NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals * RESULTS*

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Pro Stock Motorcycle
Low Qualifier
Eddie Krawiec  -Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines  7.017 - 191.02 mph

Final Round

(W)Hector Arana (Lucas Oil Buell)              0.014      7.027- 187.60mph
(L) Craig Treble  (Team Tigue Suzuki)         0.015      7.061- 187.83mph

They left together and Treble has the lead to about 330 feet, and then it was Arana to take his first National event win in 149 races. Hector Arana's MOV: 0.0351 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

Close races
Round 2

W) Hector Arana (Lucas Oil Buell)             0.118      7.029 -188.31mph
L) Matt Smith (NitroFish/Torco Buell)        0.107      7.041 -188.10mph

Smith is 2 - 0 against Arana in prior events, and won the only time they raced in round two. Smith with the starting line advantage and the lead until just before the finish line. Hector Arana's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.026), 330 ft(-0.030), 660ft(-0.020), 1,000ft(-0.006). MOV: 0.0014 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

Round 3

W) Craig Treble (Team Tigue Suzuki)            0.034      7.141- 185.00mph
L) Steve Johnson (Snap-On Tools Suzuki)     0.057      7.119 -185.26mph

Treble is 10 - 7 against Johnson in prior events. Treble with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win...Craig Treble's MOV: 0.0015 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

Pro Stock Car
Low Qulaifier
Jason Line   -Summit Racing Equipment GXP     6.716 - 205.51mph

Final Round

W) Greg Anderson (Summit Racing Equipment GXP) 0.032      6.704 -206.04mph
L) Larry Morgan (Lucas Oil Stratus)                    -0.056(R)  6.789 -204.57mph

Anderson is 15 - 1 against Morgan in prior events and 4 - 1 against Morgan in prior final rounds. Anderson has an overall final round record of 54 wins, 25 losses while Morgan's final round tally is 9 wins, 20 losses.

Morgan went way red and Anderson gets his 55th win at his sponsor's home-track event. It's always nice to win in front of the folks who pay the bills

Funny Car
Low Qualifier
Robert Hight  -AAA of So. Cal Mustang   4.882 - 309.77 mph

Final Round
W) Tony Pedregon (Q Horsepower Impala)      0.039      4.882 -306.26mph
L) Robert Hight (AAA of So. Cal Mustang)       0.106      4.903 -304.74mph

Pedregon with the starting line advantage and never looked back with a nice looking pass. Hight with a good clean pass in a losing effort. This is Pedregon's third win in as many finals this year, and his 39th career win. With the win Pedregon moves into second place in the point standings.

Top Fuel Dragster
Low Qualifier
Rod Fuller   Caterpillar Dragster       4.629 - 311.13 mph

Final Round
W) Doug Herbert (Snap-On Tools Dragster)       0.018      4.636 - 311.70mph
L) Brandon Bernstein (Budweiser/Lucas Oil Drag 0.081      4.611 - 313.58mph

Bernstein is 12 - 2 against Herbert in prior events and 2 - 0 against Herbert in prior final rounds. Bernstein has an overall mark of 17 wins and 8 losses in final rounds, Herbert's career mark is 9 wins, 16 losses in finals. This is Bernstein's second final round in a row.

This was an emotional final round, Herbert "a man on a mission," and he won this one "for my boys" with a holeshot victory. Afterward, the TV screen showed Bernstein giving Herbert a big hug, obviously not upset about losing to Herbert. Doug Herbert's incremental margins: 60ft(0.029), 330 ft(0.037), 660ft(0.043), 1,000ft(0.043). MOV: 0.0385 seconds (approximately 18 feet

Quote from Herbert after winning
“We call this season the ‘For My Boys’ Tour, and today I really felt like I had Jon and James riding with me in the car


ALL TIMES. TEAM INFO, RACE INFO FROM

http://nhra.com/


Top Alcohol Funny CAR
Aussie driver Steve Harker made it into the final

 (W) Bobby Martin (Lane Automotive Charger)      0.169      5.624 256.84
 (L) Steve Harker (OMS Graphics Monte Carlo)     0.174      5.629 256.60

Martin was out of the gate first and never trailed for his first National event win. Bobby Martin's MOV: 0.0102 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Interesting Run in the same class

 (W) Nick Bastiao (askanow.com Monte Carlo)      0.029      5.662 255.29
 (L) Frank Manzo (Lucas Oil Monte Carlo)         0.056      5.654 257.24

This is the 188 different driver Manzo has faced in his career. The last time Manzo lost at a National event was here last year. Bastiao with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Nick Bastiao's MOV: 0.0198 seconds (approximately 7 feet). Both drivers with their best passes of the weekend.

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http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=162273#indextop

NORWALK, Ohio -- Funny Car drivers Gary Scelzi and Melanie Troxel were disqualified from the event today after NHRA Tech Officials discovered loose ballast in their cars following their qualifying runs. According to page 74 of the NHRA Rule Book, "any material used for the prupose of racing must be permanently attached to the car's body or above the rear tires. No liquid or loose ballast permitted. Discovery of loose or disguised ballast will result in disqualification from the event, regardless of whether infraction occurs during qualifying or eliminations."

[the chad]

good info mate, good break down... didnt even need to check the NHRA website

great to see Herbert have his first win after losing his sons in a traffic crash earlier in the year

and good to see the Harker's make another final! Dianne had a win in Englishtown, which was her first.

this whole business about the loose ballast has a few people puzzled? i cant imagine they would have 30 pounds of loose anything floating around inside a funny car? haha

[a152004]

It was good to see Doug win after his loss earlier this year.
He had his daughter there with him this weekend.
Would love to see   one of the Kalitta cars win the next race and hopefully the title.

This business about loose balast is a wierd one.
On one forum they are saying that it could be a square up on behalf of NHRA  towards the cars owners for  publicly bagging them, others are saying well they got caught out by throwing a small bean bag  sized peice of led in the car to make sure it was  over the minimum weight limit after the run but  didnt hide it well enough

Will have to watch NHRA race day tomorrow on ESPN ( if it is still  being shown tomorrow ) to see what they say about it.

[a152004]

Totally forgot about posting this with the results (sorry)

http://www.nhra.com/content/news/30221.htm

Perfect light lifts Johnson to first K&N Horsepower Challenge title

Allen Johnson added his name to the list of K&N Horsepower Challenge winners when he bested Greg Anderson in the final of the special race-within-a-race bonus event for Pro Stock competitors. Johnson, who earned a $50,000 payday for his victory, is the 11th driver to win the Challenge.

Johnson, making his fifth appearance in the special event, won the final on the starting line, cutting a perfect .000 light that gave him the needed edge to deny Anderson a third win in the Challenge. Anderson ran a quicker 6.717, but it wasn't enough to overcome the .024-second he gave up on the starting line to Johnson, who turned on the win light with a 6.725.

“The perfect light in the final, I don't know where that came from,” said Johnson, who is the first Mopar driver to win the Challenge since Darrell Alderman's victory in 1991. “I haven't been driving too good lately. In the second round, I was able to get off my hind and cut a little better light, and then in the final, of course, you're just sucking up everything you've got to really get it close, and fortunately, it was green and perfect.

“Thanks to K&N; they put up some big bucks and worked with us all year with some promotions. To win this means a lot, especially being the first Mopar driver to win in the last 17 years. I don't think this will be our last time. Dad and the crew are just doing such an awesome job.”

Johnson, the No. 2 qualifier, earned a spot in the final with victories over the other Johnsons in Pro Stock, Kurt and Warren. The Greeneville, Tenn., runner defeated Warren on a holeshot, 6.758 to 6.754, in round one, then overpowered Kurt with a 6.729 that was low e.t. of that round.

Starting from the No. 1 spot, Anderson, who has appeared in six Challenges, clocked a 6.754 to put Ron Krisher on the trailer in round one. He then parlayed a .035 to .055 reaction-time advantage into a 6.748 to 6.745 holeshot win over reigning NHRA POWERade world champ Jeg Coughlin in the semi's.

Anderson pocketed $10,000 for his runner-up finish. Semifinalists Kurt Johnson and Coughlin each earned $3,000, and Krisher, Warren Johnson, Jason Line, and Dave Connolly took home $2,500 for making the field.

Also from the  Top Alcohol Funny Car  results


(W) Von Smith (Centre Point Collision Mustang)  0.080      5.699 254.42
 (L) Jeff Burnett (Mustang)                      0.194      5.765 250.41

Smith with the starting line advantage and his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Smith's chutes were real late coming out and he goes into the sand and through the sand. It appears it might of messed up the front end. Burnett was drifting out of the groove, but reeled it in.

On one forum one guy is saying that  Smith went about 600-700 feet past the  sand trap

If that had happened at the previous event we may have seen  some life threatening  injuries if not another  death.
Something has to be done and quick.