{"id":103271,"date":"2026-03-24T15:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/dylan-winefsky-makes-most-of-hometown-arizona-nationals\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:44:06","slug":"dylan-winefsky-makes-most-of-hometown-arizona-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/dylan-winefsky-makes-most-of-hometown-arizona-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Winefsky Makes Most of Hometown Arizona Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coming into the FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird Motorsports Park, rising star Dylan Winefsky was looking to continue to improve his driving skills and Funny Car performance. The Arizona-based driver executed masterfully on both fronts, posting career best elapsed times and speeds throughout the race. Winefsky qualified No. 14 and faced a tough first round opponent, Gatornationals winner and points leader Chad Green. Driving the Nitro Moose Funny Car with sponsorship support from Lowe\u2019s Home Improvement, Audio Express, Robert\u2019s Car Care, Bob Jackson Auto Body, and Outlaw Race Engines, Winefsky made a strong run in the first round coming up just short to Green.
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\u201cWe just kept improving with every run this weekend,\u201d said Winefsky. \u201cEven the last run in the first round when the belt broke, we had our best 60-foot and our best 330-foot time. We can carry all this momentum into Pomona and keep everything the same, we should improve even more Pomona, especially with better air.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through four rounds of qualifying Winefsky and the Nitro Moose Funny Car team tuned by veteran Johnny West improved on the performance side. They capped off their qualifying effort with a 4.159 second, 299.93 mph setting personal best records for Winefsky.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m way more comfortable in the car this first race in the year compared to all last year,\u201d said Winefsky. \u201cEach run in the car just keeps getting better. I am getting more comfortable with each run too. I couldn\u2019t do it without all these guys and everyone on this team. It was great weekend. Couldn\u2019t have gone better.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the first round of eliminations Winefsky and the Nitro Moose Funny Car team knew they would have their hands full with Green. Both 12,000-horsepower Funny Cars executed their burnout and rolled up to the starting line. Both race cars left the starting line together and Green started pulling away as they flew down the track. Winefsky lost power when his blower belt let go and Green cruised to victory with a winning time of 4.011 seconds to Winefsky\u2019s 5.369 seconds. The first-round exit did not diminish the team\u2019s enthusiasm for the start of the season and performing in front of the hometown crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was cool seeing a bunch of our friends come out and support us,\u201d said Winefsky. \u201cWe also had a bunch of local sponsors that we were able to have come out and spend a couple days with us. It\u2019s cool racing in your hometown. I\u2019m having a blast. I\u2019m pretty sure you can ask anyone here, they are all having a blast too. We\u2019re a fun group and without these guys, none of this would be possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team will be heading west in three weeks for the historic NHRA Winternationals, April 9-12, 2026 at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip. Fans interested in tickets can visit\u00a0www.nhra.com<\/a>\u00a0and for more information on Dylan follow his social media on Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published on March 24, 2026. \"Drag<\/p>\n

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Coming into the FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird Motorsports Park, rising star Dylan Winefsky was looking to continue to improve his driving skills and Funny Car performance. The Arizona-based driver executed masterfully on both fronts, posting career best elapsed times and speeds throughout the race. Winefsky qualified No. 14 and faced a tough first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}