With the rain gone and the skies blue Don Schumacher Racing pulled off a double in the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird Int'l Raceway Monday afternoon.

 First into the winner's circle was Jack Beckman, in the Valvoline MTS Dodge Charger. Beckman was followed by Top Fuel teammate, Cory McClenathan in his Fram dragster.

 This is the 23rd time DSR teams have doubled up in the winner's circle and two of those times were triples. The last time DSR doubled up was last year in the first Vegas race with Ron Capps and Tony Schumacher doing the honors. It is the first time McClenathan and Beckman have been in the Winner's Circle together as team mates.

Don Schumacher Racing would like to offer its condolences to the family and friends of a woman who was fatally injured Sunday at the Arizona NHRA Nationals at Firebird International Raceway.

1:19 Mountain Time - The clouds parted, the sun came out and NHRA personnel are once again trying to get the track in shape for the two final round runs scheduled for today.

A large heavy rain cell wiped out hours of track drying just minutes before the surface was ready to race on. There is another visible break in the weather and NHRA officials have made no decision at this time.

Pro Stock's Greg Anderson will remember Phoenix for much more than the race in which he had to start off by racing his brother-in-law, who was competing in the  KB Racing-powered Pontiac which Anderson had campaigned for most of last season.
 
He simply will remember it as the race in which he was glad to escape with his body and equipment intact.

Attitude’s CompetitionPlus.com, through the assistance of a key group of Pro Modified historians and enthusiasts, has compiled a list of the Top 20 all-time drivers based on their contribution to the class, historic achievements, statistics and fan appeal.

Starting on Friday, January 8, 2010, the electronic magazine began revealing those names on the list, and will announce two drivers per week, until the No. 1 driver is unveiled on Saturday, Mar. 20, during the ADRL Dragpalooza in Houston, Texas.

Attitude’s CompetitionPlus.com narrowed the list from hundreds of drivers down to 20. Today, we reveal No. 8 on the list.

Two-time ADRL Pro Extreme champion Jason Scruggs will carry Speedtech Nitrous Sponsorship in 2010.

The NHRA shuffled its qualifying order during Saturday’s rain-delayed qualifying by staging the Top Fuel and  Funny Cars ahead of the Pro Stockers and for the majority of nitro teams, it was a step in the right direction.

Racing was halted earlier in the morning when rain showers began falling in the middle of preliminary sportsman eliminations. Instead of finishing sportsman competition when the track was dried hours later, NHRA opted to go right into Top Fuel. Traditionally Pro Stock would have run first.

The NHRA announced earlier in the day professional qualifying would be limited to just one session.