Nitro header flames fly as Megan Meyer mashes the throttle pedal in her Gunk / Shop Squad “ Nitro Queen Bee ” A / Fuel dragster during Friday night qualifying at the Nitro Chaos Championship Finals , where the two-time NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster world champion was in the hunt for the inaugural Nitro Chaos season title . With her father and team owner , Randy Meyer , turning the knobs , Meyer qualified No . 2 behind Mitch King in his big-show Top Fuel dragster . The title fight came down to the final round , where Garry Wheeler Jr . secured the title by staging in the B-field final . Though rear-engine dragsters won ’ t be allowed in 2024 Nitro Chaos competition , the Randy Meyer Racing team plans to find another way to compete in the series .

Photograph by Joe McHugh Pine Valley Raceway | Lufkin , Texas | Saturday , September 22nd , 2023

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