Relive the excitment of the Night Under Fire event at Summit Raceway Park in Norwalk, Ohio. This event, billed as the largest single-day drag race, features everything from fuel Funny Cars to jets to some of the hottest sportsman drag racing. Attitude's CompetitionPlus.com was there and captured the thrills of this incredible event.

Larry Dixon is a two-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion. Dixon also is the current points leader in the NHRA Full Throttle professional series. If that wasn’t enough, Dixon has claimed eight victories in eight final round appearances behind the wheel of his Al-Anabi Racing dragster in just the first 16 events of the 2010 season.

Dixon, however, needs to brush up on his video game skills.

Mike Austin and Clint Thompson captured wins and took home trophies for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Northwest Thunderfest at Spokane County raceway.  Medford, Ore., racer Mike Austin ran his best pass of the weekend posting a 5.483 second pass at 258.96 mph in the final round of Top Alcohol Dragster.  Austin had a bye run in the final when No. 1 qualifier Joey Severance, Woodburn, Ore., broke in the previous round and was unable to make the call for the final round.

Maple Grove Raceway took home the Team Championship with the help of Heather Boyko who also grabbed the win the in the 13 year old age group and Brittany Boltz  who went to the final in her class for the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern Conference Finals presented by ViperizerRacing.com at Bristol Dragway.

The team racked up 32 points to edge out Mason-Dixon Dragway and National Trail Raceway who finished in second and third with 29 and 27 points respectively.  This is Maple Grove’s fourth Team Championship, the most of any team in the competitions history.

The West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Association is headed to Bandimere Speedway in Denver Colorado for the Super Chevy Event on August  20 - 22.  Racer parking is on Thursday Aug 19th from 8am to 5pm.  Gates open on Friday at 9am. Test and Tune is on Friday from 12noon to 5pm.  There will be three qualifying sessions on Saturday at 2pm, 6pm and 8pm.  Sunday Showtime is at 12 noon. This is an 8 car qualified field.

For over three decades the Bader family has hosted what has become the largest single-day racing spectacular in North America. The Night Under Fire has drawn huge crowds of enthusiastic spectators and the best of the best in NHRA Funny Car competition to Norwalk, Ohio's Summit Motorsports Park.

In addition to the fuel floppers, such attractions as jet trucks, jet dragsters, wheelstanders, and many other attractions from the world of motorsports entertainment have been an integral part of the big show in the Buckeye state. The Bader's also boast of exploding $100,000 worth of fireworks to cap the big show, and anyone who has seen this pyrotechnic spectacular will agree it's one of the best.

At this year's 33rd edition of the Night Under Fire, John Force, a man who has been part of the show for most of its lifetime, once again showed why he is still the most popular personality in the sport. Although daughter Ashley seemed to get a slightly more boisterous reception from the fans, her dad, who is having a tremendous season in NHRA competition this season, proved why he is the undisputed leader in Funny Car competition.

During the recent offseason, Lee Beard, who has spent over 30 years in the NHRA as a crew chief and team manager, was in charge of putting together two complete Top Fuel dragster teams for the Yas Marina Circuit, after it partnered with Don Schumacher Racing.

Richard Cregan, the Chief Executive Officer of the Yas Marina Circuit, made his inaugural appearance at a NHRA national event in the United States last weekend.

Cregan was at the Mile-High Nationals in Morrison, Colo., watching the Yas Marina Circuit dragster driven by Hot Rod Fuller. Tommy Johnson Jr. drives the other Yas Marina Circuit dragster, but he was not entered at Bandimere Speedway.

Travel back in time with this Diamond P Video production of the 1984 NHRA Springnationals at National Trail Raceway in Columbus, Ohio. You'll see everything from professional eliminations to sportsman finals. Also on the video is the unfortunate catch net accident of Top Fuel racer Doug Kerhulas and the final victory for Pro Stock legend Lee Shepherd.

Jr. Dragster driver Libby Ledford learned an important lesson about resetting her dial-in time this past weekend while racing at Mid-Michigan Motorplex and, it could be argued, she is a subscriber to the theory that truth is stranger than fiction.

On the heels of achieving a runner-up finish on Saturday, nine-year-old Libby (whose father and brother both compete in Bar’s Leaks/Rislone backed dragsters, SuperComp and Jr. Dragsters respectively) made a change to her bracket racing dial-in time for the final round of eliminations.  After dialing in at 13.03 and making a perfect run in the semis, Libby chose to dial in a hair quicker for the finals at 12.95, considering how well her Bar’s Leaks Jr.-sponsored Dragster was running.  However, as she began her pre-race burnout, Libby realized she had just made a critical error while changing her dial-in time, a change that per the competition rules could not be altered at this point.

From the stands it certainly looks like just an ordinary race.

Peter Gallen, in his purple Vega, rolls into the staging beams. Across from him sits a bright yellow Camaro driven by Steve Nichols. The pair pushes forward, carefully monitoring who will flinch first. The green light flashes. In an instant they are away.

At the stripe it is Nichols by a nose, but this race isn’t over just yet. Gallen, who moments ago wanted nothing more than to destroy his opponent, also wants to be the first to congratulate him after a hard earned victory. Today it was Nichols who proved the fastest, tomorrow who knows.
 
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