Monday Race Report: NHRA At Charlotte, LODRS, And ET Finals!

LUCAS, HIGHT, COUGHLIN, HINES OPEN COUNTDOWN WITH WINS AT CHARLOTTE Robert Hight made it two wins in a row in Funny Car to open the NHRA’s six-race Countdown to the Playoffs. He was joined by Morgan Lucas (Top Fuel), Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock), and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) as professional winners. Read More >>

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NHRA: Race Recap from Charlotte. Robert Hight, who was a late entrant into the Funny Car Countdown, scored his second win in a row on Sunday at the playoff opener at the zMax Dragway in Charlotte, downing No. 1 seed Matt Hagan in the final on a holeshot, 4.08 to a 4.06. In Top Fuel, Morgan Lucas began his title chase on a high note, charging from the No. 1 qualifying spot to down Spencer Massey in the money round. Jeg Coughlin Jr. also took a solid step toward another title, besingt Jason Line on a holeshot, 6.58 to 6.57, and Andrew Hines scored the first win of the season for the Vance & Hines team in Pro Stock Motorcycle as Hector Arana fouled out. Von Smith was also victorious, running in the fives in every round of Pro Modified competition, finally besting Pete Farber in the final. For complete results from Charlotte, log on to NHRA.com.

NHRA Division 4: Clark Smiley headed up the winners list at the NHRA South Central divisions’ fifth meet of the season at the Royal Purple Raceway, scoring the win in Competition Eliminator in his BB/A Pontiac GXP as final round opponent Justin Rosen went red. Jimmy DeFrank ousted Brett Candies in Super Stock, and Austin Williams defeated a red-lighting Slate Cummings in Stock. For final results from Baytown, log on to NHRADiv4.com.

NHRA Division 3 ET Finals: Adam Cline (Super Pro), Kip Norup (Pro), and Nick Hastings (Sportsman) were among the ET Finals winners who earned a trip to Pomona with their wins at the North Central division event at the Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis. The Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk just edged out the Byron Dragway for the overall team title. For complete results from Indy, log on to Drag Race Central.

NHRA Division 5 ET Finals: AJ Percival was the big winner at the West Central division ET Finals at Heartland Park Topeka in Kansas, scoring the Super Pro victory and a trip to Pomona in November as he ousted Mike Campbell in the final. Reno Loeffelholz (Pro), Alix Risse (Sportsman), Katelyn Parnell (High School), and John Haney (Motorcycle) were the other winners. Kansas International Dragway scored the team title by a sizable margin over Brainerd International Racewway and Cedar Falls Raceway. For complete results from Topeka, visit Drag Race Central.

The Weekend Winner Circle

Carlyle Tools NHRA Carolina Nationals – Concord, N.C. Robert Hight made it two wins in a row in Funny Car to open the NHRA’s six-race Countdown to the Playoffs. He was joined by Morgan Lucas (Top Fuel), Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock), and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) as professional winners.     EVENT WINNERS Top Fuel: Morgan Lucas Funny Car: Robert Hight Pro Stock: Jeg Coughlin Jr. Pro Stock Motorcycle: Andrew Hines Pro Modified: Von Smith Top Alcohol Dragster: Brandon Booher Top Alcohol Funny Car: Frank Manzo Competition Eliminator: Glen Treadwell Super Stock: Bryan Worner Stock: Anthony Fetch Super Comp: Jack Sepanek Super Gas: Sherman Adcock Click here to view more results >>

NHRA South Central Lucas Oil Series – Baytown, Tex. The NHRA’s South Central division racers completed their fifth of six 2013 events at the Royal Purple Raceway near Houston over the weekend, with Clark Smiley and Jimmy DeFrank leading the charge into victory lane.     EVENT WINNERS Competition Eliminator: Clark Smiley Super Stock: Jimmy DeFrank Stock: Austin Williams Super Comp: John Warren Super Gas: David Freeman Super Street: Tom Phillips Top Dragster: Brandon Chauvin Top Sportsman: Chris Arnold Sportsman Motorcycle: Tony Davis Click here to view more results >>