Unofficial point standings (top 10) for IHRA professional categories
following the Amalie Oil North American Nationals presented by New
England Dodge Dealers at New England Dragway, the ninth of 10 events in
the  2008 Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series -

Top Fuel

1.  Spencer Massey, 797; 2.  Bruce Litton, 732; 3.  Terry McMillen,
666; 4.  Mike Strasburg, 608; 5.  Bobby Lagana Jr., 598; 6.  Kevin
Jones, 483; 7.  Scott Palmer, 292; 8.  Tim Boychuk, 288; 9.  Mitch
King, 207; 10.  Chris Karamesines, 128.

Sunday's final results from the Amalie Oil North American
Nationals presented by New England Dodge Dealers at New England
Dragway.  The  race is the ninth of 10 in the  2008 Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam
Drag Racing Series:

Top Fuel -- Tim Boychuk, 4.758 seconds, 306.19 mph  def. Terry McMillen, 8.343 seconds, 100.57 mph.

Final round-by-round results from the Amalie Oil North American
Nationals presented by New England Dodge Dealers at New England
Dragway, the ninth of 10 events in the  2008 Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam Drag
Racing Series:

 
TOP FUEL:

ROUND ONE -- Tim Boychuk, 4.798, 302.62 def. Mike Strasburg, 4.778,
316.52; Spencer Massey, 9.937, 72.45 def. Mitch King, 22.806, 73.90;
Terry McMillen, 4.684, 320.36 def. Kevin Jones, 4.969, 230.06; Bruce
Litton, 4.688, 311.56 def. Bobby Lagana Jr., 4.695, 321.35;

SEMIFINALS -- Boychuk, 4.737, 301.07 def. Massey, 5.224, 210.73; McMillen, 4.682, 319.82 def. Litton, 6.407, 137.58;

FINAL -- Boychuk, 4.758, 306.19 def. McMillen, 8.343, 100.57.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Hannah made its way up the eastern seaboard passing through the IHRA North American

Pro
Stock racer Robert Patrick doesn't have the Fred Astaire look on his
face. The defending Pro Stock world champion was one of several Pro
Stock teams facing relocation due to flooded pits.

Nationals at New England Dragway in Epping, NH., dumping as much as four inches of rain on the facility Saturday evening.

IHRA officials were able to get in several hours of racing on Saturday before the rains fell, ending the day's activities.

Race
teams arrived at NED on Saturday and were greeted with flooded pits. Water in the Pro Stock pits was so deep several of the teams required
relocating on Sunday morning.

Today's classic You Tube video moment features a compilation from Diamond P's Decade of Thrills video highlighting classic clips of various centerline crossings. Highlights include Gary Burgin's infamous Indy near incident and Ron Colson's disqualification on a bye-run. Perhaps the greatest highlight was Billy Meyer's attempted spin around at Columbus.

First-round pairings for professional eliminations Sunday for the
Amalie Oil North American Nationals presented by New England Dodge
Dealers at New England Dragway, the ninth of 10 events in the 2008
Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series.  Pairings based on results in
qualifying, which ended Saturday.

Top Fuel -- 1. Bruce Litton, 4.674 seconds, 311.92 mph  vs. 5.
Bobby Lagana Jr., 4.739, 317.19; 2. Mike Strasburg, 4.683, 325.06  vs.
6. Tim Boychuk, 4.820, 261.83; 3. Terry McMillen, 4.714, 314.61  vs. 7.
Kevin Jones, 5.080, 226.28; 4. Spencer Massey, 4.717, 316.45  vs. 8.
Mitch King, 5.202, 213.91.

Rain Washes Out Final Qualifying Session at Amalie Oil North American Nationals

Bruce Litton (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Nitro Funny Car), Mike
Castellana (Pro Modified), Paul Noakes (Alcohol Funny Car) and Pete
Berner (Pro Stock) claim #1 qualifier positions with an assist from
Hurricane Hanna

The
remnants of Hurricane Hanna moved into New England Saturday afternoon,
setting the fields for the Amaile Oil North American Nationals.

IHRA moved the first Saturday qualifying session up to 1pm in an effort
to avoid a complete washout of all Saturday professional qualifying,
one day after adding both nitro classes to the Friday evening
qualifying dance card. All pro drivers got at least two qualifying hits.

The remnants of Hurricane Gustav arrived somewhere between 4 and 6 a.m. today, thoroughly wetting
down New England Dragway and the surrounding area.

The rain has stopped and track drying is under way. Race officials have
not given us a firm estimate yet, but around noon appears
likely if the weather holds off.

Once (If) things get started, you can take the published schedule for today and throw away everything except the part that says
"Schedule subject to change."

If you think you've ever performed the longest, smokey burnout to the
edge of burnout heaven, think again. Until you have pulled off what this
Buick driver did, you haven't been to the edge as evidenced by this
YouTube video.

Pete Berner Claims Pro Stock Points Lead with Track Record Friday

Sets
New England Dragway speed record in evening qualifying session; Bruce
Litton (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Nitro Funny Car), Mike Castellana (Pro
Modified) and Neal Parker (Alcohol Funny Car) also take provisional
poles at IHRA Amalie Oil North American Nationals

Friday evening provisional qualifying usually does not mean much where
the points races are concerned. But Friday at New England Dragway in
Epping, N.H., Pete Berner (Crete, Ill.) used one of IHRA’s unique bonus
programs to move to the front of the Pro Stock pack.