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VANDERGRIFF’S FIRST TOP FUEL WIN HIGHLIGHTS UPSET-STUDDED FALL NATIONALS
Bob Vandergriff Jr. claimed the first win of his nearly two decade driving career at the Texas Motorplex on Sunday, ending his final round drought with a defeat of a tire-smoking Spencer Massey. Cruz Pedregon claimed his first victory of the season, Jason Line added to his points lead with a win, and Michael Phillips dashed the Pro Stock Motorcycle field. Read More >> |
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NHRA: Event Recap here on DRAGZINE. Bob Vandergriff Jr., who has gone winless in 14 final round appearances in his Top Fuel career, ended the longest final round streak before a win in NHRA history on Sunday, defeating a tire-smoking Spencer Massey in the final round at the Texas Motorplex. Joining Vandergriff in victory lane was Cruz Pedregon, who notched his first win of the season and aided his title hopes with a final round victory over Ron Capps. Jason Line, facing Kurt Johnson in the final round for the second straight race, avenged his red-light loss in Charlotte with his fifth win of the season, increasing his points lead to 112 over the rest of the Pro Stock field. And Michael Phillips, winless for more than a year, downed rookie Hector Arana Jr. in the Pro Stock Motorcycle finale, moving himself up to seventh in the points. For more weekend news and notes, log on to Competition Plus, or check out Drag Race Central for all the qualifying and eliminations results.
ADRL: Mike Castellana made up for his DNQ in Rockingham in a big way on Saturday, racing to his fourth win of the season and placing himself on the verge of the Pro Nitrous world championship with a final round defeat of Stan Allen. In Pro Extreme, Alex Hossler notched his first win of the season in a strange race, as oppoent Joshua Hernandez went red and Hossler’s blower belt broke in the money round. Grant McCrary, predicting 3.80′s from his turbocharged mount at Norwalk, did just that in the final round, defeating Chuck Ulsch for his first ADRL win in Pro Extreme with a killer 3.84 at 200 MPH. In just his second race, Jeremy Teasley earned his first win in Pro Extreme Motorcycle, while Cary Goforth took a commanding points lead in Extreme Pro Stock, setting a new national record and downing Doug Kirk in the final. Lee Adkins (Pro Modified) and Scott Wasko (Top Sportsman) were also victors in Norwalk. For additional news and notes, visit Competition Plus, or Drag Race Central for all the race results.
Fall Civil Wars: Holcomb Motorsports’ annual Fall Civil Wars, held at the fabled Rockingham Dragway, succumbed to rain showers on Sunday as eliminations began to wind down. The event, which featured an impressive turnout of racers, was plagued by rain all weekend. As a special standalone event without a possible makeup date, the event was called and the purses split between the racers still in contention. DRAGZINE will have a complete wrap-up of qualifying and the completed rounds of eliminations from Rockingham later in the week.
JEG’S Northern SPORTSNationals: The final sportsman national event of the season concluded at the National Trail Raceway in Columbus on Sunday, where Jason Coan captured the Competition Eliminator title in his F/ED, besting David Yediny’s L/A with a better reaction time and a quicker pass in the final. Ricky Adkins was the victor in Top Dragster, edging Dylan Stott in a great drag race, while Curt Fredrich did likewise in the Top Sportsman finale with a scant .0025 margin of victory over Gary Wojnowski Jr. Jeremy Duncan (Super Stock), Steven Dziorny (Stock), Phil Smida Jr. (Super Comp), Rob Moser (Super Gas), and Scotty Rienschield (Super Street) were also winners in Columbus. For complete qualifying and early eliminations results, log on to Drag Race Central.
NHRA Division 3: The rain-postponed North Central Division meet at Columbus was completed on Thursday, prior to the JEG’S Northern SPORTSNationals, with Rick Brown claiming Competition Eliminator honors with a defeat of a red-lighting Ray Vierheller in the finale. David Rampy bested Johnny Duncan in a heads-up GT/HA Super Stock final round, 10.27 to 10.55, while Dylan Stott grabbed a great .001 light in the Top Dragster final and winning a double breakout affair with Craig Sullivan. For results from Columbus, click on over to Drag Race Central.
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