Monday, September 30, 2013
NHRA NEWS: NHRA WELCOMES DYNO DOM'S SIKESTON RACEWAY TO NHRA MEMBER TRACK NETWORK
NHRA NEWS: TOP FUEL'S ANTRON BROWN READY TO REWRITE RECORD BOOKS AGAINAT MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY
Fayetteville Motorsports Park Takes D9 Summit Team Finals Championship
Division 9 Summit Team Finals Team Standings
1. Fayetteville Motorsports Park – 67
2. Greer Dragway – 47
3. Mooresville Dragway – 46
4. Farmington Dragway – 44
5. Dunn-Benson Dragstrip – 41
6. Piedmont Dragway – 34
7. Elk Creek Dragway – 22
8. Coastal Plains Dragway – 14
9. Rockingham Dragway – 12
SUMMIT SUPERSERIES RESULTS
SUMMIT SUPERSERIES RUNOFF TOP ET – Tim Lucas (Fayetteville) .010 RT, 6.247, 107.75 def. Michael Paschal (Farmington) .014 RT, 4.634, 148.27
SUMMIT SUPERSERIES RUNOFF MOD ET – Brian Perkins (Dunn-Benson) .030 RT, 6.734, 101.93 def. Jim "Bo" Sells (Elk Creek) -.008 FOUL
SUMMIT SUPERSERIES RUNOFF JUNIOR – Noah Strickland (Mooresville) .049 RT, 7.916, 81.65 def. Dawson Wiggins (Dunn-Benson) .067 RT, 9.043, 72.13
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Main Event Top ET – Cameron Manuel (Farmington) .008 RT, 4.923, 103.56 def. Jut Crumpler (Dunn-Benson) BROKE
Main Event Mod ET – Jeff Longhany (Fayetteville) .014 RT, 6.615, 102.83 def. Rodney Lunsford (Piedmont) .018 RT, 6.686, 102.98
Main Event Juniors – Zachary Houser (Farmington) .017 RT, 7.913, 82.71 def. Luke Eggers (Farmington) .024 RT, 8.244, 79.24
9/30/13 Drag Racing News
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Sunday, September 29, 2013
NHRA NEWS: PRO MOD SERIES RESULTS SUNDAY FROM ST. LOUIS
SMITH CAPTURES SEASON CROWN, CASTELLANA RACES TO EVENT VICTORY AT AAA INSURANCE NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS AT GATEWAY MOTORSPORTS PARK
MADISON, Ill. – Veteran racer Rickie Smith took advantage of several early exits by most of his series challengers and captured the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series world championship title Sunday at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park near St. Louis.
Smith claimed his first season championship title in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series when he took the semifinal victory over event top qualifier Jim Laurita. He was ultimately denied the race victory in the final round as Mike Castellana pulled away for the win.
Smith, who says he will retire from the cockpit after this season, was emotional in the media center after being declared the champion with one race remaining on the Pro Mod season schedule. Smith leads second-place Castellana by 142 points and a maximum of 138 points is available to a single racer at each event.
“It’s been a long time since we won a championship, we won seven titles [IHRA Pro Stock and Super Modified] but the last one was in 1989,” said the 59-year-old Smith from King, N.C. “I’ve been doing this for 40 solid years. I drive my own truck and put my own awning up and it’s time to back off, be a crew chief and let these young guys do it. I am tickled to death to pull this deal off. I want to thank IDG for giving me this time to finish my career out. I want to walk away from this thing a champion.”
New York native Castellana outran newly-crowned series champion Smith in the final round to take his first victory of the season and fourth of his career. He powered his Al-Anabi Racing ’68 Camaro to a winning performance of 6.084 seconds at 194.72 mph to finish in front of Smith’s late model IDG Chevy Camaro, which slowed near mid-track.
Castellana advanced to the final round by scoring early round wins over Ron Muenks, Dan Stevenson and Robert Patrick.
Smith’s road to the series crown was opened when title challengers Mike Janis, Von Smith, Kenny Lang and Danny Rowe all lost in the first round and defending world champ Troy Coughlin lost to Laurita in the second round.
The NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series season concludes with the NHRA Toyota Nationals, Oct. 24-27 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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MADISON, Ill. -- Final finish order (1-16) at the Second annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park. The race is the ninth of 10 events in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series.
PRO MODIFIED:
1. Mike Castellana; 2. Rickie Smith; 3. Jim Laurita; 4. Robert Patrick Jr.; 5. Harold Martin; 6. Dan Stevenson; 7. Kevin Fiscus; 8. Troy Coughlin; 9. Danny Rowe; 10. Chip King; 11. Kenny Lang; 12. Ron Muenks; 13. Mike Janis; 14. Von Smith; 15. Clint Satterfield; 16. Steve Matusek.
MADISON, Ill. -- Final round-by-round results from the Second annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park, the ninth of 10 events in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing
Series:
PRO MODIFIED:
ROUND ONE -- Troy Coughlin, Chevy Corvette, 7.246, 143.38 def. Mike Janis, Chevy Camaro, 11.096, 79.76; Kevin Fiscus, Ford Mustang, 5.949, 246.62 def. Chip King, Dodge Daytona, 5.979, 247.84; Dan Stevenson, Camaro, 5.904, 245.36 def. Von Smith, Camaro, broke; Rickie Smith, Camaro, 5.896, 243.02 def. Clint Satterfield, Pontiac Firebird, broke; Harold Martin, Corvette, 6.007, 235.35 def. Danny Rowe, Camaro, 5.938, 245.00; Mike Castellana, Camaro, 5.893, 243.59 def. Ron Muenks, Camaro, 8.532, 109.50; Robert Patrick Jr., Mustang, 5.934, 240.72 def. Kenny Lang, Corvette, 5.986, 244.56; Jim Laurita, Camaro, 5.820, 245.90 def. Steve Matusek, Mustang, broke;
QUARTERFINALS -- Patrick Jr., 5.921, 242.45 def. Fiscus, 7.659, 115.76; R. Smith, 5.894, 242.84 def. Martin, 6.227, 197.74; Laurita, 5.862, 244.43 def. Coughlin, 9.052, 99.12; Castellana, 5.855, 245.36 def. Stevenson, 6.285, 220.84;
SEMIFINALS -- R. Smith, 5.877, 244.87 def. Laurita, 9.396, 92.73; Castellana, 6.254, 171.23 def. Patrick Jr., broke;
FINAL -- Castellana, 6.084, 194.72 def. R. Smith, 7.060, 144.81.
MADISON, Ill. -- Point standings (top 10) following the Second annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park, the ninth of 10 events in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series
Pro Modified
1. Rickie Smith, 703*; 2. Mike Castellana, 561; 3. Von Smith, 557; 4. Mike Janis, 556; 5. Troy Coughlin, 537; 6. Kenny Lang, 490; 7. Danny Rowe, 470; 8. Pete Farber, 416; 9. Chip King, 360; 10. Clint Satterfield, 341.
*Clinched series championship title
NHRA NEWS: MELLO YELLO SERIES RESULTS SUNDAY FROM ST. LOUIS
FORCE, BROWN, ENDERS-STEVENS AND SMITH RACE TO MELLO YELLO SERIES VICTORIES AT AAA INSURANCE NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS
MADISON, Ill. – John Force raced to his 136th career victory and moved into position to earn a 16th Funny Car world championship title Sunday at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park near St. Louis.
Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Erica Enders-Stevens (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were winners at the 21st race of the season and third of six playoff events in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship.
Force powered to his second win of the season with a final round performance of 4.097 seconds at 310.13 mph in his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang, while defending world champ Jack Beckman trailed in his Valvoline/MTS Dodge Charger with a 4.127 at 309.84.
With the victory, Force, 64, now trails series leader Matt Hagan by six points.
Force defeated rookie Chad Head, longtime rival Ron Capps and teammate Robert Hight along the way to his third win at Gateway. Hagan, the event’s top qualifier who entered the day with a 63-point lead over second place Cruz Pedregon, lost to Beckman in the second round. Pedregon also went out early with a first round exit, which opened the door for Force to move to the top of the points order.
“We’ve got a [points] race now, and I’m excited,” Force said. “I had a good day. The most important thing for me was to see the crowd. They filled the bleachers. To win a championship you’ve gotta live it every day, and I’m not chasing a championship. I’ve been chasing Corporate America and taking care of our sponsors. My wife [Laurie] set me straight this morning, ‘she said, what you need to do is win. We need John Force to get back to winning races.’ Hey, I can do that. I ain’t going to say I will win another race or a championship, but I’ll be in the fight with these kids.”
The runner-up finish put the still-winless Beckman in third place in the standings, 44 back of Hagan. Robert Hight is fourth overall, 48 points back in his Auto Club Mustang. Two-time champ Pedregon dropped to fifth, 83 behind Hagan.
In Top Fuel, Brown claimed his third victory of the season and 40th of his career by defeating Khalid alBalooshi in the final round. Brown covered the distance in 3.788 at 323.97 in his Toyota/Matco Tools dragster to take his second consecutive win at this track, and third overall. Runner-up alBalooshi finished in 3.833 at 319.98 in his Al-Anabi Racing dragster.
Brown defeated Billy Torrence, Clay Millican and seven-time champ Tony Schumacher to advance to the final round. The effort ended a mini-slump for the defending world champion, who has not been in a final round since he won in Atlanta in early May. Since then he’s posted eight first round losses and a DNQ at the Countdown playoff opener in Charlotte.
“It’s no secret we’ve been struggling a lot more than what we had hoped to, and we had hoped we could have had a turnaround a little sooner, but we’re not going to go out without a fight,” Brown said. “The class is at an all-time high where everybody is running strong, but we just want to get back in the groove because it’s not going to be over until it’s over.”
Brown moved to sixth in the standings with the victory and now trails series leader Shawn Langdon by 102 points. Doug Kalitta and Spencer Massey, who both lost in the first round, are second and third, 33 and 35 points back respectively. Morgan Lucas is fourth overall, 45 points back and Schumacher is fifth.
“Our goal from here on out is to just go and race like it’s the last race out here, and we’re going to push really hard and hopefully go qualify top half again next weekend, and we’re just going to take it one round at a time,” Brown said. “If the next two races in a row we can creep up some points here and there, we can go into that last race in Pomona with a shot. That’s all we want is to have a shot, and it’s still in our scopes, so we’re not going to let that go, and we’re going to give it everything we’ve got.”
In Pro Stock, Enders-Stevens raced to her second consecutive victory at this event and scored the sixth win of her career by holding off Mike Edwards in the final round. Enders-Stevens used a reaction time advantage to claim her second win of the season, powering her Husky Liners Chevy Camaro to a run of 6.540 at 211.23 to finish in front of the quicker, but losing Interstate Batteries/I Am Second Camaro of Edwards, which posted a 6.532 at 212.36.
“This was a great day,” said Enders-Stevens, who beat Deric Kramer, Shane Gray and Rickie Jones to advance to the final round. “We had a consistent car in qualifying and a consistent car today. My guys showed their stuff, and we were able to get down the track when some other guys didn’t. I love St. Louis.”
Enders-Stevens, who missed six of the last eight races in the regular season due to lack of sponsorship, moves into fourth place in the points order with the victory, 60 back of Edwards, who regained the series lead. Jeg Coughlin is second overall, and Jason Line is third.
“This helped validate the faith that [new sponsor] Husky Liners had in me,” Enders-Stevens said. “They are pleased with what we’ve done, and that’s big because this deal only came together four days before the first [Countdown race] in Charlotte. Now we’re up to fourth in points, and I think we’re three rounds out of the lead, and we’re going to do our best to keep winning. This was a make-or-break weekend because if we had exited first or second round, the championship would have been out of reach. Now, the way we see it, this is our championship, and they’re going to have to take it from us.”
In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Smith rode to his second victory of the season and moved into the series lead by outrunning LE Tonglet in the final round. Smith scored his 15th win of his career and second at this track with a performance of 6.887 at 194.52 on his Viper Motorcycle Company Buell, while Tonglet trailed with a 6.950 at 192.14 on his Nitro Fish Suzuki.
Smith, who finally grabbed another Wally after posting three consecutive runner-up finishes in his last three final round appearances, defeated 71-year-old Joe DeSantis, defending world champ Eddie Krawiec and Countdown rival Michael Ray on his way to the final.
“This was important because I’ve messed up so much here lately in final rounds,” Smith said. “I’ve had the best bike and gave it up. It has been one thing after another. I could have won five or six races this year. This time, I tried not to mess up. When we got to the final, I knew we had a better bike, and I took the win and the points lead. Now we just need to see what happens the rest of the year.”
Smith now holds a 75-point lead over both Lucas Oil Buell riders Hector Arana Sr. and Hector Arana Jr., who are tied for second place. Smith says he is lucky to be in this position, considering he nearly didn’t get to race today after falling ill last night.
“I got sick last night with food poisoning, and I had an IV in me,” Smith said. “I have to say thanks to the doctors here or I wouldn’t be here today. I was hurting pretty bad. My blood pressure was really low, and they told me that if it didn’t improve, I wasn’t going to race today. I drank water all night, and at 9 a.m., they checked me again, and I felt a lot better. I was lucky I even got to race, and now I made it to the winner’s circle.”
The NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship continues Oct. 3-6 with the Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, Reading, Pa.
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MADISON, Ill. -- Final finish order (1-16) at the Second annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park. The race is the 21st of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.
TOP FUEL:
1. Antron Brown; 2. Khalid alBalooshi; 3. Tony Schumacher; 4. David Grubnic; 5. Morgan Lucas; 6. Shawn Langdon; 7. Clay Millican; 8. Brittany Force; 9. Doug Kalitta; 10. Bob Vandergriff; 11. Troy Buff; 12. Billy Torrence; 13. Spencer Massey; 14. Brandon Bernstein; 15. Terry McMillen; 16. Steve Torrence.
FUNNY CAR:
1. John Force; 2. Jack Beckman; 3. Robert Hight; 4. Del Worsham; 5. Ron Capps; 6. Matt Hagan; 7. Tim Wilkerson; 8. Courtney Force; 9. Alexis DeJoria; 10. Johnny Gray; 11. Tony Pedregon; 12. Jeff Arend; 13. Chad Head; 14. Daniel Wilkerson; 15. Cruz Pedregon; 16. Bob Tasca III.
PRO STOCK:
1. Erica Enders-Stevens; 2. Mike Edwards; 3. Greg Anderson; 4. Rickie Jones; 5. Jeg Coughlin; 6. Allen Johnson; 7. Matt Hartford; 8. Shane Gray; 9. Jason Line; 10. V. Gaines; 11. Greg Stanfield; 12. Larry Morgan; 13. Buddy Perkinson; 14. Deric Kramer; 15. Steve Kent; 16. Vincent Nobile.
PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE:
1. Matt Smith; 2. LE Tonglet; 3. Michael Ray; 4. Scotty Pollacheck; 5. Eddie Krawiec; 6. Hector Arana; 7. Jerry Savoie; 8. John Hall; 9. Adam Arana; 10. Hector Arana Jr; 11. Steve Johnson; 12. Andrew Hines; 13. Shawn Gann; 14. Mike Berry; 15. Joe DeSantis; 16. Jim Underdahl.
MADISON, Ill. -- Sunday's final results from the Second annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park. The race is the 21st of 24 in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series:
Top Fuel -- Antron Brown, 3.788 seconds, 323.97 mph def. Khalid alBalooshi, 3.833 seconds, 319.98 mph.
Funny Car -- John Force, Ford Mustang, 4.097, 310.13 def. Jack Beckman, Dodge Charger, 4.127, 309.84.
Pro Stock -- Erica Enders-Stevens, Chevy Camaro, 6.540, 211.23 def. Mike Edwards, Camaro, 6.532, 212.36.
Pro Stock Motorcycle -- Matt Smith, Buell, 6.887, 194.52 def. LE Tonglet, Suzuki, 6.950, 192.14.
Pro Modified -- Mike Castellana, Chevy Camaro, 6.084, 194.72 def. Rickie Smith, Camaro, 7.060, 144.81.
Super Stock -- Bill Rowe, Chevy Nova, 9.820, 133.05 def. Bo Butner, Ford Mustang, foul.
Stock Eliminator -- Kevin Stubbs, Chevy Camaro, 10.425, 125.45 def. Britt Cummings, Chevy Corvette, 10.530, 123.32.
Super Comp -- William Carrell, Dragster, 8.893, 173.49 def. Chris Sullivan, Dragster, 8.868, 167.53.
Super Gas -- Marlin Snyder, Buick Opel GT, 9.862, 160.63 def. Luke Bogacki, Chevy Corvette, foul.
Top Dragster -- Lane Dicken, Dragster, 6.891, 183.59 def. Phillip Oakley, Dragster, 6.583, 196.07.
Top Sportsman -- Robert Irby, Chevy Corvette, 7.106, 188.23 def. Rick Bowman, Chevy Camaro, 7.079, 190.97.
MADISON, Ill. -- Final round-by-round results from the Second annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park, the 21st of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing
Series:
TOP FUEL:
ROUND ONE -- Morgan Lucas, 3.776, 324.20 def. Doug Kalitta, 3.773, 323.81; Khalid alBalooshi, 3.806, 322.50 def. Bob Vandergriff, 3.859, 319.22; Shawn Langdon, 3.761, 326.16 def. Troy Buff, 4.988, 134.91; Tony Schumacher, 3.796, 324.28 def. Terry McMillen, 6.382, 101.45; Clay Millican, 4.172, 207.18 def. Spencer Massey, 5.489, 31.02; Brittany Force, 3.825, 317.34 def. Brandon Bernstein, 5.966, 112.13; Antron Brown, 3.827, 321.73 def. Billy Torrence, 5.454, 134.59; David Grubnic, 4.138, 261.27 def. Steve Torrence, 7.162, 92.28;
QUARTERFINALS -- Brown, 3.805, 321.58 def. Millican, 4.837, 134.52; alBalooshi, 3.816, 322.88 def. Force, 4.887, 145.96; Schumacher, 3.784, 322.88 def. Lucas, foul; Grubnic, 3.860, 319.37 def. Langdon, 4.192, 238.76;
SEMIFINALS -- alBalooshi, 3.864, 303.78 def. Grubnic, 4.193, 222.14; Brown, 3.783, 322.88 def. Schumacher, 3.834, 322.42;
FINAL -- Brown, 3.788, 323.97 def. alBalooshi, 3.833, 319.98.
FUNNY CAR:
ROUND ONE -- Ron Capps, Dodge Charger, 4.065, 313.51 def. Bob Tasca III, Ford Mustang, 11.610, 63.89; Robert Hight, Mustang, 4.057, 314.75 def. Jeff Arend, Charger, 4.176, 298.21; Courtney Force, Mustang, 4.056, 318.24 def. Tony Pedregon, Toyota Camry, 4.143, 296.57; John Force, Mustang, 4.038, 314.24 def. Chad Head, Camry, 6.684, 92.89; Matt Hagan, Charger, 4.074, 314.53 def. Daniel Wilkerson, Mustang, 7.000, 93.71; Del Worsham, Camry, 4.126, 311.34 def. Johnny Gray, Charger, 4.118, 310.77; Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, 4.687, 200.50 def. Cruz Pedregon, Camry, 8.247, 87.14; Jack Beckman, Charger, 4.079, 312.78 def. Alexis DeJoria, Camry, 4.110, 310.70;
QUARTERFINALS -- Beckman, 4.088, 308.64 def. Hagan, 4.187, 304.53; Hight, 4.078, 314.61 def. T. Wilkerson, 4.209, 290.51; J. Force, 4.095, 312.21 def. Capps, 4.108, 308.99; Worsham, 4.119, 311.77 def. C. Force, 5.304, 148.85;
SEMIFINALS -- Beckman, 4.546, 253.47 def. Worsham, 4.926, 181.47; J. Force, 4.111, 311.70 def. Hight, 4.589, 232.95;
FINAL -- J. Force, 4.097, 310.13 def. Beckman, 4.127, 309.84.
PRO STOCK:
ROUND ONE -- Rickie Jones, Chevy Camaro, 6.546, 211.10 def. Buddy Perkinson, Camaro, 6.570, 212.03; Mike Edwards, Camaro, 6.529, 211.46 def. Jason Line, Camaro, 6.521, 211.93; Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.537, 211.16 def. Vincent Nobile, Dodge Avenger, 7.902, 123.13; Shane Gray, Camaro, 6.559, 211.06 def. Steve Kent, Camaro, foul; Erica Enders-Stevens, Camaro, 6.544, 211.16 def. Deric Kramer, Avenger, foul; Matt Hartford, Avenger, 6.585, 210.41 def. V. Gaines, Avenger, 6.552, 212.36; Allen Johnson, Avenger, 6.527, 212.03 def. Larry Morgan, Ford Mustang, 6.566, 209.98; Jeg Coughlin, Avenger, 6.541, 211.39 def. Greg Stanfield, Camaro, foul;
QUARTERFINALS -- Enders-Stevens, 6.556, 211.06 def. Gray, 28.128, 24.81; Anderson, 6.571, 210.47 def. Coughlin, 6.539, 210.57; Edwards, 6.533, 211.26 def. Hartford, 6.606, 210.11; Jones, 6.537, 211.83 def. A. Johnson, 6.543, 211.86;
SEMIFINALS -- Enders-Stevens, 6.555, 210.87 def. Jones, 14.094, 60.23; Edwards, 6.529, 211.93 def. Anderson, 6.560, 210.73;
FINAL -- Enders-Stevens, 6.540, 211.23 def. Edwards, 6.532, 212.36.
PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE:
ROUND ONE -- LE Tonglet, Suzuki, 6.872, 193.68 def. Adam Arana, Buell, 6.860, 194.41; Jerry Savoie, Suzuki, 6.878, 193.07 def. Hector Arana Jr, Buell, 6.861, 192.55; Eddie Krawiec, Harley-Davidson, 6.866, 192.77 def. Steve Johnson, Suzuki, 6.924, 192.63; Scotty Pollacheck, Buell, 6.881, 193.18 def. Jim Underdahl, Suzuki, 7.237, 154.58; Michael Ray, Buell, 6.860, 193.13 def. Shawn Gann, Buell, 6.939, 192.55; Hector Arana, Buell, 6.895, 195.36 def. Mike Berry, Buell, foul; John Hall, Buell, 6.851, 192.71 def. Andrew Hines, Harley-Davidson, 6.932, 191.84; Matt Smith, Buell, 6.845, 195.70 def. Joe DeSantis, Suzuki, 6.989, 189.15;
QUARTERFINALS -- Tonglet, 6.883, 193.63 def. H. Arana, 6.916, 194.58; Ray, 6.855, 193.74 def. Savoie, 6.919, 192.58; Pollacheck, 6.900, 193.77 def. Hall, 6.948, 189.95; Smith, 6.884, 193.68 def. Krawiec, foul;
SEMIFINALS -- Tonglet, 6.991, 191.16 def. Pollacheck, 10.413, 79.23; Smith, 6.846, 195.68 def. Ray, foul;
FINAL -- Smith, 6.887, 194.52 def. Tonglet, 6.950, 192.14.
MADISON, Ill. -- Point standings (top 10) following the Second annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park, the 21st of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series -
Top Fuel
1. Shawn Langdon, 2,317; 2. Doug Kalitta, 2,284; 3. Spencer Massey, 2,282; 4. Morgan Lucas, 2,272; 5. Tony Schumacher, 2,245; 6. Antron Brown, 2,215; 7. Clay Millican, 2,198; 8. Khalid alBalooshi, 2,192; 9. Bob Vandergriff, 2,134; 10. Steve Torrence, 2,115.
Funny Car
1. Matt Hagan, 2,336; 2. John Force, 2,330; 3. Jack Beckman, 2,292; 4. Robert Hight, 2,288; 5. Cruz Pedregon, 2,253; 6. Ron Capps, 2,225; 7. Courtney Force, 2,202; 8. Johnny Gray, 2,187; 9. (tie) Tim Wilkerson, 2,142; Del Worsham, 2,142.
Pro Stock
1. Mike Edwards, 2,326; 2. Jeg Coughlin, 2,316; 3. Jason Line, 2,296; 4. Erica Enders-Stevens, 2,266; 5. Shane Gray, 2,261; 6. Allen Johnson, 2,257; 7. Greg Anderson, 2,188; 8. V. Gaines, 2,185; 9. Vincent Nobile, 2,162; 10. Rodger Brogdon, 2,073.
Pro Stock Motorcycle
1. Hector Arana Jr, 2,294; 2. Matt Smith, 2,289; 3. Hector Arana, 2,274; 4. Michael Ray, 2,237; 5. Eddie Krawiec, 2,233; 6. Scotty Pollacheck, 2,184; 7. LE Tonglet, 2,166; 8. John Hall, 2,163; 9. Adam Arana, 2,123; 10. Shawn Gann, 2,093.
9/29/13 Drag Racing News
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