BROWN, DEJORIA, LINE WINNERS AS NHRA HITS SIN CITY

Alexis DeJoria won in Funny Car for the first time since 2014 on Sunday at Las vegas, joining Antron Brown (Top Fuel) and Jason Line (Pro Stock) on the winners podium.

NHRA Denso Spark Plugs Nationals

Alexis DeJoria snapped a long winless streak in Funny Car dating back to the 2014 season Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, defeating teammate Del Worsham in the final round, 3.96 to a close 3.98. In Top Fuel, Antron Brown downed first-time finalist Troy Buff in an exciting finale, as Buff took a big advantage out of the gate and nearly won it, slowing at the stripe and dropping the match, 3.84 to a 3.91. And in Pro Stock, KB Racing kept their domination of the EFI era in the class alive, as Jason Line ousted teammate Bo Butner in the final, 6.71 to a quicker but red-lighting 6.70.

Top Fuel: Antron Brown
Funny Car: Alexis DeJoria
Pro Stock: Jason Line
Top Alcohol Dragster: Joey Severance
Top Alcohol Funny Car: Terry Ruckman
Competition Eliminator: Alan Ellis
Super Stock: Cody Lane
Stock: Leo Glasbrenner
Super Comp: Dan Fletcher
Super Gas: Ken Mostowich
Top Dragster: J.R. Lobner
Top Sportsman: Don Meziere

NMCA WEST Spring Nationals

The NMCA WEST kicked off its 2016 season over the weekend with the Nitto Tire Spring Nationals at the Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, California, where Greg Seth-Hunter headed up the winner’s list with his victory in Pro Mod, downing Mark Moffat in the final, 4.15 to a 4.39. In Limited Street, top qualifier James Lawrence defeated Roger Rydell in the finale, 4.53 to 4.67, while Mike Silva claimed Ultra Street honors over Bill Wallace, 5.46 to 5.63.

Pro Mod: Greg Seth-Hunter
Limited Street: James Lawrence
Ultra Street: Mike Silva
NA 10.5: Ross Wilson
Outlaw 8.5: Benjamin Davidow
Pro Comp: Kevin McClelland
Open Comp: Dennis Sato
Mustang Madness: Greg Dreher
Nostalgia Street Car: James Ferguson
Super Quick: Zack Meziere
Bracket 1: Hank Pramov
Quick Street: Jeff Interlicchia
Bracket 2: Ryan Houmard
Bracket 3: Willie Hoefer
Top Sportsman: Kelly Harper
Street Comp: Dan Geis

Radial Revenge Tour

In what could be considered the single most impressive radial tire race in history, the Radial vs The World record was lowered a full .06-seconds and was exchanged by three different drivers during the Radial Revenge Tour event over the weekend at the Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park. Kyle Huettel and the Bad9er team, the incoming record holders, closed the weekend with a stunning record of 3.81-seconds, but it was Andrew Alepa and driver Rob Valden that won the war, defeating Shawn Ayers in the final round, 3.86 to a 3.94. In X275, Shane Fisher downed Eric Moore, 4.47 to a 4.52, while Justin Martin was able to stay out in front of a late-leaving Craig Ondrick to win Limited Drag Radial on a huge holeshot, 4.37 to a 4.30.

Radial vs The World: Rob Valden
X275: Shane Fisher
Limited Drag Radial: Justin Martin
MX235: Brad Medlock
Limited 275: Travis Thompson
MX235 Second Chance: Brandon Patrick
X275 Second Chance: Cecil Whitaker

IHRA Texas Nationals

Defending Nitro Funny Car champion Jason Rupert captured his first win of the 2016 campaign Saturday night at the Good Vibrations Texas Nationals in San Antonio, downing Shawn Bowen in the final round, 5.64 to a 5.75. In Pro Stock, John Kinigshofer defeated Trevor Eman on a holeshot, 6.25 to a 6.24, and Billy Harper collected Pro Modified honors with a 5.84-second ousting of Ruben Tetsoshvili.

Nitro Funny Car: Jason Rupert
Pro Stock: John Konigshofer
Pro Modified: Billy Harper
Nitro Harley: Jay Turner

NHRA Division 2

The NHRA’s Southeast Division contested its Southern Shakedown doubleheader at the Atlanta Dragway over the weekend, featuring a pair of points-paying divisional events wrapped into one. Veteran Randy Daniels captured the Competition Eliminator crown in race one, edging out Van Puckett in the final round. Puckett, however, turned around and won the second event. Ohio’s Aaron Allison claimed Super Stock honors in race one, defeating Marion Stephenson. Allison, like Puckett, came close to doubling-up, losing in the final round of Sunday’s race to Irvin Johns.

(Race 1/2)
Competition Eliminator: Randy Daniels/Van Puckett
Super Stock: Aaron Allison/Irvin Johns
Stock: Jeff Adkinson/Adam Davis
Super Comp: Kevin Brannon/Ryan Richardson
Super Gas: Raymond Miller/Rusty Cook
Super Street: Clarence Woodham/Jonathan Anderson
Top Dragster: Steve Furr/Jeremy Hancock
Top Sportsman: Sandy Wilkins/Jeffrey Barker
Junior Dragster 13-18: Sadie Wicks
Junior Dragster 10-12: Carolina McCarty
Junior Dragster 6-9: Carson Emmitt