
Compiled from team press releases by Kay Burk, Photos by Ron Lewis, Tim Marshall, Ivan Sansom and James Drew
With only one event left in the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Robert Hight’s win at the Las Vegas Nationals may have put him out of reach for the Funny Car championship.
Tony Schumacher and Larry Dixon are only separated by one points heading into Pomona and it’s anybody’s guess who will be the Top Fuel champ in two weeks.
In Pro Stock, although Mike Edwards was eliminated in the quarter-finals by event winner Larry Morgan, Edwards now holds a 139-point lead over second place Greg Anderson. Edwards needs only to qualify at the season finale to clinch the series title.