By Sam Sharpe, US PresswireFrom top to bottom, Greg Stanfield, Dave Connolly, Vincent Nobile and Greg Anderson compete in the final round of Pro Stock. Anderson emerged as the winner.
By Sam Sharpe, US PresswireFrom top to bottom, Greg Stanfield, Dave Connolly, Vincent Nobile and Greg Anderson compete in the final round of Pro Stock. Anderson emerged as the winner.
But after running the table Sunday for his second victory in the event four times, the contender funny old car is emerging for the favorite early season. Worsham, who qualified No. 1, held off Full Throttle Drag Racing Series champion Larry Dixon by inches at zMax Dragway to forge a 77 points ahead of his new teammate Al-Anabi Racing as your tutorial continues to defend. "It is a surprise, but I'm not surprised that the car could do it, "said funny car winner, 23 who signed 319.82 mph in seconds 3,813 in old car a Dixon. 0048-second win with Spencer Massey and Shawn Langdon 3-4 it is as if he said: ' Behold the keys, not destroy it. "Jack Beckman (Funny Car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also won class victories in NHRA's only event pitting four cars simultaneously, made more interesting from a second time by the introduction of a new Christmas tree, starting system with blue LEDs light to clarify better the staging process. Although well received by motorists who are awaiting the full implementation of the circuit, his reaction to lights created intrigue throughout eliminations and crafted close finishes.Especially in Pro Stock, the first No. 1 qualifier Jason line was eliminated in the first round after being caught flat-footed literally the green light. With the slow line tie and Shane Gray has exceeded the runtime, Ron Krisher and Dave Connolly advance.However, leaving the line finally opened the door for teammate Anderson benefit point No. 2. Solid for all three solid rounds, he closed with a. 0054-second victory over Greg Stanfield with Dave Connolly and Vincent Nobile then in a final set by great reaction times of. 023.028 seconds.Anderson, whose 211.39 mph in a Pontiac GXP nipped Stanfied (m [ph) 211.10, came in. 026 and jumped from the third to the leadership of points, three ahead of the line "(Staging off) can happen with four cars, and you don't think about it until that happens, "Anderson said after his first victory of the season and 66th of his career. "Maybe that was the break I needed, although I'm sorry it came at the expense of my partner."Beckman, winless since last February in Phoenix, created his own opportunity by knocking out defending the event and Series champion and no. 1 starter John Force and teammate JFR Mike Neff in the semifinal. His Dodge Charger (309.63 mph) was fastest off the light at the end, help you outlast a fast-closing Bob Tasca III. 0326 seconds with Tim Wilkerson third and Jim Head room. "We had only a large rod and we flexed our muscles right off the trailer, said Beckman, who earned his tenth career victory. "That gave us the ability to take a home-run swing and took another swing on Saturday and it was phenomenal, because he gave two test runs on a track that we needed to focus on".Beckman's victory moved him from sixth to third on 50 points, behind leader Robert Hight and 11 behind Neff. For more information about reprints & permissions, visit our FAQ. To report corrections and clarifications, contact standards Editor Brent Jones. For consideration of publication in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. Include name, phone number, city and State for verification. To view our corrections, go to corrections usatoday.com. We've updated the guidelines of the conversation. Changes include a brief review of the moderation process and an explanation of how to use the "report abuse" button. Read more.
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