John Force Racing will expand to four teams for the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season and beyond with the signing of 2014 U.S. Nationals Funny Car winner Alexis DeJoria to a multi-year contract with the 24-time world championship organization.

There has been a lot of speculation regarding the future of the PDRA and whether they would be back for another season. Some speculation revolving around potential new ownership etc. this morning, Monday Oct. 27th PDRA released an announcement that stated as follows…

John Force Racing has signed multiple-time U.S. Nationals winner and two-time NHRA Top Fuel winner Josh Hart to a multi-year contract to drive for the 23-time world championship organization beginning with the 2026 NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., March 5-8, which kicks off the National Hot Rod Association’s 75th anniversary season.

It’s been about a year since we have seen Ryan’s diesel powered 1969 Nova in competition, but the time has come to announce that it will be back out competing in full effect come 2026.

It seem to be a rare thing that we are inundated with news like we have been from IHRA over the last week or so, but that’s exactly what’s happening.

Women will be leading the charge at JCM Racing as headliners Alexis DeJoria and Ida Zetterström have been commissioned to assume the driving responsibilities for Joe and P.J. Maynard’s two-car operation in 2025. Competing as the sport’s first all-female nitro team, DeJoria will pilot the Bandero Premium Tequila Funny Car while Zetterström will be at the controls of the JCM Racing Top Fuel dragster.

While a lot of you are snowed in on this wonderful Thursday, there is still news to report, and in our opinion here at E3xtreme it is big news for the drag racing world.

Alexis DeJoria is taking her talents to Joe Maynard’s JCM Racing team for the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season, it was announced by both parties today.

SEMA decried a decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to approve California's request for the Clean Air Act waiver the state needs to implement its Advanced Clean Cars II regulation

NHRA newbie Ida Zetterström was named ‘Best New Talent’ by NHRA’s National Dragster publication at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show in Indianapolis, it was announced on Thursday, December 12.

Good things happen to good people. Mark Oswald is proof of that. After making a career in the high-speed sport that dates to the 1970s, Oswald has said goodbye to life on the road criss-crossing America on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour.

Following another season of progressive growth in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, Top Fuel driver Doug Foley and his Foley Lewis Racing team are working towards their best season yet in 2025.

A month after securing his fourth NHRA world championship, Antron Brown and his AB Motorsports team continued speeding towards success, this time off the track, as Brown and tenured primary partner Matco Tools announced today an extension of their relationship, which spans more than 20 years.

The Scrappers Racing team finished the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series with a solid performance at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip. In Top Fuel, Jasmine Salinas and Gary Pritchett, who was making his Top Fuel debut this weekend, both raced to quarterfinal finishes. Jasmine also achieved a new personal best elapsed time. In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Jianna Evaristo wrapped up the best-performing season of her career.

Newly crowned Funny Car World Champion Austin Prock and John Force Racing teammate Jack Beckman applied that finishing touch Sunday at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip, racing one another in the final round of the season-ending In-N-Out Burger Finals to secure their 1-2 finish in the 2024 Mission Foods driver standings.

Eight years after winning his third NHRA Top Fuel world championship, Antron Brown secured his fourth NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series title Sunday afternoon during eliminations at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.

To say the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season was a rough one for Alexis DeJoria would be an understatement. Throughout the 20-race schedule, the team made only one final round appearance and fell short of clinching a No. 1 qualifier award after securing two No. 2 starting positions. Despite the setbacks, DeJoria has nothing but confidence in her Del Worsham-led DC Motorsports team and is adamant that they will rebound strong and start 2025 as solid contenders.

Austin Prock made official Saturday what had seemed destined since first he climbed into the cockpit of the AAA/Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car last February in relief of John Force Racing president Robert Hight, the three-time Funny Car World Champion.

Racing in the eighth and final event of her rookie season, 2023 FIA European Top Fuel champion Ida Zetterström notched two new career highlights at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals. Before falling in the first round of eliminations on Sunday, Zetterström recorded a career-best E.T. and speed to qualify in the ultra-competitive Top Fuel field at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.
 

With two of his race teams battling for the NHRA Mission Foods Funny Car championship and daughter Brittany showing flashes of the form that carried her to a pair of Top Fuel titles

In some of the most heartbreaking news that we’ve had to report since we’ve been a company, we woke up this morning and were informed the ProMedia, the parent company of NMCA and NMRA will no longer be hosting events after 2024.

After a 14-race regular season in the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s six-race playoffs, is officially here. Over the final races of the 2024 season, six Elite Motorsports drivers will have a chance to win the NHRA Pro Stock world championship.

For two-time World Champion Brittany Force and the crew that maintains her Monster Energy Chevrolet Top Fuel dragster, starting the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship from the No. 9 position isn’t so much a challenge as it is an opportunity, one on which they hope to capitalize in this week’s 39th Pep Boys Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway.

Jack Beckman hasn’t mashed the throttle on a race car at Maple Grove Raceway in five long years but, considering the outcome of his last start in the Pep Boys Nationals, one can’t blame the two-time World Champion for feeling pretty good about his chances in this week’s 39th renewal.

Even if he hadn’t won the pre-season PRO Superstar Shootout; even if he hadn’t won the Mission Foods regular season championship in runaway fashion

Daniel Wilkerson and his SCAG Power Equipment Ford Mustang Funny Car team are looking to rebound at this weekend’s Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, the first of six races in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship.

Jeg Coughlin Jr. and the SCAG Power Equipment / Outlaw Mile Hi Light Beer team enter this weekend’s Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, the first of six races in NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship, sitting fifth in the championship points standings.

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In what is surprising news to pretty much the entire industry, Wade Rich made it publicly know on Friday evening via his social media page that he left his position with Orlando Speed World.

In consideration of the COVID-19 global pandemic, NHRA officials announced today's revisions to the 2020 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule. The series is tentatively planned to resume June 5-7 with the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway. The season will conclude with the crowning of the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champions November 13-15 at the Auto Club Finals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona.

To say that I am sick of having to report these postponed races would be an absolute understatement. I did receive word from E3xtreme Co-Founder and Mid-West Pro Mod Series Media/Marketing Coordinator Ellen Eschenbacher regarding this earlier today.

And yet again the ridiculousness and rabid fear of this virus has cost us another event. This time it is one of the most premier drag radial races in the world. Donald Long has been forced to Postpone the Sweet 16 event that was set to be held next week at South Georgia Motorsports Park.

The dominoes just keep falling within our industry. First, it was NHRA, then it was NPK, and now it’s one of the industry leaders in higher-end auto auctions, Barrett-Jackson.

More terrible drag racing news today. This time it is from the no prep world. We just got word that the the opening NPK event of the 2020 season in Tucson, AZ has been postponed.

The news that I absolutely hate to report. The NHRA has made the decision to pull the plug on the Gator Nationals this weekend in Gainesville, Florida.

As I sit here this today thinking about the news that my close friend and promoter Tyler Crossnoe dropped this morning, I can’t help but be absolutely disgusted and angry by what is happening. Disgusted by the complete lack of support for one of the best radial races in the country.

Since making his NHRA debut aboard a Pro Stock Motorcycle in 1998, Antron Brown has successfully checked item after item off of his personal bucket list, including three Top Fuel world titles. As he embarks on the new decade, the wheels have been set into motion for Brown to realize another dream – NHRA team ownership.

Three-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Jason Line will retire from Pro Stock driving after the 2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season.

It has been a while, and everyone within the drag racing community has been waiting on this to finally come out. Well, here it is.

This is something that Kyle and I have been working on for a while now and we spoke on it yet again this morning Now it is time to let the entire drag racing industry know exactly what is going on.

With big money on the line, Pro Stock and Pro Mod will grab the spotlight and take their place as the marquee attractions for the inaugural Drag Illustrated World Doorslammer Nationals presented by Elite Motorsports, which is set to take place March 6-8 at Orlando Speed World Dragway.

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of sitting down with Victor Alvarez, the Owner of Bradenton Motorsports Park to discuss his future plans for the facility.

As some of you may have heard, there were some grumblings that NHRA has taken to adding some new rules in 2020 for the Pro Mod class. Now, before everyone get’s all up in arms, NHRA, even before taking over the class, was essentially the rule makers for the class. So below you will find a list of changes that has already dropped for the 2020 season.

DAYTON, Ohio - Forgeline's new Forged Monoblock Single Beadlock and 18 x 5.0 Forged Monoblock "Skinnies" wheels earned Global Media Awards at the 2019 PRI Show.

You heard that right. The retirement of Alexis DeJoria is officially over.

The Great American Guaranteed Million just keeps getting bigger. Already the first guaranteed-to-win $1 million purse for bracket racers, the massive race added another exciting layer on Wednesday, as promoters Britt Cummings and Gaylon Rolison announced a special Factory Stock Showdown race at the event.

The NMCA Muscle Car Nationals Series is proud to release its 2020 national event schedule. The 6-event NMCA series is the largest and most popular muscle car and streetcar drag racing series in the country.

When Erica Enders thinks back to her first Pro Stock championship run in 2014, she vividly remembers a noticeable change in the atmosphere during the Countdown to the Championship.

The NHRA has released the 2020 Pro Stock Motorcycle schedule. They will attend 16 of the 24 national events as part of the NHRA Mello Yello Series.

The NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) has dropped their 2020 Pro Stock schedule. And what is glaringly obvious are the moves that NHRA is making with the schedule.

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Boxing legend and former WBC, Ring Magazine and Lineal Heavyweight Champion of the World Larry Holmes will be making his first trek to the NHRA Dodge Nationals in Reading, Penn

Doug Kalitta and the Mac Tools Top Fuel dragster turned on the most notable win light of the veteran driver’s career today when the four-time Indy finalist became a first-time winner at the NHRA U.S. Nationals. Kalitta, the No. 8 qualifier, defeated some of the toughest young and veteran drivers

John Force and the PEAK Chevrolet Performance Accessories Chevrolet Camaro SS team powered their way to their second win of the season Monday at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. The victory, which was Force’s fifth at the facility, ties him with Ed McCulloch for most Funny Car wins at the U.S. Nationals.

PDRA Moving Forward with Drag Wars Presented by Pro Line Racing

In a world where unveiling a new car never seems to happen anymore due to social media, Keith made sure that he was able to unveil his new Radial/Pro Mod today in St. Louis.

This weekend, a season of struggles, ups and downs, and long-shots came to a head. It was Jonas Aleshire in his blown Vette, along with the Chris Duncan Race Cars team, who were sitting in third place on Thursday, but just 36 hours later were World Champions.

When you think of NHRA Pro Mod, what’s the name that comes to mind? Is it Rickie Smith or maybe Stevie Jackson? Well after this weekend, it should be Jeremy Ray.

Listen, there are races every year that are worth attending because they are a staple within our industry. Labor Day weekend is no different, though I am not talking about Indy, I am talking about the one and only YellowBullet Nationals.

The radial tire and grudge racing Icon that is Stevie Fast added another title to his distinguished by young career over the weekend. He is now an NHRA US Nationals Champion.

There are too many times that we talk about cars rising from the dead, but this is a prime example of a car that rose from the ashes, literally from the ashes, after a terrible fire just about ended this cars existence.

With only one more race remaining before the NHRA Countdown to the Championship begins, there were some teams that certainly made leaps in the right direction during the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd this weekend.

It isn't often that we see something in drag racing that still puts us back in our seats and say DAMN, but that is exactly what happened yesterday when we received word from Jeff & Patrick Miller.

In a statement earlier today on Titan's Facebook page, they stated that they have acquired the GT86 Pro Import car from Ekanoo Racing. 

This evening, the head man at Mid-West Pro Mod, Pro Mod and Radial star Keith Haney announced the details about the Elite Motorsports, LLC Elite 16. Keith stated that it will be a $50K payday open to all pro mods that fit into the MWPMS rule set. 

We have received word from DSR that Army has decided to move their marketing efforts in other directions in 2019. Below is the release from DSR in regards to this. This is really a huge blow to not only Tony Schumacher and DSR, but NHRA as well. 

Twenty years from now when we talk about the 2018 Thunder Valley Nationals, one of the most talked about things will be hot hellishly hot it was all weekend. We will also talk about how three former World Champions walked away with wins. 

Keith Haney, the founder of the Mid-West Pro Mod Series announces a $50k to win pro mod race later this season.

In a move that didn’t come as a surprise to most, PDRA announced that they have pulled the plug on their Pro Extreme class due to lack of participation.

In a move that some may have expected, the NHRA Pro Mod Rookie of the Year last season, and the driver who is only 9 points out of first place Stevie Jackson has announced that Shadow 2.0 will be his replacement for Topeka.

I am sure that most of you know by now that Keith Haney and KHR will make their NHRA Pro Mod debut at Topeka next weekend while driving one of Rickie Smith’s Musi Powered Camaros. This weekend Keith is getting some seat time in the car though.

The NHRA rolled into Charlotte today for the start of the 4 Wide race. While it took a little time to get the track ready because of all the rain the south has had lately, once things got rolling it was well worth the wait. 

You didn't read that wrong. Ford announced today via their financial release that they would no longer pursue future investments in their sedan lines that currently include the Fusion, Taurus, and Fiesta. 

We found out today that the two time NHRA Pro Stock World Champion Erica Enders has been added to the entry list for Pro Mod when they roll into Houston. 

A first is always something that is a treat to witness, and when it’s a car that you have been shooting for a while now, it makes the win even more special. That is exactly what happened when Ronnie Proctor took home his first ever wally this weekend at the Gatornationals in Top Sportsman.