{"id":103911,"date":"2026-06-11T15:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/nhra-and-vizionone-hand-cleaner-spotlight-nitro-crew-members-with-grunt-of-the-race-award\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T15:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:44:07","slug":"nhra-and-vizionone-hand-cleaner-spotlight-nitro-crew-members-with-grunt-of-the-race-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/nhra-and-vizionone-hand-cleaner-spotlight-nitro-crew-members-with-grunt-of-the-race-award\/","title":{"rendered":"NHRA and VizionOne Hand Cleaner Spotlight Nitro Crew Members With \u201cGrunt of the Race\u201d Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars depend on the people who dive beneath 12,000-horsepower machines moments after a pass to prepare them for the next run.<\/p>\n

To recognize those often-overlooked crew members, NHRA and VizionOne Hand Cleaner, the Official Hand Cleaner of NHRA, are excited to announce the \u201cGrunt of the Race\u201d award program. The initiative rewards the bottom-end mechanics whose work is critical to the success of Top Fuel and Funny Car teams.<\/p>\n

Under the program, the divers on the winning Top Fuel and Funny Car teams at each NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series event will receive a $250 bonus courtesy of VizionOne Hand Cleaner.<\/p>\n

Working in tight quarters around hot engine components, clutch assemblies, fuel systems, and driveline parts, the bottom-end mechanics perform some of the most demanding work in professional drag racing.<\/p>\n

Owned by veteran racer and businessman Rodger Brogdon, VizionOne Hand Cleaner is an American-made, all-natural hand cleaner created by Texas emergency room physician Dr. Ashton \u201cDoc\u201d Hudson. The product was developed to remove grease, oil, clutch dust, fuel residue, and racing grime while helping protect the hands of those who depend on them every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose guys \u2014 and girls \u2014 are the unsung heroes on the nitro teams,\u201d Brogdon said. \u201cWhen that car comes in and it\u2019s steaming and sometimes dripping after a run, the divers are the ones who jump in there and make stuff happen where few want to. I\u2019ve always had a fond appreciation of what they do, and we at VizionOne Hand Cleaner believe they deserve to be recognized.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The program debuted earlier this season and has already produced multiple recipients.<\/p>\n

Top Fuel diver Travis Vandermell has been the program\u2019s biggest beneficiary to date, collecting three Grunt of the Race awards while helping Shawn Langdon and the Kalitta Motorsports team put together a three-race winning streak. V<\/p>\n

Funny Car winners have been spread among multiple teams, with Aaron Kelley helping Jordan Vandergriff\u2019s team earn recognition and Caden Gibson collecting the award with Chad Green Racing. Most recently, Narciso Bravo picked it up for Tasca Racing with Austin Prock\u2019s victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always exciting to see unique programs like this and VizionOne has done a great job recognizing a vital crew member in this fashion,\u201d NHRA Senior Director of Advertising Jeff Morton said. \u201cThese bottom-end mechanics are crucial to the success of any top team, so it\u2019s a huge thrill to see VizionOne provide this special bonus. They\u2019ve already been a tremendous partner to NHRA and our race teams and we look forward to seeing this relationship continue to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

VizionOne Hand Cleaner products are available on the NHRA Midway at national events as part of the company\u2019s ongoing partnership with NHRA and commitment to racers, crew members, and industry professionals throughout the sport.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit\u00a0www.viziononehandcleaner.com<\/a>. For more information on NHRA, including the full 2026 75th anniversary schedule, visit\u00a0www.nhra.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars depend on the people who dive beneath 12,000-horsepower machines moments after a pass to prepare them for the next run. To recognize those often-overlooked crew members, NHRA and VizionOne Hand Cleaner, the Official Hand Cleaner of NHRA, are excited to announce the \u201cGrunt of the Race\u201d award program. […]<\/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-103911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103911","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=103911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}