![]() But I am happy with what we've done here so far, for sure. ![]() "That's what drives you and pushes you to be better. "As racers, no matter how good your car is running, you always want more 2008 NHRA Drag Racing - Checker Schuck's Kragen Nationals P1 - YouTube pro stock capture from the Firebird International Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona.Credit To ESPN/TSN. In Pro Stock, Line used the optimum conditions to post his best pass of the weekend, a track-record performance of 6.635 at 209.33 mph in his Summit Racing Pontiac GTO, to claim his 12th career No. That proves that qualifying well does pay off." 1:24 Racing Champions NHRA Checker Schucks. Checker Schucks Kragen Car 1 of 1500 New. 2006 OReilly Summer Nationals NHRA Topeka. "But last year I won the championship by 16 points so technically, we won the title with the extra points we earned in qualifying. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for NHRA class winner Wally Trophy 1999 Checker / Schucks Kragen Phoenix. "I like to say that you don't win championships in qualifying, you win them on race days," Schumacher said. Army dragster is ready for the anticipated race-day conditions. Schumacher didn't improve on his track-record 4.430 at 328.22 mph from Friday, but his 4.457 in Saturday's final session, the hottest round of the weekend, proved his U.S. Tony Pedregon, who also has a shot at the national record if he can back up his 4.659-second run, is second overall in his Q Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo. I told him Ashley didn't have any trouble with it. John just started using it this weekend and he was complaining it was hard to hold the clutch pedal in. We're all running a new clutch combo that Jimmy (Prock, crew chief) and I tested extensively in the off-season. "He needs to quit waiting until the final session to qualify. "John was really pumped up before that round," Hight said. Force's daughter Ashley will start sixth after clocking a career-best 4.730-second run in her Castrol GTX Ford Mustang. Force has now qualified for 394 consecutive events, while Kalitta has reached 162 straight race days.įorce's son-in-law Hight has yet to back up his 4.636 at 327.74 mph from Friday evening to make it an official NHRA national record for his Auto Club Ford Mustang, but it's still the quickest run ever recorded in the Funny Car class and earned him his 16th career top qualifier award. Force powered his Castrol GTX High-Mileage Ford Mustang to a 4.818 and Kalitta posted a 4.547 in his Mac Tools dragster. With their class-leading qualifying streaks hanging in the balance, both drivers managed to make the starting lineups in their respective categories during the final session. Saturday's drama came in the form of last-ditch qualifying efforts by John Force and Doug Kalitta. (MT), with television coverage on ESPN2 at 7 p.m. 1 qualifying honors at the Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals presented by Castrol, the second of23 events in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship. Robert Hight and Jason Line also earned No. ![]() 1 qualifying position Saturday after covering Firebird International Raceway's quarter-mile dragstrip in a track record time of 4.430 seconds - the fourth quickest run in NHRA history. 1-2 NHRA Pro & Sportsman Test Session Las Vegas, NV. Four-time Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher raced to his 37th career No. INDIANAPOLIS - Combined 2003 Drag Racing Schedule: as of 12/20/02, contains NHRA POWERAde, IHRA Hooters, NHRA Summit Sport Compact, and Lucas Oil Drag Racing events. 1 QUALIFYING POSITIONS AT CHECKER SCHUCK'S KRAGEN NHRA NATIONALSĬHANDLER, Ariz. This season also marked the most dominant season by a professional driver in history, as Tony Schumacher won 15 races and became the only driver in the countdown era to clinch the championship before the season finale.SCHUMACHER, HIGHT AND LINE EARN NO. John's daughter Ashley became the first female funny car winner beating her father John in the finals at Atlanta. John Force returned to competition after his near fatal crash in Dallas toward the end of the 2007 Season. This season marked the introduction of 1000' drag racing for the nitro competitors after the death of Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta in Englishtown, N.J. The first 18 events made up the regular season, with the final events making up the " Countdown to 1". The 2008 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series consisted of 24 national events held at tracks across the U.S.
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