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Top Fuel and Funny Doug Kalitta and Ron Capps in the car that wins at Auto Club Pomona raceway in 2009 at Kragen at O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals Drag Racing Series NHRA Full throttle was open season. Since the 2007 season had not won, but needed a moral flight to start off the new season victories as to increase the var-Pomona. It required two days a rare Tuesday to end Pro 1978 event, was matched only be completed.

This new campaign's first race for the sixth day of racing fans, stuck around and faster runs and a bevy of exciting pairings and tight thanks to a piece it's cool a new national record for Pro Stock saw. Pro Stock final in an hour later until the nitro classes, but it does not work as a team's fifth Summit of the last six to win the Winternationals Points Jason Line for the delay has to wait.



Doug Kalitta

Connie Kalitta for Uncle (1967) and cousin Scott (2005) joined the Winternationals winners and the tragic loss of Scott in a race accident last summer since the first victory for the Kalitta Motorsports. Kalitta, Mac Tools U.S. nationals last year's runner-up in Richmond last winning score late in 2007, a tight match, 3.82, 3.84 to 308.57, 307.16, number 31 to win the low qualifier to collect Antron Brown beats.

Because Connie and Scott won here "so that to win, and the roll cage of the car in the car cool when in fact the same one Scott's won here in 2005 was," Kalitta said. Because it makes for a few things were "I think Scott, I live there and even have worked up, and so it reminds me that I make them have to follow. He's with us every time, I also us the three most wins Winternationals at pride's sure .

"I always want to win here, I've, that's my list of places in this way while there, and a Kalitta name here there is a long list. I just wanted to be Connie's 50th [anniversary win I'm happy to drag race] and this momentum going and hunt remains. will only play it by ear - I hope our luck will help you find the main sponsor - and hope they can keep receiving. "

Kalitta his 56th No 11 points for the final, with a fire last year's Urs Erbacher spraying are running 3.86 to 3.82 decision Winternationals runner-up from 4.64 before Sunday's shoot out, Cory McClenathan, round two. When was the last move shake and Kalitta and Morgan Lucas to the semi-final, as new dragster tires smoked GEICO.

His first Top Fuel event at the Brown, a surprise low qualifier last year, the end position, the season began, but unlike last year, two out of the round, Mike Ashley's Matco Tools dragster and driver took the road all last tour. Although Brown does not affect his leadership in the great semi-final eliminations, but the thing was run. His round in a Top Fuel newcomer to beat Steve Faria mustered only 4.22, then in round two Mike Strasburg, rain can not get the stick was a gift. Brown started out as blue smoke is hard digger and then automatically deploy the chute-the-blowers who have, I've hit. O, approximately 16 seconds, 26.16 mph, but then again only the last four, and reached where Brian Corradi and Mark Oswald-machine tear set at 312.78 to 3.778, the second fastest relay leg in-1000 years of history behind the end line was just Tony Schumacher's 3.777 last year.


Ron Capps

Capps, who, funny car race last year in the plan until the fifth event did not win in the first round of four to open the 2009 campaign, in Funny Car 25th I lost him to gain traction with Jim Head has finished the flat went green. Capps' NAPA Auto Parts Dodge 4.15 for the victory, roared with 296.96.

Since the 2007 event winner circle Capps visited Madison, but had not reached the last and 55th that the crew chief Ed McCulloch and the NAPA team this year in the past görücüye serious about regaining the championship form that shows. Although the shot does not affect only a 13 qualified, the car came to life and eliminations ran low et the first three hands. A 4.12 a round, a 4.088, and John Force dispatched sent home early Bob tasca III. In semi's, Capps low as to match a specific, 4.054 to 4.08 in continuous Pomona finale Robert Hight, record low qualifier and Force Racing, was sent packing the eliminations.

"We ran 4.07 last year I was here when we lost [Auto Club NHRA Finals at]," Capps, also on Tuesday became the first NHRA national event in Seattle in 1995, "and it was 4.05 against Robert in the race, because every time get up to great him and Jimmy Proce We look at each other the best. Bring a game and we would have to be knew. because you can run low to Jim Head, we were concerned about any time, this lesson last year against Seattle before the end of her Tony Bartone I already know where the count ran reward. But very emotional to see Doug, we have to win and could not wait to get down there to celebrate with him.

"This is the first full power to win cool," Capps to win the NAPA for his first "I said, and it great for NAPA. Indeed they program this year because I really like and love to win, I wanted to get what NHRA because customers can get very close. They are away when the ship It came last year with TV ads and so we do everything for them is swollen do. This is for us a big win. "

Head, who won Funny Car and in the office since 1985 as events and Brainerd winner circle in 1997 as a Top Fuel event since Memphis did not exist, has reached the last round and his 10th Funny Car with the 18th overall Self-deception is that a combination of luck and funded by Toyota. Former world champion before him, Tony Pedregon continued his walking tour of the assembly and on the centerline of the front door was the end. Round two in Central and Ashley Force Hood put a holeshot with a remote decision walked 4.05 to 4.09, just like the last kiss before the finish line all the way guardwall Rode narrow win. Head past 4.10 then advanced against local favorite Gary Densham.


Jason Line

Line Pro Stock qualifying tables, but only made the team after Craig Anderson Summit man in semi-final went to run after I got the Line banner and move forward, the day a 6.65, 211.63 victory against the super-Mike Edwards' 6.57, 210 , 01 Line a new track record speed.

"I'm quite there who, because of the latest," said I have criticized and gave a very good feel good Line, who left on four of his opponents. "I gave my best and had a good hot rod - probably the best second here - and the final sprint Craig would like to do, but it was a good race, and winning feels good. I botched the end of a change or I track down a certain I am excited to get, because I found the chip in 3rd gear from 5th gear, and again I probably [national] speed records would be vested.

"We are fast these terms and conditions of knew that this kind of looks like the brightness, so in this regard was a thrill. I about this race as I do not know, but our team do very well as there. This we are in the shop more than it seems this, and every time you come here to do was pump up the season better start. "

The 35th Line Pro Stock final, and reached 6.50 in the classroom, a two-run second and the second semi-final round with the No. 2 spot on the Ken Black's Summit Racing GXP power his 16th To earn points. After an opening 6.67 against Rickie Jones, Johnny Gray Line ran 6.584 and 6.549 to beat Allen Johnson and trailer can be found.

Edwards, from his 16th The Pro Stock final to win the 30th 6.59 with the opening frame a plucky Jim Yates and Greg Stanfield was defeated by a second-round conquest Anderson qualifier holeshot on the lower half was nervous before the follow-up, 6.55 to 6.57.

Anderson, who in the previous five years, four Winternationals wins (only 2005), broke her missing two years of near 6.536 national record 6.528-second blast in the second round as the first was brought by his - round 6.568. Last time Pro Stock national record and the Winternationals in 1997, when Warren Johnson ran 6.927 was broken. 211.23 pass the second round, the final line up a new part to save the shots on Anderson's speed.

Despite falling to the semi-final, Anderson 20 bonus points for recording situations, thanks to the only team to track the line. Runner-up Edwards sits third