CPTV presents the winners and top qualifiers from thje Summit NHRA Southern Nationals outside of Atlanta, Ga..

WINNERS ARE CROWNED

Antron Brown raced to the Top Fuel victory Saturday at the weather-delayed Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.
 
Johnny Gray (Funny Car) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) also were winners at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event, which was delayed for one week due to persistent rain showers.

LANGDON MASTERS ATLANTA QUALIFYING
 
Shawn Langdon said the Alan Johnson-Brian Husen-Jason McCulloch brain trust at Al-Anabi Racing is "slowly but surely" coaxing his and Khalid al Balooshi's Top Fuel dragsters "back to where we want them to be."

However, nothing was slow and everything was sure about Langdon's performance Friday afternoon on the 1,000-foot Atlanta Dragway course.

With a 3.791-second elapsed time and 324.36-mph speed in the final qualifying session that set both ends of the track record, Langdon earned the Top Fuel class' No. 1 qualifying position for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Commerce, Ga.

FUNNY CAR'S HAGAN ENDS DRY-SPELL ON RAIN-DELAYED WEEKEND

Matt Hagan ended a 29-race drought from the top of Funny Car’s qualifying order by racing to the No. 1 position Friday at the rain-delayed Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.
 
The 2011 Funny Car world champ powered his Magneti Marelli/Rocky Footwear Dodge Charger to a track record time of 4.067 seconds at 312.86 mph to claim his first No. 1 qualifying position since November 2011 and the 11th of his career. Hagan will open eliminations against No. 16 qualifier Tony Pedregon, a two-time world champ.

EDWARDS TOPS PRO STOCK

In Pro Stock, Mike Edwards claimed his sixth No. 1 qualifying position of the season with a performance of 6.583 at 210.57 in his Interstate Batteries/I Am Second Chevy Camaro. He will face six-time champ and longtime Buford, Ga. resident Warren Johnson in the opening round of eliminations.
 
“We were being conservative because we only get two sessions, so you’ve got to get down the racetrack to get qualified, so we feel real good about how we ran,” said Edwards, the current series points leader and a two-time winner at Atlanta Dragway. “We feel like we can run a little bit better, so that makes us feel even better. Hat’s off to all my guys. The Interstate Battery/I Am Second Camaro is just running flawlessly, and I’m just hoping we can run good tomorrow and have a long day.”

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