TOP TWO DRIVERS IN EACH CLASS DISCUSS FINAL TWO STOPS ON NHRA FULL THROTTLE DRAG RACING SCHEDULE: The culmination of another impressive season is upon us as the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series heads into its final two races of the season, beginning this weekend with the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. After 21 races in nine months, the battle for the world championship has come down to less than 100 points separating the first and second place drivers in each of the four categories.
TWO TO GO! COMPETITION GETS TIGHT AS COUNTDOWN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP APPROACHES ITS FINAL TWO RACES: With 21 races already in the record books for 2010, the competition couldn’t be tighter heading into the final two races of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship. In all four classes, the top two drivers in the point standings are within striking distance of each other, with less than 100 points separating each driver. In Top Fuel, points leader Larry Dixon has been strong all year long, posting a perfect final-round record of 12 wins in 12 appearances, and tallying up an impressive eight No. 1 qualifiers for the year. But second-place driver Cory McClenathan has stayed hot on his trail and currently sits just 89 points out of the lead heading into the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals next weekend.
DIXON STRENGTHENS POINTS LEAD WITH 12TH WIN OF SEASON; PEDREGON NABS SECOND WIN OF SEASON IN READING: Top Fuel points leader Larry Dixon picked up his 12th win in 12 final-round appearances Sunday in high fashion, winning a pedal-fest final round against second-place in the point standings Cory McClenathan at the Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania. After smoking the tires early in the run, Dixon was able to get back on the throttle of his Al-Anabi Racing dragster and drive past McClenathan to secure only his second win at Maple Grove and strengthen his points lead to 89 over the field.
CHALLENGERS HOPE TO KEEP MOMENTUM GOING AT TOYO TIRES NHRA NATIONALS: With three races to go in the Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship, the regular season leaders remain at the top of the standings; however, in each of the four categories, a bit of momentum seems to have been picked up by a few drivers who started the playoffs back in the pack. With less than a few rounds of racing separating first, second, third and, in some cases, fourth place in each category, expect the intensity level to be at an all-time high at the Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals at scenic Maple Grove Raceway, October 7–10. Larry Dixon (Top Fuel), Bob Tasca (Funny Car), Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are the defending winners of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event, which will be televised on ESPN2 HD.
SCHUMACHER GETS FIFTH WIN OF SEASON; HAGAN GRABS THIRD WIN OF SEASON AT DALLAS: Defending Top Fuel world champion Tony Schumacher moved even closer to Top Fuel points leader Larry Dixon when he drove his U.S. Army dragster past Shawn Langdon in the final round of the O’Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex in Dallas Sunday to pick up his fifth win of the season and 66th of his career. Schumacher held off teammate and second-place driver Cory McClenathan in the semifinal round, then drove past Langdon in the final to give “The Sarge” his fifth victory at Texas Motorplex.
DIXON GETS 11TH WIN OF THE SEASON; PEDREGON GRABS FIRST WIN AT CHARLOTTE: Larry Dixon continued his domination over the Top Fuel class as he powered his Al-Anabi Racing dragster past Dave Grubnic, Tony Schumacher, Cory McClenathan and Doug Kalitta to grab the win Sunday at the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Concord, North Carolina. It was Dixon’s 11th win of the season in 11 final round appearances, the most in the category for the year.
DRIVERS PREPARE FOR CHARLOTTE AND SECOND STOP IN NHRA COUNTDOWN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP: With just one event complete in the six-race 2010 NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs and the recently completed Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil, the excitement and tension couldn’t be bigger in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. Now the series heads to Charlotte, North Carolina, and zMAX Dragway for the second stop of the Countdown to the Championship—the third annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals.
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