LAS VEGAS, NV – October 4, 2022 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – With championship dreams on the line, the stars in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series will look to hit it big on Oct. 27-30 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, as the 22nd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals marks the penultimate race in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.
It is the 21st event of the 2022 season and the fifth stop in the six-race NHRA playoffs, as a jam-packed weekend in Las Vegas will have major championship implications. The championship intensity will be apparent as teams in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle leave it all on the line at one of the final races of the season.
With the thrilling, 11,000-horsepower, 330-mph action filling The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, fans will be treated to an unbelievable weekend of action, starting with must-see qualifying action on Friday and Saturday, and then an unforgettable day of eliminations on Sunday as drivers look for playoff magic in Las Vegas.
Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car), Dallas Glenn (Pro Stock) and Steve Johnson (Pro Stock Motorcycle) won last year’s playoff race, which was also NHRA’s 1,000th overall event. This season’s event will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 (FS1), including eliminations at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 30 as standouts in all four professional categories will vie for a critical playoff triumph.
Torrence swept both races in Las Vegas a year ago, picking up his 50th career Top Fuel win last fall at the NHRA Nevada Nationals. The four-time defending world champ is back in the title mix thanks to his win in St. Louis, pulling to within 14 points of leader Justin Ashley. The Texan will be determined to get his sixth victory at the facility – which would put him behind only Tony Schumacher’s eight for most in Top Fuel history – but it won’t be easy in the loaded class. Along with Ashley, other top contenders include Brittany Force, who has four wins in 2022, five-time Vegas winner Antron Brown, Mike Salinas, veteran Doug Kalitta, Leah Pruett, Josh Hart, and Clay Millican.
In Funny Car, Pedregon would love nothing more than to pick up the late-season win and cash in on his first victory of the season. But Pedregon will have his work cut out for him facing off against a star-studded field that includes points leader Robert Hight, who has a career-best eight wins in 2022. He’ll try for his sixth win in Vegas to tie teammate John…
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