16x NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force with a shot at history with three wins in a single weekend:
The legend himself continues to write the record book as @JohnForce_FC returns to @RaceFMP for the #ArizonaNats! 🌵
Even after 40 years on the strip, the @JFR_Racing driver has a shot at another record as the first @NHRA driver to win 3 events in a single race weekend!
Part I pic.twitter.com/fS4OQBakMa
— Devon Henry (@devonhenry77) April 6, 2024
8x NHRA Top Fuel Champion Tony Schumacher looks for three trophies this weekend & returns to a home away from home:
The race for 3⃣ trophies at the @NHRA #ArizonaNats starts today for 8x Top Fuel Champion @TheSargeTF1!
The @jcmnitro isn't just excited to return to @RaceFMP, but get the opportunity to see all the friends he's made over the decades at this historic drag strip.
Part I pic.twitter.com/zTK1LAASCU
— Devon Henry (@devonhenry77) April 6, 2024
NASCAR & INDYCAR Champion Tony Stewart enters rookie season in NHRA Top Fuel:
He's won in NASCAR in Arizona, he's won in USAC in the valley, he's won in a 410 sprint car in Phoenix, & now he has a shot to find victory circle in @NHRA at @RaceFMP!
So awesome to see @TonyStewart at the #ArizonaNats as @TSRnitro looks for a Wally in the desert! 🌵
Part I pic.twitter.com/IbLmwQwTyg
— Devon Henry (@devonhenry77) April 6, 2024
3x NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown vyes to earn another Arizona Nationals Victory:
.@ToyotaRacing swept NASCAR at Phoenix, now can @AntronBrown lead a Toyota charge at the #ArizonaNats? 💨
The 3x @NHRA Top Fuel returns to the site of his career-best ET at @RaceFMP this weekend in search of his 4th Wally in the desert. pic.twitter.com/oUlzCrXVB7
— Devon Henry (@devonhenry77) April 6, 2024
3x NHRA Funny Car Champion Ron Capps Celebrates 30th Anniversary on career debut at Firebird:
It's the big 3⃣0⃣ for 3x @NHRA Funny Car Champion @RonCapps28!
In 1995, Ron made his professional debut right here at @RaceFMP. 3 championships, 76 wins, & over 600 starts later, he looks to claim a fourth #ArizonaNats Wally this weekend for @TeamRonCapps! 🏆🏆🏆
Part I pic.twitter.com/jT3Mrco1mT
— Devon Henry (@devonhenry77) April 6, 2024
6x NHRA Funny Car winner Alexis DeJoria returns to site of first career pro win at Arizona Nationals:
At the site of her first career @NHRA pro win in 2014, @AlexisDejoria brings her @DCMotorsports_ @ToyotaRacing machine back to the #ArizonaNats with hopes of picking up another Wally at @RaceFMP! pic.twitter.com/4qRvVd6TI5
— Devon Henry (@devonhenry77) April 6, 2024
Defending Arizona Nationals Pro Stock Winner Camrie Caruso looks to get back to victory circle:
One year ago, @CamrieCaruso_ raised her first career @NHRA Pro Wally at the #ArizonaNats! 🌵
She returns this year with all eyes on returning to Victory Circle in her Pro Stock at @RaceFMP for back-to-back years of winning it all in the desert! pic.twitter.com/lLIkjCokYu
— Devon Henry (@devonhenry77) April 6, 2024
Austin Prock looks to kick off first NHRA Funny Car win with third straight Arizona Nationals win for John Force Racing:
Confidence is high in the @JFR_Racing camp in search of their third straight #ArizonaNats Wally at @RaceFMP! 🌵@ProckRocket_TF is in his first season after swapping from @NHRA Top Fuel to Funny Car & has gotten off to a hot start in 2024. 💨 pic.twitter.com/UdVN6Nr2JX
— Devon Henry (@devonhenry77) April 6, 2024
Arizona Nationals Record holder, Brittany Force hopes to finally break through with an Arizona Nationals win:
She's done just about everything but win so far at @RaceFMP.@BrittanyForce owns the speed and ET track records for the @NHRA #ArizonaNats & has visited the final round three times. Is 2024 the year Brittany & @JFR_Racing celebrate in Victory Circle? 🏁 pic.twitter.com/mthuAWJizq
— Devon Henry (@devonhenry77) April 6, 2024
Phoenix native and second-generation driver Travis Shumake makes professional debut at home track:
Need someone to root for this weekend at the #ArizonaNats? Look no further than Phoenix native & second generation driver, Travis Shumake!
Shumake makes his @NHRA pro debut this weekend at his home track of @RaceFMP with local sponsors across his Top Fuel dragster! https://t.co/kd8EuyI2sz pic.twitter.com/e1Evu7w8Yt
— Devon Henry (@devonhenry77) April 6, 2024
Josh Hart makes third Arizona Nationals appearance with hopes to land back in victory circle:
Making his third trip to the @NHRA #ArizonaNats, @joshharttf is in search of his first Wally in the desert!
Is the third time the charm for the Floridian at @RaceFMP? Hart sits 11th on the Top Fuel ladder for tomorrow's race day! pic.twitter.com/vUPSdUbIsZ
— Devon Henry (@devonhenry77) April 7, 2024
The third-generation driver & former competitive powerlifter Buddy Hull looks to keep building as NHRA visits Firebird:
The third-generation driver & former competitive powerlifter is looking to keep building as @NHRA hits @RaceFMP!@Buddyhull323TF is smoothly transitioning back from Top Fuel to Funny Car & will battle tomorrow in the #ArizonaNationals. 🌵 pic.twitter.com/STnWSMWhbo
— Devon Henry (@devonhenry77) April 7, 2024
Drag Race Bracket Bonanza Elon Werner kicks off first full season of online bracket competition:
Brackets are now open for @dragracebb as @NHRA goes to battle at the #ArizonaNats at @RaceFMP!
Two of the biggest bracket games in the world are in town this weekend & I got to catch up with the creator of @dragracebb, @elonwer on everything the new game brings to the sport! pic.twitter.com/9zzjWb6pIZ
— Devon Henry (@devonhenry77) April 7, 2024
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Arizona native, Devon Henry, joined the Sports360AZ crew in 2018 after graduating from Arizona State's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication. Devon has avidly partaken in coverage of the Arizona high school sports scene since 2013 and has covered NASCAR and INDYCAR at Phoenix Raceway since 2017. Devon is also a play-by-play announcer, calling over a dozen different sports and hundreds of events.