Cory McClenathan (Top Fuel) and Jack Beckman (Funny Car), NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event winners from Phoenix, will appear on "WFO Radio NHRA Tuesday with Joe Castello", live tonight at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT).  To listen, go to http://www.wforadio.com
On Monday, McClenathan defeated Doug Kalitta to win the Arizona Nationals, his 32nd career Top Fuel victory.  With the win, McClenathan moved atop the Top Fuel standings holding a five point lead over Kalitta after two races.

How excited was “Fast” Jack Beckman after besting 14-time Funny Car champion John Force in the rain-delayed NHRA Arizona Nationals Funny Car final round?

He was so excited he could hardly stand still.

Paul Page, off to the side doing his stand-up introductions for ESPN, was interrupted more than once by the bouncing Beckman. Cory McClenathan just smiled, laughed and continued his post race interview after every Beckman intrusion.

The current NHRA’s testing policy, which limits teams to four test days during the season, was first enacted in 2008 to help alleviate a reported nitro shortage which threatened to shorten the season. The policy was continued in 2009 with a limited amount of tests allotted to each team with the intention of curtailing the rising cost of nitro racing.

However, three-quarters into the 2009 season, teams found loopholes in the policy they could exploit. The NHRA revised their policy for 2010, closing all the loopholes.

Caught in the midst of the new strict enforcement of the testing policy is the development of new drivers into the nitro ranks.

The NHRA issued the following statement on Monday regarding the death of a spectator during Sunday's Arizona Nationals.

With the last batch of Last Chance Lotto winners claiming their prizes late last week, the entire field for “Pinks All Out” at Maple Grove Raceway has been filled.
 
More than 500 drivers will be showing their stuff at The Grove May 14-15 when Rich Christensen and his gang tape their highly successful Speed TV show.

Following a first-year sell out of 100 factory-built program vehicles in 2009, Mopar announced its 2010 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak program.

For 2010, the non-street legal V-8 powered, rear-wheel drive Dodge Challenger is available with the 6.1 liter HEMI® that may be set up with a 5-speed automatic or 6-speed manual transmission.

"We’re proud of our drag racing heritage at Mopar and we will continue to support our drag-race customers where they compete,” said Pietro Gorlier, President and Chief Executive Officer - Mopar Service, Parts and Customer Care, Chrysler Group LLC. “The Dodge Challenger Drag Pak program was a success last year, and we’ll be carrying that momentum into our 2010 build.”

In the final results from Gainesville Raceway and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Michael Manners, Willis, Tex. and Steve Harker, Gainesville, Ga. took home the wins in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car respectively.

Manners worked his way through the field and ran 5.275 seconds at 270.05 mph in his final round victory over Monroe Guest, who clocked in at 5.433 seconds, 269.51 mph.

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.