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SUNDAY FINAL - PEDREGON GRABS SECOND CONSECUTIVE WIN OF THE SEASON; DIXON, COUGHLIN, TREBLE ALSO GRAB ADDITIONAL WINS IN ENGLISHTOWN

Tony Pedregon picked up his second consecutive win of the season in Funny Car at the 40th annual United Association NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.

Larry Dixon picked up his fifth win in Englishtown, while Jeg Coughlin and Craig Treble also win in their respective categories.

Pedregon powered his Q Horsepower Chevy Impala SS to a 4.246-second run at 260.56 to grab the win. It’s Pedregon’s second consecutive win of the season, 42nd of his career and second win in Englishtown. Pedregon also moved past points leader Ron Capps to take the top spot in the Funny Car points standings with the win.

 “I never thought I’d be afraid of a girl,” said Pedregon, who faced Ashley Force Hood in the final round. “Fear of losing was in the back of my head. I knew we had a good race car. It ran good in the heat, and it ran good with cloud cover. Before the final, I just knew that Dickie [Venebles, crew chief] was making a lot of adjustments and I had a feeling it would be a close race. I heard her for a while. My car was revving up, spinning the tires. We got after it because we had to. I could feel the G’s falling off, and I was worried. If the track was 1,320 feet, I’d be in big trouble. I didn’t get off throttle. I just hung on. It was just enough. You don’t know how relieved I was to see that win light.”

NHRA legend John Force moved into the seventh spot with his second-round appearance while rookie driver Matt Hagan dropped from seventh to 10th in the point standings with his first-round loss.

In Top Fuel, Dixon drove his Alan Johnson Al-Anabi Racing dragster past current points leader Antron Brown to grab his third win of the season. Dixon’s run of 4.553 seconds was enough to give him his fifth win at Englishtown and 46th of his career.

“We’ve had a lot of success at this race,” said Dixon. “The race used to be Father’s Day at Columbus, and we won out until they moved the Father’s Day to here. I was like, ‘Wow, I haven’t won Englishtown in a long time. It would be cool to do that,’ nonchalantly saying that at the beginning of the season. And then all of a sudden, you get to go to a bunch of finals and win here. This is a great track, and there’s so much history here. Racing on the same track as ‘Jungle’ and Garlits and Shirley and all my heroes that I grew up watching race is a great deal.”

With the win, Dixon was able to move past Top Fuel pilot Brandon Bernstein and take over the third spot, just 97 points behind leader Brown.

Defending Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin drove his JEGS.com Chevy Cobalt to a 6.598 at 209.49 past runner-up Mike Edwards to grab his fifth win of the season and second consecutive win of 2009. It also gave the four-time world champ his third win in Englishtown and 45th of his career.

“It’s taken some craftiness on our part,” said Coughlin, of his two wins over Edwards, who had the better performing car in both instances. “In the pits, the guys have been doing a fantastic job. We qualified eighth, which was not where we wanted to be, but when the weather mixed up Saturday, we just wanted to make sure that we got down the racetrack. Ideally, we wanted to be in the top eight for lane choice first round, and we finished eighth. We knew we had a lot to work with. We figured we could get within a hundredth and a half or two-hundredths of Mike Edwards and could probably pace with anybody else out there, and as it turned out, that’s about the way it turned out.”

In Pro Stock Motorcycle Craig Treble drove his Honda of Kingston Suzuki to a 6.955 at 193.10 past defending world champion Eddie Krawiec and picked up his second win of the season, 14th of his career and second at Englishtown.

“This track loves me, and I love it,” said Treble. “I don’t know what it is but I really like it here. The guys like Matt Smith and Eddie [Krawiec] that went 6.90 were out of my league. I did not have a .90 in my bike. Of course, I don’t feel bad about the final because Eddie whipped my butt the last time we raced. I owed that to him. I was doing okay on the starting line, but I just let it fly in the final and went .007. I should have done that other three rounds, but it worked. I’m looking forward to the west coast swing now. I’ve got a major engine overhaul coming up after Norwalk, and I can afford it now.”

With the win, Treble moved from sixth to fourth in the Pro Stock Motorcycle point standings. 

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SATURDAY QUALIFYING - FORCE HOOD AND SCHUMACHER HOLD ON THE TOP SPOTS; KRISHER AND ARANA TAKE NO. 1’S AT RAIN SHORTENED SUPERNATIONALS

Ashley Force Hood held on to the No. 1 qualifier in Funny Car as rain ended qualifying early at the 40th annual United Association NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J.

Tony Schumacher also kept the top position in Top Fuel while Ron Krisher and Hector Arana were able to move in to the top spots in their respective categories before rain showers hit at the 11th of 24 events on the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.

Force Hood continued her No. 1 qualifier success, as her Friday pass of 4.071-seconds at 303.37 mph in her Castrol GTX Ford Mustang stay strong to give Force Hood her fourth No. 1 qualifier in the past six races.

 “Thankfully, all three of our runs were good runs,” said Force Hood, who clocked a 4.202 on Saturday’s run. “We’ll take any of our qualifying runs on race day. We would have liked to have gotten a fourth run, but we are just as content to go into race day with three runs. We’ll see what we can do here at Englishtown tomorrow.”

Current points leader Ron Capps starts 10th in the field while defending event winner Tim Wilkerson will start seventh.

In Top Fuel, Schumacher’s Friday run in his U.S. Army dragster of 3.818 at 314.46 stayed strong to give the driver his first No. 1 qualifier of the season and 57th of his career.

“We’re certainly happy to have our first No. 1 of the year, especially considering we have a first-round bye,” said Schumacher. “We can always use the free 20 points whenever we can get them.”

Four-time Englishtown winner Larry Dixon took the second spot heading into Sunday’s eliminations while points leader Antron Brown took the fifth spot.

Ron Krisher took advantage of the cool weather on shortened session and grabbed the No. 1 qualifier in Pro Stock. Krisher drove his Valvoline Chevy Cobalt to a 6.583 at 209.30. It’s Krisher’s first No. 1 qualifier of the season and 15th of his career.

"We’ve got the same motor we’ve had in all year; we’ve just been having trouble with the car and the clutch,” said Krisher. “But we learned a lot of things this weekend. We knew what we were looking at, and we knew what we had to do to fix it, and when we went out this morning, it was fixed. We were picking it up on every run, but Allen [Johnson] snuck past us last night.”

Current points leader and defending world champion Jeg Coughlin took the 8th spot while defending event winner Greg Anderson will start the race in the third spot.

In Pro Stock Motorcycle Hector Arana was able to move past Craig Treble and take the top spot. Arana drove his Lucas Oil Buell to a 6.965 at 189.87 to pick up his first No. 1 qualifier of the season and only second in his 165-race career.

“This is the first time in a long time that I’ve been No. 1 and it feels pretty good,” said Arana. “I’ve been close a couple of times but someone, usually Matt Smith, comes along and knocks me down at the last minute. I did my rain dance so nobody got that chance today. Seriously, I think we were going to be okay even if we had run because that 6.96 was pretty good.”

Sunday’s eliminations begin at 11 a.m.

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First-round pairings for professional eliminations Sunday for the 40th annual United Association NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, the 11th of 24 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.  Pairings based on results in qualifying, which ended Saturday. DNQs listed below pairings.

Top Fuel -- 1. Tony Schumacher, 3.818 seconds, 314.46 mph  vs. Bye; 2. Larry Dixon, 3.836, 314.24  vs. 15. Rit Pustari, broke; 3. Cory McClenathan, 3.844, 315.34  vs. 14. Steven Chrisman, 7.697, 284.56; 4. Morgan Lucas, 3.858, 308.07  vs. 13. Terry Haddock, 4.098, 293.47; 5. Antron Brown, 3.871, 315.05  vs. 12. Joe Hartley, 4.062, 292.14; 6. Shawn Langdon, 3.882, 306.67  vs. 11. Terry McMillen, 4.061, 293.60; 7. Brandon Bernstein, 3.884, 302.48  vs. 10. Spencer Massey, 3.985, 294.11; 8. Clay Millican, 3.885, 311.05  vs. 9. Doug Kalitta, 3.959, 305.15.

Funny Car -- 1. Ashley Force Hood, Ford Mustang, 4.071, 303.37  vs. 16. Jack Beckman, Dodge Charger, 8.043, 73.56; 2. Mike Neff, Mustang, 4.110, 295.14  vs. 15. Jerry Toliver, Chevy Monte Carlo, 6.311, 119.86; 3. Tony Pedregon, Chevy Impala, 4.142, 291.95  vs. 14. Cory Lee, 6.140, 119.05; 4. Robert Hight, Mustang, 4.148, 292.01  vs. 13. John Force, Mustang, 4.344, 232.55; 5. Bob Tasca III, Mustang, 4.166, 295.92  vs. 12. Jeff Arend, Toyota Solara, 4.271, 292.65; 6. Del Worsham, Solara, 4.170, 292.77  vs. 11. Matt Hagan, Charger, 4.244, 286.74; 7. Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, 4.177, 294.50  vs. 10. Ron Capps, Charger, 4.196, 277.66; 8. Jim Head, Solara, 4.180, 293.98  vs. 9. Cruz Pedregon, Solara, 4.196, 290.44.

Pro Stock -- 1. Ron Krisher, Chevy Cobalt, 6.583, 209.30  vs. 16. V. Gaines, Dodge Stratus, 6.667, 206.04; 2. Mike Edwards, Pontiac GXP, 6.598, 209.46  vs. 15. Rodger Brogdon, GXP, 6.654, 207.05; 3. Greg Anderson, GXP, 6.600, 209.23  vs. 14. David Beckley, Stratus, 6.642, 208.10; 4. Kurt Johnson, Cobalt, 6.605, 208.52  vs. 13. Justin Humphreys, GXP, 6.639, 208.33; 5. Allen Johnson, Stratus, 6.607, 208.94  vs. 12. Larry Morgan, Stratus, 6.636, 207.46; 6. Warren Johnson, GXP, 6.613, 208.84  vs. 11. Johnny Gray, Stratus, 6.632, 208.65; 7. Greg Stanfield, GXP, 6.618, 208.68  vs. 10. Rickie Jones, Stratus, 6.629, 207.30; 8. Jeg Coughlin, Cobalt, 6.620, 208.91  vs. 9. Jason Line, GXP, 6.629, 208.88.
Did Not Qualify: 17. Dave Northrop, 6.674, 206.70; 18. Ryan Ondrejko, 6.688, 205.38; 19. Ronnie Humphrey, 6.716, 205.88; 20. Bob Benza, 6.734, 205.35; 21. Erica Enders, 6.764, 203.65; 22. John Gaydosh Jr, 6.825, 202.42.

Pro Stock Motorcycle -- 1. Hector Arana, Buell, 6.965, 189.87  vs. 16. Bailey Whitaker, Buell, 7.187, 182.97; 2. Matt Guidera, Buell, 6.985, 187.96  vs. 15. Joe DeSantis, Suzuki, 7.179, 187.57; 3. Craig Treble, Suzuki, 7.008, 190.43  vs. 14. Mike Berry, Buell, 7.149, 183.89; 4. Eddie Krawiec, Harley-Davidson, 7.011, 188.65  vs. 13. Wesley Wells, Suzuki, 7.129, 182.50; 5. Andrew Hines, Harley-Davidson, 7.012, 186.33  vs. 12. Junior Pippin, Buell, 7.102, 185.61; 6. Karen Stoffer, Suzuki, 7.023, 188.73  vs. 11. Shawn Gann, Buell, 7.069, 186.69; 7. Michael Phillips, Suzuki, 7.042, 191.35  vs. 10. Matt Smith, Suzuki, 7.065, 184.98; 8. Steve Johnson, Suzuki, 7.049, 188.20  vs. 9. Douglas Horne, Buell, 7.049, 186.43.
 

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FRIDAY QUALIFYING - SCHUMACHER SITS NO. 1 IN ENGLISHTOWN; FORCE HOOD, JOHNSON, TREBLE ALSO IN PROVISIONAL SPOTS AT OLD BRIDGE RACEWAY PARK

Tony Schumacher raced to the provisional No. 1 qualifier at the 40th annual United Association NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J.

Ashley Force Hood, Allen Johnson and Craig Treble also took the provisional top spots in their respective categories at the 11th of 24 events on the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.

Schumacher, the defending event winner, drove his U.S. Army dragster to a 3.818-second pass at 314.46 mph to become the provisional top qualifier in Top Fuel. If it stands it would be Schumacher’s first No. 1 qualifier of the season, 57th of his career and second at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.

 “The track is outstanding,” said Schumacher. “The track itself is a great surface, and you’ve got to watch the weather. When you know there are only 15 cars, which is something that very seldom happens at a race, and you know that No. 1 guy gets that bye, you have to go for it. I knew it was there.”

Current points leader Antron Brown sits fifth after the first day of qualifying, while four-time Englishtown winner Larry Dixon is second.

In Funny Car, Force Hood drove her Castrol GTX Ford Mustang to a 4.071 at 303.37 to take the provisional No. 1 spot. If it stands, it would be Force Hood’s fourth No. 1 qualifier of the season, seventh of her career and third in the past four races.

“We’re on a great roll, but as soon as you start to think about that or get a little cocky about it, it will go right out the window,” said Force Hood. “We’re trying not to think too far ahead. We know we have a really consistent car, and we go into every weekend just trying to do everything the same way. It really helps to have that sort of consistency, and it shows in the performance of the car.”

Current points leader Ron Capps is sitting in the 10th spot while defending event winner Tim Wilkerson is seventh after one day of qualifying.

Topeka winner and Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson took the provisional top spot in his category. Johnson drove his Mopar Dodge Stratus to a 6.607 at 208.23 and looks to collect his first No. 1 qualifier of the season and seventh of his career.

“(Mike Edwards) is just basically the person who made us do that run,” said Johnson. “He’s just beating everybody right now, and we just decided to roll the dice and really get aggressive with our set-up on that good track, and it worked.”

Current points leader and defending world champion Jeg Coughlin sits the 11th spot, while defending event winner Greg Anderson is in the fifth position.

In Pro Stock Motorcycle, 2007 Englishtown winner Craig Treble took the provisional No. 1 spot. Treble drove his Team Scream Suzuki to a 7.008 at 190.43. If it stands, it would be Treble’s first No. 1 qualifier of the season and fourth of his career.

“The conditions got a lot better, so I leaned it out and tightened the clutch,” said Treble. “We made a nice clean run, and it ran a good number. We’ve got a good barometer here and that certainly helps the Suzukis. Any time we race at the sea level tracks it’s usually good for us.”

Qualifying continues Saturday with sessions at Noon and 3 p.m. Sunday’s eliminations begin at 11 a.m.

 

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Results Friday after the first two of four rounds of qualifying for the 40th annual United Association NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, 11th of 24 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.  Qualifying will continue Saturday for Sunday's final eliminations.

Top Fuel -- 1. Tony Schumacher, 3.818 seconds, 314.46 mph; 2. Larry Dixon, 3.836, 314.24; 3. Cory McClenathan, 3.844, 315.34; 4. Morgan Lucas, 3.858, 308.07; 5. Antron Brown, 3.871, 315.05; 6. Brandon Bernstein, 3.884, 302.48; 7. Clay Millican, 3.885, 311.05; 8. Shawn Langdon, 3.916, 306.67; 9. Doug Kalitta, 3.959, 305.15; 10. Spencer Massey, 3.985, 294.11; 11. Terry McMillen, 4.061, 293.60; 12. Joe Hartley, 4.062, 292.14.  Not Qualified: 13. Terry Haddock, 4.067, 293.47; 14. Steven Chrisman, 4.151, 284.56; 15. Rit Pustari, 4.312, 273.05.

Funny Car -- 1. Ashley Force Hood, Ford Mustang, 4.071, 303.37; 2. Mike Neff, Mustang, 4.110, 295.14; 3. Tony Pedregon, Chevy Impala, 4.142, 285.11; 4. Robert Hight, Mustang, 4.148, 292.01; 5. Bob Tasca III, Mustang, 4.166, 295.92; 6. Del Worsham, Toyota Solara, 4.170, 292.77; 7. Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, 4.177, 294.50; 8. Jim Head, Solara, 4.180, 293.98; 9. Cruz Pedregon, Solara, 4.196, 290.44; 10. Ron Capps, Dodge Charger, 4.196, 277.66; 11. Jeff Arend, Solara, 4.271, 292.65; 12. John Force, Mustang, 4.445, 214.25.  Not Qualified: 13. Matt Hagan, 4.592, 197.16; 14.
Jerry Toliver, 5.246, 162.27; 15. Jack Beckman, 5.665, 157.06; 16. Cory Lee, 6.021, 114.54.

Pro Stock -- 1. Allen Johnson, Dodge Stratus, 6.607, 208.23; 2. Mike Edwards, Pontiac GXP, 6.610, 209.46; 3. Ron Krisher, Chevy Cobalt, 6.629, 208.84; 4. Warren Johnson, GXP, 6.639, 208.78; 5. Greg Anderson, GXP, 6.642, 208.07; 6. Kurt Johnson, Cobalt, 6.642, 208.04; 7. Greg Stanfield, GXP, 6.650, 207.91; 8. Rickie Jones, Stratus, 6.653, 206.76; 9. Jason Line, GXP, 6.654, 207.53; 10. Rodger Brogdon, GXP, 6.654, 207.05; 11. Jeg Coughlin, Cobalt, 6.655, 207.85; 12. Larry Morgan, Stratus, 6.665, 206.54.  Not Qualified: 13. Johnny Gray, 6.679, 207.82; 14. David Beckley, 6.682, 207.21; 15. V. Gaines, 6.684, 205.69; 16. Dave Northrop, 6.687, 206.13; 17. Justin Humphreys, 6.695, 208.33; 18. Ronnie Humphrey, 6.706, 205.69; 19. Ryan Ondrejko, 6.722, 205.38; 20. Bob Benza, 6.724, 205.01; 21. Erica Enders, 6.766, 202.88; 22. John Gaydosh Jr, 6.818, 201.91.

Pro Stock Motorcycle -- 1. Craig Treble, Suzuki, 7.008, 190.43; 2. Eddie Krawiec, Harley-Davidson, 7.019, 188.36; 3. Michael Phillips, Suzuki, 7.042, 191.35; 4. Steve Johnson, Suzuki, 7.049, 188.20; 5. Karen Stoffer, Suzuki, 7.050, 188.73; 6. Douglas Horne, Buell, 7.053, 186.43; 7. Matt Smith, Suzuki, 7.065, 184.98; 8. Shawn Gann, Buell, 7.069, 186.69; 9. Andrew Hines, Harley-Davidson, 7.071, 185.26; 10. Matt Guidera, Buell, 7.088, 183.52; 11. Hector Arana, Buell, 7.100, 187.11; 12. Junior Pippin, Buell, 7.102, 185.61.  Not Qualified: 13. Mike Berry, 7.137, 183.89; 14. Joe DeSantis, 7.143, 187.57; 15. Wesley Wells, 7.165, 181.79; 16. Bailey Whitaker, 7.173, 182.97.

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WEDNESDAY EVENT PREVIEW -TASCA LOOKS FOR SUCCESS AT HOME TRACK ON NHRA FULL THROTTLE TOUR

Bob Tasca’s mail is delivered to his home in Rhode Island, but he can think of no better place to haul the mail than the track that he considers his home away from home, just a short blast down I-95 in New Jersey.

Tasca has been going to races at venerable Old Bridge Township Raceway Park all of his life.

He watched his grandfather race there. It’s where he was bit by the drag racing bug himself and the place where he won his very first NHRA national event – in Top Alcohol Funny Car during his sportsman racing days.

Now he is focused on earning his first professional victory there, and second overall, June 11-14 at the United Association NHRA SuperNationals. Tony Schumacher, Tim Wilkerson, Greg Anderson and Chip Ellis are the defending winners in their respective categories at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event, which will be televised by ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD.

Tasca, a sophomore in NHRA Funny Car competition, raced to his first career victory earlier this season at the ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway in Flordia. It was an emotional scene as he celebrated with is Motorcraft/Quick Lane Shelby Ford Mustang crew. If he’s able to win at Englishtown, the celebration would be off the charts.

“The history at Englishtown is almost unparalleled,” Tasca said. “It’s my home track.  There are so many fans from Rhode Island and neighboring areas that come down and watch us race.  It’s pretty historic for me only because it’s a track that my grandfather performed very well at and had countless match races over the years. There are magic moments in everyone’s life and for me, one of the greatest magic moments was Englishtown when I won that first national event in my alcohol funny car and my entire family was there.  I really think it played a big role in me getting my (Funny Car) sponsorship with Motorcraft and Quick Lane.  The Ford executives were there, they saw the crowds, the passion and then they saw us win. It’s a place where if we raced 24 times there, it wouldn’t bother me a bit.  I’m looking to get a win in the fuel car in front of the home crowd and the Motorcraft Racing Experience will be there.  In case you didn’t know, I’m real excited about Englishtown.”

Tasca, who struggled somewhat in his freshman season and finished outside the top 10 in points, says winning at Gainesville in March really set the stage for what he feels like this team is able to accomplish. A partnership with Wilkerson where the two teams share data and tuning information has also been extremely beneficial.

“I think it’s not what we learned (from winning at Gainesville), it’s what we proved,” said Tasca, who is currently eighth in the Funny Car point standings. “It’s what we proved to our sponsor, the fans, the racers and ourselves that we are winners and that we have what it takes to win.  That to me was very important.  It was important for me to prove to my team that I could perform as a driver and I know it was so important for them to prove to Ford and to our program that they can deliver a race car that could win.  We knew it.  We believed it, but proving it is everything.  I don’t think the Gainesville win changed my goals for the season. Our expectation is to win and it’s not to win one race, but it’s to win multiple races.  It is about putting ourselves in a position to run for the championship.  That was the goal going into this year, to get in the top 10, stay in the top 10 and be a contender to race for the championship. Nobody can guarantee a championship.  That’s pretty evident when you see the level of competition out there.  However, you want to guarantee yourself a chance to win a championship.  That was our goal coming into the season, winning hasn’t deviated that at all, but it is about proving to the world that we could win and getting that first win behind us is certainly a great accomplishment in only our 27th race.”

With so much familiarity at Raceway Park, Tasca says that the key to racing there is really all about team preparation, not in specific challenges that the track itself presents.

“Englishtown can be really fast, but because the race takes place in the middle of summer, it’s a hot race track,” Tasca said. “The key of racing in Englishtown, I don’t think is any different than racing at any other track.  You have to go in with a race car that is predictable.  We have a Motorcraft/Quick Lane Shelby Mustang that is very predictable, it’s better on a hot track than a cool track but it goes A to B a lot and it goes A to B fast.  At Bristol on a 121-degree race track, we ran low ET on Saturday.  Going into Englishtown, the key to us will be us, not Englishtown.  It will be how well we’re prepared.  It’s the decision-making processes that the crew chiefs go through, it’s the driver performing.  The key to win Englishtown is us. We hold the key and how we manage the race will ultimately how well we do.”

While Tasca will be focused on moving up in the points order, Ron Capps has led the standings all season in his NAPA Dodge Charger and will be looking for another win. Hard-charging Del Worsham posted back-to-back victories in St. Louis and Bristol in his Al-Anabi Racing Toyota Solara and is a two-time winner at Englishtown. Others to watch include defending world champion Cruz Pedregon, a two-time winner at the track, along with other past E-town winners Tony Pedregon, Tasca teammate Wilkerson and John Force, a four-time winner.

Former bike racer and local favorite Antron Brown, a native of Chesterfield, N.J. who now calls Indianapolis home, is having great success in his transition to Top Fuel competition in his Matco Tools dragster and is currently leading the point standings following a runner-up finish at Chicago. Tony Schumacher continues to be tough to beat in the 7,000 horsepower category as the six-time world champ is winning races once again in his U.S. Army dragster, except this time with a new crew chief, Mike Green, and a brand new crew. Other top contenders include Brandon Bernstein, Cory McClenathan, Morgan Lucas and Larry Dixon, a four-time winner at the historic dragstrip.

Jeg Coughlin, Jason Line, Mike Edwards and Greg Anderson are the front-runners in Pro Stock, while defending series champ Eddie Krawiec, Andrew Hines, Matt Smith and rookie Doug Horne are among the favorites in Pro Stock Motorcycle.    

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