Larry Dixon made a pre-emptive strike on the gathered media following his NHRA SuperNationals Top Fuel victory over Antron Brown. He wanted to count his blessings.

“I’m glad I don’t race Funny Cars,” Dixon said, commenting on Tony Pedregon, who posted his second win of the season in four final rounds.

“He is good all the time. Is he ever off?” Dixon asked.

“Never,” Dixon said, answering his own question.

Larry Dixon made a pre-emptive strike on the gathered media following his NHRA SuperNationals Top Fuel victory over Antron Brown. He wanted to count his blessings.

“I’m glad I don’t race Funny Cars,” Dixon said, commenting on Tony Pedregon, who posted his second win of the season in four final rounds.

“He is good all the time. Is he ever off?” Dixon asked.

“Never,” Dixon said, answering his own question.

Had Dixon gone first speaking with the media, Pedregon might have asked the same question of Dixon.

Dixon’s fifth career victory in Englishtown pulled him to within one win of all-time track Top Fuel winner Joe Amato. Along the way, Dixon has reached the finals of this race in five of the last eight seasons.

Admittedly this win was pretty, but a win is a win is a win.

While Antron Brown double-clutched on the starting line, drawing a red-light, Dixon smoked the tires early in the race.

“There are never any bad wins,” Dixon said. “I’ve had a lot of great losses. You hope they all balance out.”

The victory marked the third of the season for the Alan Johnson Racing/Al Anabi Racing driver. He is ranked third in the 2009 Full Throttle point standings behind Brown and Tony Schumacher. 

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