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INDIANAPOLIS (September 1, 2007) After three of five qualifying sessions at the 53rd annual U.S. Nationals at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, Doug Herbert, driver of the Snap-on Tools Top Fuel dragster, sits solidly in the field. Read full story
John Force is close to missing Monday’s eliminations at the NHRA U.S. Nationals in Clermont, Ind. He needs a run of at least 4.826 seconds today in his Funny Car to qualify, after there was little movement at the top of the field Saturday. All four leaders from Friday stayed on top: Tony Schumacher (Top … Read more
The prize money is great, but Andrew Hines hopes his latest exhibition victory finally ends with the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals title. Hines beat Chip Ellis for the second year in a row to claim the $25,000 Ringers Gloves Pro Bike Battle on Saturday night at O’Reilly Raceway Park. Read full story
Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher closed out the opening qualifying session with a 4.477-second run Friday night to claim the provisional No. 1 at U.S. Nationals. Schumacher has won this race five times in the last seven years and trails only “Big Daddy” Don Garlits’ eight wins in the NHRA’s longest-running race. Read full story
CLERMONT, Ind. (Aug. 31, 2007) — Two-time U.S. Nationals winner Whit Bazemore (1997, 2001) will like to improve in the 16-car Top Fuel order Saturday during the 53rd annual U.S. Nationals. The 20-time NHRA winner’s Matco Tools dragster shook the tires on its first run of the weekend. Read full story
CLERMONT, Ind. — Tony Schumacher’s dominance of the world’s greatest drag race continued Friday as the five-time Mac Tool U.S. Nationals winner closed out the opening qualifying session with a 4.477-second blast at 333.66 mph to claim the provisional No. 1 in Top Fuel. Read full story
INDIANAPOLIS, (Aug. 29, 2007) — When the previous NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event in Reading, Penn., was finally over, Dave Grubnic, driver of the 8,000-horspower black and blue Zantrex-3 Top Fuel dragster, found himself sitting in 9th place in points. Read full story
INDIANAPOLIS. (August 29, 2007) Still flying high from his first win of the 2007 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing season, Doug Herbert, driver of the Snap-on Tools Top Fuel dragster, prepares for the biggest race of the year full of motivation and optimism. Read full story
Seventeen races ago, Cory McClenathan believed he and seven other Top Fuel drivers would be going down the Countdown to the Championship road that leads to the final four, and, eventually to the title. Read full story
PITTSBORO, Ind. (Aug. 25, 2007) — Texas homebuilder and former Funny Car barnstormer David Powers’ return to NHRA drag racing started as a part time affair, but just a few years into his come back, the 66-year-old Iowa native can now proudly boast of overseeing the only Top Fuel operation with two cars in the … Read more