Track Qualified: No. 8 (3.876 E.T. at 330.03 MPH) Elimination Round Results: E1: 5.238 E.T. at 209.17 MPH defeated by Tim Wilkerson 4.416 E.T. at 202.42 MPH ENNIS, Texas (October 15, 2023) – Returning to the track where she made her professional debut 12 years prior, Austin, Texas resident Alexis DeJoria was looking to capture her first victory of the season in front of a hometown crowd on Sunday at the Texas Motorplex. DeJoria made two strong runs during qualifying to secure a spot in the top half of the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals Funny Car field, but a first-round exit during...