Ryan McClanahan’s A/SA ’02 Firebird heats the tires during Thursday’s test session. He won three rounds of, but was later disqualified.
SPORTSnationals at Fontana
SPORTSnationals finale worth the wait
It may have been a day later than he hoped, but longtime NHRA sportsman racer Mark Faul turned in one of the best performances of his career when he claimed a win and a runner-up at the third annual JEGS Pacific SPORTSnationals at Auto Club Dragway at Fontana.
Faul, of Tacoma, Wash., drove his Pontiac Grand Am to win in Super Stock when he defeated Bob Bales in the final round.
A few minutes later, Faul returned to try and complete the historic double, but fell one round short when he was beaten by Dave Moreno of LaVerne, Calif., in the Stock final. Moreno, in a ’69 Ford Mustang, last won an NHRA national event title in 1985.