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Schumacher, Hight, Edwards, Arana receive NHRA awards(Century City, CA) Tony Schumacher, the first Top Fuel driver in NHRA history to win six consecutive Full Throttle Drag Racing Series world championships and seven overall, headlined the four world-championship-winning drivers crowned Monday evening during the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series awards ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in West Los Angeles. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
Schumacher claims seventh NHRA championship(Pomona, CA) Tony Schumacher and the U.S. Army team won their sixth straight and seventh overall NHRA Full Throttle Series championship on Sunday by two points, the narrowest margin in NHRA history. Schumacher’s team was on deck, sitting on a two-point lead over Larry Dixon, when Dixon was upset in the semifinals by Auto Club Road to the Future Award favorite Spencer Massey, thus clinching the title for the Army team. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
Hight and Edwards clinch NHRA titles at Pomona(Pomona, CA) By safely qualifying into tomorrow’s 45th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals, Funny Car’s Robert Hight and Pro Stock’s Mike Edwards clinched their first respective NHRA Full Throttle Series world championships on Saturday. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
Dixon moves into NHRA Top Fuel lead at Pomona(Pomona, CA) Larry Dixon’s pace-setting 3.801-second pass at a track record 318.99 mph on the second day of qualifying at the 45th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals on Friday earned him three bonus points and moved him into first place in the dramatic Top Fuel race. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
Top Fuel showdown at Pomona(Pomona, CA) Nine months ago, the biggest storyline entering the 2009 season revolved around Larry Dixon and Tony Schumacher, who had combined to win the last seven Top Fuel titles and nine of the last 10. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
NHRA moves 2010 Phoenix event to traditional date(Glendora, CA) Affording fans in the greater Phoenix area a chance to partake in two of the biggest sporting events in the region in the month of February, NHRA has announced, in cooperation with the owner/operator of Firebird International Raceway, that the 26th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals will be moved up one week to Feb. 19-21, 2010, which is historically Firebird’s traditional date for this event.
Hight expands NHRA Funny Car lead at Las Vegas(Las Vegas, NV) Robert Hight raced to his third victory of the season Sunday at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals and is on the verge of winning his first Funny Car world championship crown. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
Edwards close to NHRA Pro Stock crown(Las Vegas, NV) Mike Edwards earned his category leading 15th No. 1 qualifying position in Pro Stock Saturday at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals and now sits only a few points away from clinching his first NHRA world championship trophy. Larry Dixon, Matt Hagan, and Hector Arana also were No. 1 qualifiers at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
Dixon and Hagen top Friday NHRA qualifying at Las Vegas(Las Vegas, NV) Larry Dixon raced to the Top Fuel qualifying lead Friday at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals. Matt Hagan, Mike Edwards and Hector Arana also led their categories at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event, the fifth of six races in the Countdown to 1, NHRA’s championship playoffs.
Storylines abound at 'The Strip'(Las Vegas, NV) As the Countdown to 1, NHRA’s championship playoffs, comes to the season’s penultimate race in Las Vegas, each professional category in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series features its own dramatic storyline. In Top Fuel, every championship contender is gunning to remove a category dominator from the throne he has held for the past five seasons. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
NHRA eye on safety(Glendora, CA) NHRA announced today its technical initiatives for 2010, which are designed to improve safety, as well as reduce unwanted downtime at events due to leakage on the track. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
Edwards takes firm stand at Virginia(Dinwiddie, VA) Pro Stock driver Mike Edwards went wire-to-wire at the NHRA Virginia Nationals, earning the maximum 150 points, to all but clinch his first career NHRA Full Throttle Series world championship. The other winners at the 22nd of 24 races in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series were Del Worsham (Funny Car) and Brandon Bernstein (Top Fuel). PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
