Tony Schumacher and the U.S. Army team won their sixth straight and seventh overall NHRA Full Throttle Series championship on Sunday by two points, the narrowest margin in NHRA history.
Schumacher’s team was on deck, sitting on a two-point lead over Larry Dixon, when Dixon was upset in the semifinals by Auto Club Road to the Future Award favorite Spencer Massey, thus clinching the title for the Army team.
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Robert Hight wrapped up his first Funny Car championship Saturday, qualifying third in the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals to take an insurmountable 106-point lead over teammate Ashley Force Hood.
“This is unbelievable,†said Hight, the son-in-law of 14-time champ John Force. “When they started telling me that I clinched it, and even though I had some time to think about it when we had the big lead leaving Las Vegas, I never really got emotional. Tonight, I was … Details
Larry Dixon’s pace-setting 3.801-second pass at a track record 318.99 mph on the second day of qualifying at the 45th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals on Friday earned him three bonus points and moved him into first place in the dramatic Top Fuel race.
Tony Schumacher and the U.S. Army team entered the day with a two-point lead, but he lost traction on his second qualifying run, opening the door for … Details
The 26-year-old daughter of racing legend John Force is a top seller of merchandise licensed by the National Hot Rod Assn. and last year became the first woman to win an NHRA race in Funny Car.
Reporting from Las Vegas – The display of merchandise at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway had something for everyone: Ashley Force dolls, Ashley Force rhinestone-encrusted key chains, Ashley Force neoprene beer coolers.
Pink Ashley Force socks also were available, as were Ashley Force hats and Ashley Force hair scrunchies.
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