ENDERS, WORSHAM STRETCH POINTS LEADS WITH WINS IN DALLAS

Erica Enders’ extended her commanding lead in the Pro Stock points standings with her win at the FallNationals in Dallas on Sunday, while Del Worsham did the same in a critical final round matchup with second-place Jack Beckman.

NHRA FallNationals

Erica Enders made history on Sunday in Dallas and padded her points lead to a nearly insurmountable 154 points with her win over Jonathan Gray, 6.46 to a 6.48. The win was her eighth this year, marking the most in a single season by a professional female driver in NHRA history. In Funny Car, Del Worsham followed up an early exit at Maple Grove that diminished his points lead with a clutch victory over his closest challenger, Jack Beckman, in a final round that was to decide who would carry the points lead into Las Vegas. In Top Fuel, Richie Crampton won for the fifth time this season, defeating Steve Torrence in a drivers’ race, 3.97 to a 4.07, and in Pro Stock Motorcycle, Jerry Savoie earned this third win of the season with a crushing, track record 6.74 in the final to down Eddie Krawiec.

Top Fuel: Richie Crampton
Funny Car: Del Worsham
Pro Stock: Erica Enders
Pro Stock Motorcycle: Jerry Savoie
Top Alcohol Dragster: Bill Litton
Top Alcohol Funny Car: Sean Bellemuer
Competition Eliminator: Craig Bourgeois
Super Stock: Aaron Stanfield
Stock: Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.
Super Comp: Chris LeBlanc
Super Gas: Tommy Phillips
Top Sportsman: Monte Green
Top Dragster: Lynn Ellison

NMCA WEST Finals

Rick Snavely singled to the Pro Mod win on Sunday at the NMCA WEST Finals in Fontana, California, after would-be opponent Mike Bowman was unable to return after a wild crash in the first round of eliminations. In True 10.5, Roger Rydell powered from the No. 5 qualifying position to the winners circle, defeating Johnny Coleman in a huge upset, 4.65 to a much quicker 4.57.

Pro Mod: Rick Snavely
True 10.5: Roger Rydell
Street Outlaw: Ryan Jones
N/A 10.5: Randy Jones
Outlaw 8.5: Anthony Smith
Pro Comp: Michael Boner
Open Comp: Brent Calvert
Mustang Madness: Greg Dreher
Nostalgia Street Car: Mike Nordahl

NHRA Division 2

Arnie Martel kept his championship hopes alive on Sunday at the NHRA Lucas Oil Series Southeast Division season finale with a win over Don Eckel. Martel, who was second off the line, was able to fend off Eckel’s six-second dragster for his fourth divisional win of the season. In Super Stock, Nick Morris ran close to the dial-in to defeat Mark Nowicki, while Jacob Elrod put himself in a prime position for a national championship with his win in Super Gas over John Labbous, 9.98 to 9.88.

Competition Eliminator: Arnie Martel
Super Stock: Nick Morris
Stock: Butch Payne
Super Comp: Denver Maltba
Super Gas: Jacob Elrod
Super Street: Franky Bishop
Top Sportsman: Casey Spradlin
Top Dragster: Joe Hessling
11.00 Index: Jake Sealey

Holly Springs Fall Brawl

The Holly Springs Motorsports Park in Mississippi held its annual Fall Brawl over the weekend, and it once again lived up to the tradition of record-breaking numbers, highlighted by Joel Greathouse recording the first 4.7-second run ever in the MX235 class. At the close of the weekend, it was Mark Woodruff hoisting the hardware in the headliner Radial Wars category, as he defeated Daniel Pharris in a spectacular 4.026 to 4.029 final round matchup. In X275, world record holder Rich Bruder and Jared Johnston tangled in what became the quickest side-by-side racing in class history, with Bruder taking the win, 4.38 to a 4.40. And in MX235, Greathouse continued his weekend-long dominance of the class, running a scintillating, world record 4.786 to defeat Ray Parsons’ 4.796 in what was also the quickest side-by-side race in the class’ history.