Sunday's final results from the 23rd annual Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals presented by Castrol at Firebird International Raceway. The race is the second of 23 in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series: Top Fuel -- Rod Fuller, 4.490 seconds, 327.19 mph def. Melanie Troxel, 4.536 seconds, 325.61 mph. Funny Car -- Tony Pedregon, Chevy Monte Carlo, 4.803, 326.32 def. Robert Hight, Ford Mustang, 9.723, 84.75. Pro Stock -- Kurt Johnson, Chevy Cobalt, 6.694, 206.67 def. Jason Line, Pontiac GTO, 6.676, 207.85. Competition Eliminator -- Alan Ellis, '23-T Ford, 6.710, 199.40 def. Wayne Ramay, Dragster, 7.094, 187.31. Super Stock -- Brad Plourd, Calais, 9.241, 140.04 def. Jody Lang, Malibu, 10.949, 119.84. Super Comp -- Shawn Langdon, Dragster, 8.892, 165.15 def. Rock Haas, Dragster, 8.871, 161.56. Super Gas -- Matthew Constant, S-10, 9.902, 157.54 def. Kevin Klineweber, Corvette, 9.888, 152.28. Super Street -- Jeff Jackson, Mustang, 10.892, 148.62 def. A.J. Percival, Dart, 10.862, 138.24. |
"Just getting by Dixon was a challenge by itself. It began when one of my contact lenses roll up on my eye. Tony (Shortall, assistant crew chief) had to take both out. And then when I was backing up from the burnout, the car's rear tire knocked a chunk of concrete out of the track in front of me. The rear tire apparently hit it and it came out. I had to drive around it.”
— McClenathan on his first-round win over Dixon
"I don't know what happened. The car started spinning the tires immediately. I still have to learn to let the car settle down before I pedal."— J.R. Todd on going up in smoke in round one against Bob Vandergriff
"I discovered that a Top Fuel car is really loud when it comes by you when your car isn't running."— Millican after a broken blower belt allowed Bazemore to score a come-from-behind win over him in round two
“Clay had us beat in the second round. I’d rather earn them than be lucky.”— Bazemore acknowledging his good fortune against Millican
"The engine was eating itself up and I didn't want it break and oil the track so I pulled the 'chutes before the finish line.”— Cory Mac explaining his premature deployment of the laundry in the second round against Schumacher
"Unfortunately, not everything goes the way you plan it.”— Schumacher after a couple of dropped cylinders cost him an almost-certain, semi-final win against Troxel
"It's disappointing to get to the final round and lose, but there were so many positives this weekend for the Vietnam Veterans/POW-MIA dragster. The crew did a great job and we didn't hurt a lot of parts.”— Troxel after finishing just .046 behind Fuller in the final round and jumping from 11th to 5th in the points standings
“When it made it through the wiggle part of the track at about 300-feet, I knew it made it.”
— Fuller on his 4.490/327.19 winning pass
“If they sold stock in crew chiefs I'd buy Rob Flynn stock right now. He makes that Canadian horsepower.”— Fuller again, sending praise to his crew chief
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