Author Topic: NHRA: Virginia Nationals RESULTS (Read 815 times)

a152004 · « **on:** October 13, 2008, 09:30:11 am »

Results from qualifying and final eliminations

Pro Stock Car Qualifying

1. Greg Anderson 6.554 @ 210.31mph
2. Jeg Coughlin 6.554 @ 209.10mph
3. Allen Johnson 6.555 @ 209.59mph
4. Kurt Johnson 6.559 @ 210.11mph
5. Dave Connolly 6.561 @ 209.79mph
6. V. Gaines 6.565 @ 209.10mph
7. Mike Edwards 6.567 @ 209.26mph
8. Jason Line 6.568 @ 209.59mph
9. Jim Yates 6.568 @ 208.71mph
10. Ron Krisher 6.571 @ 209.17mph
11. Johnny Gray 6.573 @ 209.14mph
12. Greg Stanfield 6.578 @ 208.81mph
13. Larry Morgan 6.584 @ 209.04mph
14. Justin Humphreys 6.589 @ 208.55mph
15. John Nobile 6.590 @ 209.01mph
16. Steve Spiess 6.590 @ 208.39mph

Jeg Coughlin set a new track ET record with his run which put him second.
Despite not making the field Warren Johnson set a new track speed record
19. Warren Johnson 6.604 @ 210.37mph

Pro Stock Car Final

(W) Dave Connolly (0.044) 6.574 @ 209.33mph
(L) Jeg Coughlin (0.045) 6.611 @ 206.86mph

Connolly is 2 - 1 against Coughlin in prior final rounds. They leave the line together and coughlin has the lead when they go by the Christmas Tree, but then it was all Connolly. Dave Connolly's MOV: 0.0382 seconds (approximately 12 feet). With the win Connolly moves into third place and is now only three points out of second. This is Connolly's fourth win this year and his 21st career win, plus second consecutive here in Virginia.

Funny Car Qualifying

1. Cruz Pedregon 4.041 @ 306.88 mph
2. Tony Pedregon 4.041 @ 306.74 mph
3. Mike Neff 4.041 @304.80 mph
4. Melanie Troxel 4.047 @ 309.98 mph
5. Ashley Force 4.048 @304.46 mph
6. Robert Hight 4.056 @304.32 mph
7. Jack Beckman 4.059 @301.54 mph
8. Tommy Johnson Jr. 4.070 @ 303.64 mph
9. Jeff Arend 4.078 @ 302.55 mph
10. Del Worsham 4.078 @ 296.70 mph
11. John Force 4.078 @ 298.21 mph
12. Tim Wilkerson 4.079 @ 302.48 mph
13. Gary Scelzi 4.081 @ 301.00 mph
14. Ron Capps 4.088 @ 295.98 mph
15. Jerry Toliver 4.125 @ 299.00 mph
16. Tony Bartone 4.157 @ 292.71 mph

Funny Car Final

(W) Cruz Pedregon (0.054) 4.113 @ 296.44 mph
(L) Jack Beckman (0.070) 7.503 @ 88.14 mph

This is Pedregon's fourth final round at VMP, making it to the final stanza in '96, '97 and '06 without turning on the win light. If Beckman wins, he will close to within 31 points of Tim Wilkerson in the Countdown. If Pedregon wins, he will close to within 18 points of Beckman for second place in the Countdown. No matter who wins, it's still a tight five-way race for the championship.

Beckman lost traction early and Cruz nailed down his first "Wally" in more than two years. Pedregon is only 69 points behind Tim Wilkerson and the top five are within 92 points of each other.

Top Fuel Dragster Qualifying

1. Tony Schumacher 3.771 @ 317.05 mph
2. Hillary Will 3.799 @ 315.49 mph
3. Doug Herbert 3.814 @ 311.70mph
4. Cory McClenathan 3.815 @ 312.64 mph
5. Doug Kalitta 3.815 @ 308.35 mph
6. Larry Dixon 3.816 @ 312.06 mph
7. Rod Fuller 3.823 @ 315.56 mph
8. Antron Brown 3.823 @ 308.57 mph
9. Brandon Bernstein 3.824 @ 312.71 mph
10. David Grubnic 3.837 @ 306.26 mph
11. J.R. Todd 3.845 @ 311.77 mph
12. Bob Vandergriff 3.873 @ 308.00 mph
13. Morgan Lucas 3.890 @ 307.30 mph
14. Tim Boychuk 3.906 @ 304.80 mph
15. T.J. Zizzo 4.195 @ 213.03 mph
16. Scott Palmer 8.610 @ 71.88 mph

Final Round

(W) Tony Schumacher (0.091) 3.811 @ 316.08mph
(L) Hillary Will (0.078) 3.847 @ 307.09mph

Schumacher is 9 - 0 against Will in prior events and Schumacher is 1 - 0 against Will in prior final rounds. Will is out of the gate first, but Schumacher has the difference made up by 150 feet. Will gives Schumacher a good race...Tony Schumacher's MOV: 0.0238 seconds (approximately 11 feet). This is Schumacher's 17th final round this year 87th career final round, but first here in Virginia. Schumacher with his 14th win this year and 55th career win. It is his 70th round win this year and 450th career win. Schumacher's lead is now 212 points over Will, who is the only one with a mathematical chane left. Will with her great outing this weekend has moved into second place and holds a 32 point lead over Brown.

*all info & more can be found at *

http://nhra.com/

the chad · « **Reply #1 on:** October 13, 2008, 01:54:28 pm »

those 6.50's from P/S were stout...any idea what air they were running in?

good to see Will make another final, cant wait to see her here in December, seriously over seeing the Sarge win... but 317mph to half track is insane!!!

looks like we might be seeing the entire NHRA run 1000ft very soon i hear...

hope not

the chad · « **Reply #2 on:** October 13, 2008, 02:01:14 pm »

haha i meant 317mph to 1000ft

half track would have been insane!

a152004 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 13, 2008, 05:55:18 pm »

Quote from: the chad on October 13, 2008, 01:54:28 pm

those 6.50's from P/S were stout...any idea what air they were running in?

good to see Will make another final, cant wait to see her here in December, seriously over seeing the Sarge win... but 317mph to half track is insane!!!

looks like we might be seeing the entire NHRA run 1000ft very soon i hear...

hope not

Air temps in fahrenheit.
Round 1 Qualifying, air temp 79 degrees, relative humidity 47%
Round 2 Qualifying, air temp 74 degrees, relative humidity 56%
Round 3 Qualifying, air temp 72 degrees, relative humidity 46%
Round 4 Qualifying air temp 79 degrees, relative humidity 34%
Round 1 Finals air temp 72 degrees, relative humidity 57%
Round 2 Finals air temp 74 degrees, relative humidity 55%
Round 3 Finals air temp 75 degrees, relative humidity 51%
Round 4 Finals air temp 74 degrees, relative humidity 50%

Hope that helps Chad. The Pro Stock field was the fastest in NHRA History
Hope that Top Fuel and Funny Car go back to 1320 feet soon. I can't see a need to switch the Pro Stock Cars and Bikes to 1000 feet.

It was good to see Hillary in the final. They are saying that she is the only one who can beat Schumacher for the title.
That would be great to see her do it but She is 212 points behind him and unless Schumacher forgets to turn up I can't see him being beaten. So who else from the NHRA is coming out to play here Chad? Have heard of Densham and maybe one other funny car..

the chad · « **Reply #4 on:** October 14, 2008, 01:26:05 am »

cheers for the info mate...

for those times to be run in Pro Stock the relative altitude must have been below mineshaft.. as in about -1000 ft!!! amazing

Hillary Will is going great, good to see that team doing well... the whole reason she is coming to Aus is because the WSID meeting is called the Scott Kalitta Memorial... so there is every chance they might bring over another Kalitta fuel car?

Densham is coming to Willowbank in Jan, but id be very surprised if another comes too... its costing a hell of a lot just to have him... at least our 15 year old F/C national record will be smashed! i think its like a 5.23 or something? haha

a152004 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 14, 2008, 09:55:53 am »

Thanks for the info Chad

Here are some other weather stuff for you
Round 1 Qualifying. barometer 29.96 inches, adjusted altitude 1,916 feet, track temperature 95 degrees
Round 2 Qualifying. barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 1,616 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.
Round 3 Qualifying barometer 30.15 inches, adjusted altitude 1,109 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.
Round 4 Qualifying barometer 30.13 inches, adjusted altitude 1,556 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.
Round 1 Finals barometer 30.26 inches, adjusted altitude 1,094 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.
Round 2 Finals barometer 30.25 inches, adjusted altitude 1,286 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.
Round 3 Finals barometer 30.22 inches, adjusted altitude 1,320 feet, track temperature 102 degrees
Round 4 Finals barometer 30.22 inches, adjusted altitude 1,291 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Hope that is a help Chad. Sorry for not putting them in with the other weather stuff.
Rob Flynn is leaving David Powers Motorsports at the end of the year
Tim and Kim Richards are leaving Berstein at the end of this year to retire
Robert Hight ran the fastest 1000ft Funny Car time during round 1 of eliminations on Sunday

(W) Robert Hight (AAA of So. Cal Mustang) (0.136) 4.005 @ 308.28mph
(L) John Force (Castrol GTX Mustang) (0.107) 6.755 @ 103.53mph

11:29 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 67 percent, barometer 30.26 inches, adjusted altitude 1,001 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Force was chattering the tyres and pedaling almost immediately, getting very sideways before throwing in the towel. It probably didn't matter, Hight ripped off the quickest run ever at the 1,000-foot distance. Robert Hight's MOV: 2.7216 seconds (more than 100 feet). Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.855 sec., 330ft-2.258, 660ft-3.218/266.90 mph.

This was a good race in the First round of Pro Stock

(W) Dave Connolly (Lucas Oil/Charter Cobalt) (0.036) 6.583 @ 208.59mph
(L) Greg Stanfield (Attitude Apparel GXP) (0.022) 6.597 @ 208.94mph

Stanfield with the starting line advantage, but Connolly with a great short time and has the difference made up right off the starting line, and the has the power to hold on for the win. Dave Connolly's MOV: 0.0002 seconds (approximately 1 inches).

*all race info from*

http://nhra.com/

the chad · « **Reply #6 on:** October 14, 2008, 10:05:31 am »

you da man... cheers for that... i must admit im surprised those times are so quick in that air... it really wasnt anything that special... hmm well im not that technically minded i s'pose haha

a152004 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 17, 2008, 02:33:47 pm »

Points table with two events remaining

Top Fuel Dragster

Only the top two have a chane at winning the title

1 Tony Schumacher 2527
2 Hillary Will 2315
3 Antron Brown 2283
4 Cory McClenathan 2278
5 Larry Dixon 2253
6 Doug Herbert 2245
7 Brandon Bernstein 2240
8 Rod Fuller 2179
9 Doug Kalitta 2145
10 Dave Grubnic 2110

Funny Car

1 Tim Wilkerson 2404
2 Jack Beckman 2353
3 Cruz Pedregon 2335
4 Tony Pedregon 2313
5 Robert Hight 2312
6 Ashley Force 2274
7 Ron Capps 2177
8 John Force 2171
9 Mike Neff 2154
10 Gary Densham 2135

Pro Stock Car

1 Jeg Coughlin 2374
2 Kurt Johnson 2300
3 Dave Connolly 2297
4 Greg Anderson 2292
5 Jason Line 2275
6 Mike Edwards 2261
7 Allen Johnson 2233
8 Greg Stanfield 2185
9 V. Gaines 2168
10 Ron Krisher 2073

Pro Stock Motorcycle

1 Matt Smith 2319
2 Ed Krawiec 2277
3 Chris Rivas 2240-
4 Angelle Sampey 2217
5 Steve Johnson 2200
6 Andrew Hines 2187
7 Chip Ellis 2176
8 Craig Treble 2167
9 Matt Guidera 2114
10 Karen Stoffer 2080

a152004 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 17, 2008, 03:53:18 pm »

Quote from: a152004 on October 14, 2008, 09:55:53 am

Rob Flynn is leaving David Powers Motorsports at the end of the year
Tim and Kim Richards are leaving Berstein at the end of this year to retire

Thought I should update the above sentences a bit more.
It has been confirmed that Rob Flynn will replace Tim and Kim Richards at Kenny Berstein Racing from next year.

A very interesting story is going around about Alan Johnson
Johnson who is the current crew chief for Tony Schumacher is leaving at the end of the year to start his own team with a sheik from Qatar. The team will have a Funny Car and a Top Fuel Dragster. The story is that Alan Johnson will be driving the dragster and it will be tuned by Jason McCulloch. However the story will only be true if NHRA keeps the Nitro classes to 1000 feet and does not go back to the traditional 1320 feet / quarter mile. This story is very strange and would be a great candidate for April fools joke of the year, if not the decade. Some people are saying it is a done deal. But keep in mind that Larry Dixon and J.R Todd have also been linked with the drive. If this story is true, it is expected that as soon as Tony Schumacher and his ARMY team win the 2008 Top Fuel title the announcement of Johnson driving next year will be made immediately. I don't believe it myself but will wait and see

Mothers Worry · « **Reply #9 on:** October 21, 2008, 10:17:19 am »

Just thought I would add a few words from Schumacher on this win.

Top Fuel Ace Schumacher Claims Record-Breaking 14th Win At Virginia

From autoracingdaily.com:

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Top Fuel Ace Schumacher Claims Record-Breaking 14th Win At Virginia

Tony Schumacher continued his domination of the Top Fuel division with his record-breaking 14th win and first at Virginia Motorsports Park.

Schumacher’s pass of 316.08 mph topped Hillary Will in the Top Fuel finals, but more importantly was Schumacher’s win over second-place Antron Brown in the second round.

“Winning against Antron second-round, the fans have to enjoy that, that was the ultimate crunch-time moment,” Schumacher said. “The final round there, I felt like I left a little bit on the table, I went in a little deep so I don’t feel like I performed my best.’’

All Schumacher will have to do at Las Vegas to clinch his fifth straight and sixth overall championship is qualify.

“I feel like I drove great all weekend, but I don’t feel like I closed the deal, but we got the trophy.

“I love closing it in Vegas. Nothing personal. This is a great track with great fans, but there’s nothing like Vegas. If we can pull it off out there, it’s such a celebration everywhere you go there. The Countdown was set for a reason: to make it go down to the end. Yeah, we’re way ahead, but I think we’re doing it.”

While Pedregon and Connolly each beat the incoming points leaders in eliminations to keep themselves and a small group of other hopefuls in the running in Funny Car and Pro Stock following the fourth of six events in the 2008 Countdown to the Championship playoffs.

a152004 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 21, 2008, 02:22:36 pm »

Quote from: Mothers Worry on October 21, 2008, 10:17:19 am

“Winning against Antron second-round, the fans have to enjoy that, that was the ultimate crunch-time moment,”

Would have thought needing to win the final round of the year and set a new national record to win the title a couple of years ago to beat Doug Kalitta would have been a bigger "ultimate crunch-time moment"

or even last year when he did a similar thing to win the title and take it away from Rod Fuller

the chad · « **Reply #11 on:** October 22, 2008, 07:28:56 am »

yeah 'hot rod' was robbed by the brains of AJ there haha

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