NHRA Classes Overview

Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock are just three of the more than 200 classes of vehicles featured in NHRA competition. Those classes are grouped into 12 categories, or eliminators, each strictly governed by NHRA rule makers. Class eligibility is based on various requirements and specifications, including type of vehicle, engine size, vehicle weight, allowable modifications, and aerodynamics.

The four Professional categories are Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle. They, along with Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car and the three "Super" classes – Super Comp, Super Gas, and Super Street – feature a single class of vehicle in heads-up competition. The remaining categories – Comp, Super Stock, and Stock – are made up of a variety of classes and use a handicap starting system to equalize competition. 

NHRA Lucas Oil Sportsman Series

Featuring race vehicles that range from five-second Top Alcohol Dragsters and Top Alcohol Funny Cars to 15-second Stockers, the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series is the premier Sportsman series in drag racing.

Lucas Oil Products, a worldwide leader in the production of oils, greases, and problem-solving additives, is in its fourth year of a multiyear commitment to back the program, which boasts the eight categories of Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Comp, Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, and Super Street and whose racers make up the vast majority of entries at NHRA national events.

Top Alcohol Dragsters and Top Alcohol Funny Cars will be showcased at 16 NHRA national events; Comp, Super Stock, Stock, and Super Comp entries at 19 national events; Super Gassers at 20; and Super Street cars at eight.