As the next-to-last event that will decide the season's NHRA POWERade
world championships, plenty is at stake in Las Vegas. Every run will be
important because a slip at this point could be worse than snake eyes
at the other Strip's craps tables. The venue is the same as in the
spring, but the weather may be different, making for high drama at an
event where previous world champions have been crowned.

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this weekend's NHRA Summernationals by reading our behind-the-scenes event
notebook. We bring you the stories behind the numbers and win-lights throughout
the course of the weekend. Tune in daily for the latest news from the
pits.

Keep up with this weekend's ADRL World Finals by reading our event notebook. We bring you the stories behind
the numbers and win-lights throughout the course of the weekend. Tune in daily
for the latest news from the pits.

Championships are on the line this weekend as the IHRA's 10-race tour
concludes on the hallowed drag racing grounds of Rockingham Dragway. Four of the five professional categories will be decided this weekend in this event which traditionally produces more than its share of record fields.

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Keep up with
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notebook. We bring you the stories behind the numbers and win-lights throughout
the course of the weekend. Tune in daily for the latest news from the
pits.

NHRA POWERade Drag Racing returned to Virginia in 2006 with a race that shattered Professional performance barriers, and the 2007 follow-up also produced eye-popping performances. The track’s reputation for being able to handle all that the teams can dish out makes it a perfect venue for the Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock teams to begin their crucial three-race run to the world titles.  

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Keep up with
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the course of the weekend. Tune in daily for the latest news from the
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The tour’s annual stop in “the birthplace of the Blues” is being
contested for the second straight season in what should be cooler
climes from its previous late-August date. For the teams still in the
Countdown to the Championship, this is the halfway point of the
Countdown to 1, the third of six events that will determine the world
champions.