Richmond final results (Motorsport.com)
Top Fuel — Doug Kalitta, 4.647 seconds, 316.08 mph def. Melanie Troxel, 4.649 seconds, 316.45 mph. Funny Car — Gary Scelzi, Dodge Charger, 4.956, 306.60 def. Ron Capps, Charger, 5.935, 207.11. Read full story
NHRA
T. Schumacher cliches spot in Top Fuel’s final four (USA Today)
Tony Schumacher could finally breathe easier after Saturday’s final Top Fuel qualifying run. A huge load was off his shoulders, the burden of remaining in the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship passed on to Brandon Bernstein and Bob Vandergriff to share. Read full story
Schumacher leads Top Fuel qualifying (The Charlotte Observer)
Tony Schumacher led Top Fuel qualifying Saturday in the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals to join three other drivers in clinching berths in the Countdown to 1, the two-race championship that marks the end of the NHRA Playoffs. The Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals is the fourth and final race in the first round of … Read more
Bernstein leads Top Fuel qualifying in Virginia (Lexington Herald-Leader)
DINWIDDIE, Va. – Fourth-place Brandon Bernstein’s bid to hold onto one of the four spots in the inaugural Countdown to 1 got off to a great start Friday night, leading Top Fuel qualifying in the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals. The son of longtime star Kenny Bernstein blistered Virginia Motorsports Park with a 4.549-second run … Read more
Bernstein leads Top Fuel qualifying in Va. (CBS Sportsline)
Fourth-place Brandon Bernstein’s bid to hold on to one of the four spots in the inaugural Countdown to 1 got off to a great start Friday night, leading Top Fuel qualifying in the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals. Read full story
Schumacher gets spot in Countdown to 1 (CBS Sportsline)
Tony Schumacher led Top Fuel qualifying Saturday in the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals to join three other drivers in clinching berths in the Countdown to 1, the two-race championship that marks the end of the NHRA Playoffs. Read full story
Schumacher leads way in NHRA Countdown (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
DINWIDDIE, Va. – Tony Schumacher led Top Fuel qualifying Saturday in the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals and joined three other drivers in clinching berths in the Countdown to 1, the two-race championship that marks the end of the NHRA Playoffs. Read full story
Vandergriff draws tough test (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
DINWIDDIE — So which do you want first, Bob Vandergriff, the good news or the bad news? The good news is you control your own destiny as you try to break into the Top Fuel final four and therefore earn a spot in the NHRA’s second and final round of playoffs, the Countdown to One. … Read more
Richmond: Cory McClenathan Saturday notes (Motorsport.com)
RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 6, 2007 — The pressure was on and Cory McClenathan and the FRAM Top Fuel team responded with an elapsed time quick enough to place them 12th in the starting lineup for Sunday’s Torco Racing Fuels Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park. Read full story
Richmond: Kalitta Motorsports Saturday notes (Motorsport.com)
RICHMOND, Va., (Oct. 6, 2007) — At the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park in Richmond, Va., Dave Grubnic, driver of the Zantex-3 Top Fuel dragster, will lead the Kalitta Motorsports contingent into tomorrow’s final eliminations with an added potential payday bonus. Read full story