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“I don’t want to wake up,” said Tonglet, who also is a candidate in the $20,000 Auto Club Road to the Future Award, which recognizes NHRA’s top rookie driver for the season. Tonglet, who beat Bailey Whitaker, defending world champ Hector Arana and Jim Underdahl in earlier rounds, has advanced to every final round in the Countdown playoffs, winning four times. Smith finished in 6.983 at 189.07 on his Al-Anabi Racing Buell. Tonglet took the win over Matt Smith in the final round by powering his NitroFish Gear Suzuki to a run of 6.951 at 188.86.

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In Pro Stock Motorcycle, rookie Tonglet claimed his fifth victory of the season and cut series leader Andrew Hines’ lead to 34 points. If we can close it out at Pomona this will be one that I will never forget and always cherish.” After Indy we were down more than 100 points. I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep tonight and I know this is going to help Ken Black.

“I’m just a lucky man today, like it was fate. “This is the best day I’ve ever had at a racetrack,” said Anderson of his fifth victory of the season and 65th of his career, which he dedicated to his Las Vegas-based team owner Ken Black, who continues the recovery process from some serious health issues this season. Anderson sped to a 6.654 at 207.43 in his Summit Racing Pontiac GXP to finish just in front of Line, who posted a 6.656 at 207.46 in his Summit GXP. The FRAM dragster driver dropped to third in the standings and now trails Dixon by a nearly insurmountable 106 points.Īnderson increased his Pro Stock series lead to 115 points over defending champ Mike Edwards by beating KB Racing teammate Jason Line in the final round. Veteran driver Cory McClenathan, who entered the race in second place and trailed Dixon by 89, saw his hopes for a long sought after first championship slip away when he was upset in the opening round by Australian Mark Mariani, who earned a round win in his first-ever NHRA start. We are a long way off, but we have a shot. That’s what has to happen for us to win it. We have to go out and set the national record and win the race. “I am looking forward to Pomona,” Schumacher said. Schumacher, who has pulled off two come-from-behind miracle finishes to win championships at the Pomona finale in recent seasons, says just to be in position to do it for a third time is gratifying. “We tested a couple of times this year and we’ve been working on some things. “It was fun to drive and great to be part of this win,” said seven-time world champ Schumacher, who has won the last six titles in a row. Army dragster driver Schumacher covered the distance in 3.845 at 316.60 in the final round, to hold off the upset-minded Lagana in the Big-O Tires dragster, who beat Dixon in the second round and Antron Brown in the semis. 1 qualifying position and defeated first-time finalist Dom Lagana in the final round. Schumacher moved into second place in the Top Fuel standings with a dominant victory and in the process cut Larry Dixon’s series lead to 85 points. The last two years I stunk, but I stayed with it and lived it and my family stayed with it and now I’m back. “Then you are laying in a hospital bed and the doctors are saying you may not walk again. “I won for so many years that after a while you take it for granted,” Force said. It’s how we live, right on the edge.”įorce, who has led the point standings for most of the season, is trying to regain his championship form after a near career-ending crash in 2007 and a winless season in 2009. “I am holding my own with the young kids,” said 131-time winner Force. Hagan leads Force by 37 points as the tour heads to its final stop of the season, the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Southern California, Nov. Runner-up Hagan lost traction in his DieHard Dodge Charger in the final and finished in 6.925 at 110.96.

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Tony Schumacher, Greg Anderson and LE Tonglet also won in their categories at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the next to last race in the NHRA Full Throttle Series Countdown to the Championship playoffs.įorce, 61, powered to a 4.232-second run at 281.36 mph in his Castrol GTX High-Mileage Ford Mustang to take his fifth victory of the season and move into position to claim his 15th world championship title.

LAS VEGAS – John Force raced to an emotional Funny Car victory Sunday at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals and in the process cut series leader Matt Hagan’s lead in half with one race remaining in the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season.

John Force picked up the win in Las Vegas on Sunday to move within 37 points of the Matt Hagan's points lead for the 2010 championship with one race remaining in the season.