The four-time NHRA champ and his Capco Boys are eyeing a return to “beast mode” this seasoning pursuit of a fifth Top Fuel title after a difficult 2022 campaign.

Steve Torrence and team picked up right where they left off in their season debut in Phoenix.

Torrence defeated Pomona winner Doug Kalitta in the final round.

Top Fuel's Steve Torrence made history Sunday at the NHRA Carolina Nationals by securing his fourth straight Countdown victory

His streak has resulted in a nearly-insurmountable 169-point lead

When respected Top Fuel tuner Alan Johnson added John Force Racing to his Steve Torrence consulting duties, NHRA fans wondered how that would work. After the Pomona opener, Torrence would say, “Nicely, thank you."

Steve Torrence took a bold step forward in his bid for an NHRA Top Fuel championship when he announced Wednesday the hiring of Alan Johnson to help tunes Capco Contractors dragster.

Three-time NHRA Top Fuel champion Larry Dixon announced on Friday that he has parted ways with the Rapisarda Autosport International team to concentrate on securing the funding needed to field his own racing operation for 2014.

Drag-racing veteran Richard Hogan was one of the first crew-chief casualties of the 2013 National Hot Rod Association season, but he'll be back in action this weekend, at least for the Toyota Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park at Englishtown, N.J.