Competition Plus’ Water-Cooler Topics From The NHRA Sonoma Nationals in Sonoma, California. 1 – FATHER KNOWS BEST – Greg Stanfield could hardly hold back his emotions Sunday in Sonoma shortly

Photos byTodd Dziadosz, Robert Richards ELIMINATIONS SATURDAY IHRA OUTLAW NITRO SERIES ELIMINATIONS AT MILAN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER Rain forced the postponement of IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series eliminations Saturday at

Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt, NHRA SATURDAY NOTEBOOK – ANOTHER BLINDING FUNNY CAR EXPLOSION HAS DRIVERS TALKING, MATT SMITH WINS GETTRX CASH 1 – WILKERSON: SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE

Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt, NHRA SUNDAY FINAL – PROCK, KALITTA, G. STANFIELD, GADSON SCORE WINS AT QUICK AND FAST NHRA SONOMA NATIONALS Struggles in qualifying only proved to

Photos by Robert Richard by Bobby Bennett, A.J. England; Photos by Robert Richard JOON, WORSHAM CLAIM TOP WINS AT IHRA OUTLAW NITRO SERIES Lex Joon and Del Worsham took home

Competition Plus’ random water-cooler topics from the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Seattle’s Pacific Raceways 1 – KALITTA, FORCE THRILL IN ROUND 1 – Brittany Force and Doug

Photos by Ron Lewis, Larry Pfister, NHRA SATURDAY NOTEBOOK – TOP FUEL OWNER-DRIVER REED SUFFERS HAND INJURY IN JOLTING 290-MPH QUALIFYING CRASH, PACIFIC RACEWAYS BOSS FIORITO TO WORK FOR FULL

Photos by Ron Lewis, Larry Pfister, NHRA SUNDAY FINAL – LANGDON, HAGAN, GLENN, AND HERRERA WIN NHRA NORTHWEST NATIONALS TITLES IN SEATTLE Shawn Langdon moved into the Top Fuel points

Notebook by Bobby Bennett, Allie Hartman; Photos by Todd Dziadosz, Robert Richard RACE NOTEBOOK – THE IHRA’S RETURN IS OFFICIALLY COMPLETED 1- THERE’S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING – In