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Aaron Stanfield has had a career-best season in NHRA’s Pro Stock class, but it has not been easy. Stanfield, however, was on top of his game Sunday as he captured the title at the Betway Carolina Nationals in Charlotte. Stanfield clocked a 6.567-second lap at 210.21 mph to edge Matt Hartford’s 6.569-second pass at 209.82 mph in the final round at zMax Dragway. This was Stanfield’s seventh career Pro Stock win and third this season. He also had victories in Phoenix and Bristol, Tenn. “L …

Erica Enders is on the cusp of her fifth Pro Stock championship in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series. It’s no secret that she’s been dominating this season, even fulfilling her 2022 goal of winning at tracks she’s never won at before. Enders is focused on what’s in front of her windshield, so much so that sometimes she forgets to look in the rearview mirror and think about the legacy she’s leaving behind. “I don’t really think about that stuff. I feel that I’m so blessed to get to d …

Erica Enders’ stellar 2022 NHRA season hit the pause button at the U.S. Nationals on Sept. 5.Fast-forward to the next race – the Pep Boys Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa., and Enders’ highlight reel was rolling again.Enders won for the seventh time this season by defeating her Elite Motorsports teammate Troy Coughlin Jr. in the final round of the first race in the six-race Countdown to the Championship.\Enders clocked a 6.582-second lap at 209.72 mph to edge Coughlin’s 6.601-seco …

On paper, Bo Butner is most definitely set up for success heading into Sunday at the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at venerable Maple Grove Raceway, and if he’s able to connect all the right dots, he’s got a chance for a momentous close to an already extraordinary weekend.Early Saturday in Reading, the U.S. Nationals Super Gas winner secured a trip to a second-consecutive final round in the class, and later that afternoon he locked into the 12th Pro Stock No. 1 qualifier award of his career. Butner, d …

After struggling in qualifying, Pro Mod driver Lyle Barnett landed in the winners circle today at the world’s biggest drag race, the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals. This is his first national event win of the 2022 FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon season. In what will forever be a milestone event in the skilled driver’s career, Barnett kept turning on win lights throughout the day, as everything came together in his favor after a string of recent challen …