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THE N.H.R.A. STRAIGHTLINERS…SHOWED UP IN…DENVER…TO CONTEST THE "MILE HIGH NATIONALS" AND HERE ARE THE… WINNER’S STORIES…AS ONLY WE CAN DELIVER THEM… TOP FUEL UNTIL SUNDAY…ROD FULLER…HAD BEEN TO THE TOP FUEL DRAGSTER FINALS…THREE TIMES THIS SEASON…BUT HAD ONLY ONE WIN TO SHOW FOR IT… THAT CHANGED ON SUNDAY HOWEVER AS FULLER DOUBLED HIS…2007 WIN TOTAL TO TWO AS HE OVERCAME A "WHOOPIN"…AT THE TREE ADMINISTERED BY FINAL ROUND OPPONENT WHIT BAZEMORE AND OVERCAME THAT DISADVANTAGE…1/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE TRACK AND THEN PULLED AWAY TO HIS 2ND WIN OF THE SEASON…WITH A PASS OF…4.683 SECONDS AT 312.93 MPH FUNNY CAR "FAST JACK" BECKMAN…THE DRAG RACE SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR AT POMONA WHO RACE-U-CATED…REYNOLDS & ANDY WHEAT IN…DRAGSTER DRIVIN’…LAST FALL COLLECTED HIS 2ND CAREER …FUNNY CAR TITLE…AND 1ST…SINCE WINNING AT…LAS VEGAS BECKMAN…OUTDUELED...RR-AZ ALUM…RON CAPPS…AT EVERY MEASUREMENT…OF THE TRACK TO RECORD THE WIN…IN THE BEST DRAG RACE OF THE DAY…AND WITH THE WIN…CONTINUES TO HOLD DOWN A SPOT IN THE…N.H.R.A. FUNNY CAR… "COUNTDOWN"…WHICH IS THE DRAG RACE EQUIVALENT OF… NASCAR’S "CHASE"… PRO STOCK RR-AZ ALUM…ALLEN JOHNSON…AND…RON KRIS-HER…PAIRED OFF IN THE…PRO STOCK FINAL AND IT WAS OVER ALMOST AS SOON AS IT STARTED…WHEN…KRISHER’S…CHEVY COBALT… "BROKE"…AT THE LINE…AND HE LIMPED DOWN THE TRACK AS THE RUNNER UP…TO THE…RR-AZ ALUM…ALLEN JOHNSON…WHO POWERED HIS…DODGE STRATUS…TO A…7.132 SECOND RUN AT… 192.47 MPH…WHICH SEALED HIS 5TH CAREER NATIONAL EVENT WIN… PRO STOCK BIKES PRO BIKE…POINT LEADER…MATT SMITH…LINED HIS…BUELL…UP AGAINST…THE SUZUKI OF THREE TIME SERIES CHAMPION-ETTE …"MS. A.S.S.S"…(ANGELLE SAVOIE-SEELING-SAMPEY)…IN THE FINAL…IN DENVER…AND WHEN…SMITH’S… LIGHT WENT… "GREEN"… ANGELLE’S…LIGHT WENT…"RED"…AS SHE LEFT EARLY…AND WAS…D.Q.’D…HANDING THE WIN TO…SMITH… AND THAT’S IT FOR THE…STRAIGHTLINE REPORT…FROM… DENVER NEXT WEEKEND…THE...STRAIGHTLINERS…STAY IN ACTION…AND HOPEFULLY…OUT OF THE RAIN…IN SEATTLE… JULY 9, 2007 - THE HIGH "STRAIGHT AWAYS" OF BRISTOL…ROUND 12 OF 23 THE N.H.R.A. STRAIGHTLINERS…SHOWED UP IN…BRISTOL TO MAKE UP THE POSTPONED SHOW FROM…MAY…WHEN THEY COULDN’T RACE…BECAUSE THE NEWLY RESURFACED TRACK HAD NOT…"CURED" PROPERLY…BUT THAT’S JUST A BAD MEMORY…AND HERE ARE THE WINNER’S STORIES…FROM THE …BRAND NEW TRACK… TOP FUEL THE "BUD PRINCE"…BRANDON BERNSTEIN…WON FOR THE 4TH TIME THIS SEASON…IN EASY FASHION…AS HIS FINAL ROUND OPPONENT…BOB VANDERGRIFF…DID THE… "CHEECH & CHONG" "UP IN TIRE SMOKE"…THING…AND NEVER RECOVERED… BERNSTEIN’S…16TH CAREER WIN…ALSO VAULTED HIM TO THE 2ND SPOT IN THE…TOP FUEL POINT STANDINGS… FUNNY CAR FOR THE 123RD TIME IN HIS CAREER…14 TIME…FUNNY CAR CHAMP…RR-AZ ALUM…JOHN FORCE VISITED VICTORY LANE…IN HIS FORD MUSTANG…WHEN HE SENT FELLOW…RR-AZ ALUM CRUZ PEDREGON…AND HIS CHEVY BOWTIE…DOWN TO DEFEAT… FORCE…WHO HAD PRETTY MUCH BEEN LOOKING FOR HIS BUTT WITH BOTH HANDS…THIS ENTIRE SEASON…WON FOR THE 1ST TIME IN THE 2007 CAMPAIGN AS HE STRUGGLES TO MAKE THE… N.H.R.A COUNTDOWN…WHICH IS THE …8 DRIVER…STRAIGHTLINE VERSION OF..NASCAR’S …"CHASE"… FORCE IS CURRENTLY…13TH…IN THAT BATTLE… PRO STOCK JEG COUGHLIN…MADE IT TO THE…PRO STOCK FINAL…FOR THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE WEEK…AND SUNDAY’S WIN AGAINST…KENNY KORETSKY…IN A FINAL ROUND BATTLE OF…CHEVY CO-BALTS GAVE …COUGHLIN…HIS 2ND WIN…IN THE PAST 3 TRIES… AFTER…RED LIGHTING…IN LAST WEEK’S LOSS TO POINT LEADER…GREG ANDERSON COUGHLIN…WON THE BEST…DRAG RACE FINAL…OF THE DAY…WITH A FINAL ROUND RUN OF 6.809 SECONDS…AT…203.22 MPH… THE...STRAIGHTLINERS…STAY IN ACTION…NEXT WEEK...OUTSIDE OF…COLUMBUS,
OHIO…WHERE THEY’LL RACE FOR THE 11TH TIME THIS SEASON…
THE N.H.R.A. STRAIGHTLINERS…SHOWED UP IN…NEW JOISEY …OVER THE WEEKEND… FOR ROUND # 10 OF THEIR 23 RACE SEASON…AND…HERE ARE THE…WINNER’S STORIES… TOP FUEL RR-AZ ALUM…LARRY DIXON HAD BEEN INVISIBLE SINCE LOSING THE MILLER BEER SPONSORSHIP BUT THAT ENDED LAST WEEK WHEN HE WON IN CHICAGO AND AFTER WINNING …AGAIN…IN NEW JERSEY…OVER THE WEEKEND THE MILLER FOLKS ARE LIKELY…CRYING IN THEIR BEERS TODAY… DIXON…COLLECTED HIS 40TH CAREER WIN…BY SENDING DOUG HERBERT…PACKING…AS HE BEAT HERBERT…AT THE LIGHT BEAT HIM…IN THE E.T. BATTLE…AND CAPPED IT OFF…BY WINNING THE MPH…BATTLE AS WELL… FUNNY CAR AFTER HIS RR-AZ ALUM…TEAMMATE…AT PRUDHOMME RACING TOOK TOP HONORS IN…TOP FUEL RR-AZ ALUM…TOMMIE JOHNSON…MADE IT A PERFECT DAY FOR THE BOSS AS HE… RECOVERED FROM A ROUND 1…"CAR-B-QUE"…TO PICK UP HIS 1ST WIN OF THE SEASON…WHEN HE SENT TONY PEDREGON…TO THE SHOWERS… JOHNSON…BY VIRTUE OF HIS WIN ALSO MOVED INTO THE FINAL SPOT (8TH) IN THE FUNNY CAR "COUNTDOWN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP" WHICH IS THE N.H.R.A. VERSION OFNASCAR’S "CHASE". PRO STOCK LAST WEEK…IN CHICAGO…JEG COUGHLIN…WON HIS 1ST NATIONAL EVENT SINCE 2005…WHEN HE SENT…ANDERSON RACING’S…JASON LINE…DOWN TO DEFEAT…AND HE WAS LOOKING FOR HIS 2ND CONSECUTIVE WIN…ON SUNDAY…IN NEW JERSEY…WHEN HE LINED UP AGAINST…JASON LINE’S…BOSS …GREG ANDERSON…IN THE PRO STOCK FINAL… AS FOCUSED ON WINNING AS COUGHLIN WAS… APPARENTLY …GREG ANDERSON…WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO INTIMIDATING… AS …COUGHLIN…LEFT EARLY…AND…ANDERSON…WAS AWARDED THE WIN…HIS…4TH OF THE SEASON…VIA THE OPPONENT…"RED LIGHT"…SELF DESTRUCT… PRO STOCK BIKE UNSPONSORED...RR-AZ ALUM…CRAIG TREBL…FORMERLY OF PHOENIX…EDGED…POINT LEADER ANDREW HINES…IN THE BEST DRAG RACE OF THE DAY…TO COLLECT HIS 1ST…JERSEY WIN AFTER A TRIO OF BRIDESMAID FINISHES… TREBL’S…10TH CAREER WIN…WAS A CLOSE ONE…AS HE…AND HINES…RACED...SIDE BY EACH THE ENTIRE QUARTER MILE …WITH…TREBL…EKEING OUT THE WIN WITH A 6.990 SECOND RUN TO…HINES’…7.003 RUN… FOR THE UNSPONSORED…TREBLE…THE JERSEY WIN…ALSO GAVE HIM A GOOD SHOT AT MAKING THE…"COUNTDOWN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP"…AS HE IS A SOLID 8TH…IN THE 8 RACER FIELD… THE...STRAIGHTLINERS…STAY IN ACTION…NEXT WEEK...OUTSIDE OF…COLUMBUS, OHIO…WHERE THEY’LL RACE FOR THE 11TH TIME THIS SEASON… JUNE 11, 2007 - DRAG RACIN’ OUTSIDE THE…"BIG HOUSE"…IN…JOLIET, ILLINOIS THE N.H.R.A. STRAIGHTLINERS SHOWED UP AT…ROUTE 66 RACEWAY…OVER THE WEEKEND…
TOP FUEL RR-AZ ALUM…LARRY DIXON…HAD NOT WON IN HIS PAST 37 TRIES …AND…SINCE LOSING
HIS LONG TIME SPONSOR…MILLER BEER… BUT THAT ALL ENDED…IN CHICAGO…ON SUNDAY AS THE WIN WAS THE 39TH OF…DIXON’S CAREER…AND EVEN THOUGH HE LOST THE RACE…ROD FULLER…COUPLED WITH…BRANDON BERNSTEIN’S…"DNQ"…FOR THE WEEKEND ALLOWED FULLER TO LEAVE CHICAGO AS THE TOP FUEL…POINT LEADER… FUNNY CAR RR-AZ ALUM…GARY SCELZI…WHO HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS "STEPPING OUT OF THE
CAR" SCELZI’S…WIN…THE 35TH…OF HIS N.H.R.A. CAREER…WAS HIS 10TH…IN THE…FUNNY CAR SERIES AND IT PLACES HIM IN THE SAME CLASS AS…DRAG RACING LEGENDS…DON PRUDHOMME KENNY BERNSTEIN…AND…MIKE DUNN…AS THE ONLY DRIVERS IN…N.H.R.A. HISTORY…TO RECORD "DOUBLE-DIGIT" WINS…IN BOTH…THE TOP FUEL…AND…THE FUNNY CAR…SERIES… PRO STOCK JEG COUGHLIN…WHO HAD NOT WON A NATIONAL EVENT SINCE 2005…KNEW HE WAS IN FOR A TOUGH RACE AS HE LINED UP AGAINST THE REIGNING SERIES CHAMP…JASON LINE…IN THE CHICAGO FINAL…BUT ON THIS DAY…COUGHLIN…HAD THE "RIGHT STUFF"…AS HE USED A NEAR PERFECT.002 LAUNCH…AT THE LIGHT…TO GET THE HOLESHOT…AND…6.658 SECONDS LATER… HIS 48TH…NATIONAL EVENT WIN… THE WIN ALSO ALLOWED…COUGHLIN…TO LEAPFROG HIS TEAMMATE…DAVE CONOLLY…INTO THE 2ND SPOT IN THE POINTS CHASE…179 MARKERS…IN ARREARS..TO GREG ANDERSON…THE POINT LEADER… PRO STOCK BIKE WITH THE…"BIG CHEESES"…FROM…MILWAUKEE BASED… HARLEY-DAVIDSON…IN THE STANDS AT THE CHICAGO SHOW… HARLEY RIDIN’…ANDREW HINES…SHOWED THEM THEIR RACIN’ DOLLARS WERE WELL SPENT…AS HE…REBOUNDED FROM A …SLOW LIGHT"…TO OVERWHELM MATT SMITH…AT HALF-TRACK …TO PICK UP THE WIN…WHICH WAS THE 1ST OF THE 2007 SEASON…AND THE 9TH OF HIS CAREER… IN ADDITION TO PUTTING A SMILE ON THE BOSS’ FACES…WITH THE WIN…HINES’…HAD THEM SMILING EVEN MORE OVER THE EXPANSION OF HIS SERIES POINT LEAD OVER…TO 80 MARKERS AHEAD OF…SUZUKI RIDING…MS. A.S.S.S. (ANGELLE SEELING…SAVOIE…SAMPEY)… THE...STRAIGHTLINERS…TAKE NEXT WEEKEND…OFF…BEFORE CONTINUING THEIR…8 EVENTS
JUNE 4, 2007 - DRAG RACIN’ IN KANSAS…DOROTHY… THE N.H.R.A. STRAIGHTLINERS…MISSING IN ACTION...FOR THE PAST MONTH…MADE THEIR WAY TO…KANSAS…OVER THE WEEKEND… FOR ROUND # 7 OF THEIR 23 RACE SEASON…AND OTHER THAN…FUNNY CAR…POINT LEADER…RR-AZ ALUM…RON CAPPS…FORGETTING HOW THE RACIN’ DEAL WORKS…AND MISSING THE SHOW FOR THE 1ST TIME IN THE PAST 3+ YEARS… THINGS WENT PRETTY MUCH AS EXPECTED…AND…ALL BUT THESE FOLKS…WERE … LOSERS TOP FUEL THE "BUD PRINCE"…BRANDON BERNSTEIN…CONTINUED TO BE THE "HOTTEST"…BUDWEISER SPONSORED DRIVER…IN THE RACING BUSINESS…AS HE WON FOR THE 3RD TIME IN THE PAST 4 EVENTS…SURGING INTO THE N.H.R.A. TOP FUEL POINT LEAD…IN THE PROCESS… BERNSTEIN’S…15TH CAREER WIN...CAME AT THE EXPENSE OF...J.R. TODD…WHO CAME UP JUST SHORT…IN THE FINAL…AGAINST THE 2ND GENERATION DRIVER… FUNNY CAR NEW YAWKER…MIKE ASHLEY…HAD BEEN THE…TOP QUALIFYING…FUNNY CAR…IN THE LAST THREE EVENTS…BUT HAD NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT UNTIL SUNDAY…WHEN HE FINISHED THE WEEKEND…AS STRONG AS HE STARTED THE WEEKEND…SO AS YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED ASHLEY…IS NOW THE OWNER OF HIS 1ST…NATIONAL FUNNY CAR…EVENT…TITLE… ASHLEY’S WIN CAME AT THE EXPENSE OF JIM HEAD…IN THE BEST DRAG RACE FINAL OF
THE DAY…AS HE PREVAILED WITH A RUN OF…4.896 @ 310.70 MPH…TO HEAD’S RUN
OF…4.918 PRO STOCK THE PRO STOCK DIVISION…SAW…GREG ANDERSON…WIN AGAIN…AND HE HARDLY HAD TO WORK FOR IT THIS WEEK… AS…HIS OPPONENTS…IN THE FINAL 3 MATCH UP RACES…ALL… "RED LIGHTED"...IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET AN EDGE ON THE PRO STOCK DOMINATOR… APPARENTLY…THE ENTIRE…PRO STOCK DIVISION…IS "HEARING ANDERSON’S FOOTSTEPS"… THE...STRAIGHTLINERS…NOW EMBARK ON 8 EVENTS IN THE NEXT 9 WEEKS…AS THEY…HEAD TO…CHICAGO…NEXT WEEKEND…FOR A MAKE UP RACE… MAY 7, 2007 - RACIN’ IN…THE SHADOW OF THE…ST. LOUIE "ARCH" THE N.H.R.A. STRAIGHTLINERS…MADE THEIR WAY TO…MADISON, ILLINOIS…A.K.A…GATEWAY RACEWAY…OVER THE WEEKEND… FOR ROUND # 7 OF THEIR 23 RACE SEASON…AND THE 601ST EVENT IN THEIR HISTORY…AND…ALL BUT THESE FOLKS…WERE … LOSERS TOP FUEL IT WAS "LADIES DAY"…IN THE TOP FUEL DIVISION…IN ST. LOUIS …ON SUNDAY…AS…"CUPCAKE DIVA"…MELANIE TROXEL… NOTCHED HER 1ST WIN OF THE 2007 SEASON BY…"OUT LIMPING" …CORY MC CLEN-A-THAN…DOWN THE TRACK…TO SECURE THE VICTORY… IN A DIVISION THAT USUALLY REQUIRES A 325+ MPH SPEED…TO GET ANY KIND OF WIN
MELANIE CRAWLED TO THE WIN AT A 274.33 MPH PACE...TO THE SNAIL LIKE…254.52 MPH
POSTED BY … FUNNY CAR FUNNY CAR POINT LEADER…RON CAPPS…LOST THE MPH BATTLE TO…CSK DRIVER…DEL WORSHAM…308.50 MPH TO 305.98…BUT HE TROUNCED…WORSHAM…WITH AN ELAPSED TIME OF 4.882 TO WORSHAM’S…4.918…TO RECORD HIS SERIES LEADING 3RD WIN OF THE YEAR… PRO STOCK THE PRO STOCK DIVISION…PUT ON THE BEST DRAG RACE OF THE FINALS…WITH…DAVE CONNOLLY…COMING FROM BEHIND TO CATCH…AND THEN PASS…JEG COUGHLIN…TO WIN PRO STOCK HONORS…AT ST. LOUIS… WIN OR LOSE…BOTH DRIVERS IN THE FINALS…CONNOLLY & COUGHLIN…MOVED AHEAD OF REIGNING SERIES CHAMP…JASON LINE…IN THE POINT STANDINGS…AND NOW SIT...JUST BEHIND LINE’S BOSS…GREG ANDERSON…IN THE SEASON POINT STANDINGS… PRO STOCK BIKE THE…"ASPHALT CEILING"…WAS PENETRATED IN…ST. LOUIS… THIS WEEKEND …AS…MATT SMITH...BECAME THE 1ST… "NON-CHICK"…TO WIN AN N.H.R.A. PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE EVENT...IN THE 2007 SEASON… IN THE OPENING 3 OUTINGS FOR THE…N.H.R.A. BIKERS…THIS SEASON…ALL 3 EVENTS…HAD BEEN WON BY THE…FAIRER (?) SEX…BUT IN ST. LOUIS…IT WAS A...MAN…PUTTIN’ DOWN THE WOMAN…AS…SMITH…DISPATCHED…3 TIME SERIES CHAM-PI-ON-ETTE…MS. A.S.S.S…ANGELLE SEELING-SAVOIE-SAMPEY…WHEN HE SET A NEW NATIONAL SPEED RECORD…OF 6.901 @ 191.78 MPH ON HIS…BUELL… OUR TIP TO...SMITH…IS…GIVEN THAT HIS LAST NAME BEGINS WITH AN…"S"…HE BETTER BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR …MS. A.S.S.S. – LEST SHE BE ON THE PROWL FOR A 4TH…"S"…TO ADD TO HER OTHER THREE… THE...STRAIGHTLINERS…WILL TAKE NEXT WEEK OFF…BEFORE GETTIN’ AFTER IT AGAIN…IN A FORTNIGHT…AT…HARTLAND PARK…IN TOPEKA, KANSAS…ON MAY 18TH…THAT IS…IF ALL THE TORNADO’S…HAVE CLEARED THE…JAYHAWK STATE…
APRIL 30, 2007 -
RACIN’ IN…THE "A.T.L."…"BRO"…FOR THE…27TH TIME THE N.H.R.A. STRAIGHTLINERS…MADE THEIR WAY TO…HOT-ATLANTA …FOR THE 27TH TIME…IN THEIR HISTORY…AND WHEN THE WEEKEND WAS OVER…AND AFTER A TRIO OF TRACK RECORDS HAD BEEN SET…ALL BUT THESE FOLKS… WERE… LOSERS TOP FUEL THE "TOP FUELERS"…CELEBRATED THEIR 600TH EVENT…IN N.H.R.A. HISTORY…AT ATLANTA…ON SUNDAY…AND THE DRIVER WHO WILL REMEMBER THIS MILESTONE…THE MOST…WILL BE THE "BUD PRINCE"…BRANDON BERNSTEIN…WHO HELD OFF … DOUG HERBERT…FOR HIS 14TH CAREER WIN…AND AT THE SAME TIME…MOVED TO THE TOP OF THE POINT BATTLE…AS THE SERIES GOES NEXT TO…ST. LOUIS…THE "HOMETOWN" OF… BERNSTEIN’S…SPONSOR…BUDWEISER…AND IT DON’T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THAT… FUNNY CAR FORCE RACING’S…ROBERT HIGHT…COLLECTED WIN # 2…OF THE 2007 CAMPAIGN…WHEN HE DEFEATED…THE # 1 QUALIFIER… TRACK RECORD SETTING (331.04 MPH)…MIKE ASHLEY’S… DODGE …IN THE FINAL…FOR THE ATLANTA WIN…AND WHILE…MIKE ASHLEY …LOST IN THE FINAL…ANOTHER… "ASHLEY"…AS IN …ASHLEY FORCE…BECAME THE 2ND WOMAN…TO MAKE IT TO A FUNNY CAR SEMI-FINAL…AFTER…EARLIER IN THE DAY…PUTTIN’ A WHOOPIN’…ON HER DAD…20 TIME…FUNNY CAR CHAMP…JOHN FORCE…AND WE’VE GOT TO BELIEVE IT WAS THE MOST SATISFYING LOSS OF HIS CAREER… PRO STOCK THE PRO STOCK DIVISION…HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN ALL…"TEAM ANDERSON"…IN THE 2006
SEASON…AND THAT DIDN’T CHANGE ON SUNDAY AS…GREG ANDERSON…ENTERED THE
ELIMINATION ROUNDS…WITH A NEW TRACK RECORD…UNDER HIS HOOD (6.627 SECS. @
208.71 MPH)…BUT SAVED PLENTY FOR HIS FINAL ROUND MATCH UP AGAINST…THE MOST
RECENT ADDITION TO THE… "INTERNATIONAL MOTORSPORTS HALL OF FAME"…"THE
OL’ PERFESSER" WARREN JOHNSON…WHO HAD TO SETTLE FOR RUNNER UP STATUS…IN HIS
150TH CAREER… THE ATLANTA WIN WAS…ANDERSON’S…4TH OF THE SEASON… AND THE 3RD IN A ROW AT THE ATLANTA TRACK…AS HE NOW HAS A TOTAL OF 47 WINS…IN HIS CAREER… PRO STOCK BIKE THE PRO STOCK BIKE DIVISION…WAS DRIPPING…ESTROGEN…AT ATLANTA…AS…"MS. A.S.S.S" ANGELLE SEELING-SAVOIE-SAMPEY…SET A NEW TRACK RECORD IN QUALIFYING (6.976@191.87 MPH)…AND THEN…KAREN STOUFFER…WENT OUT AND RODE HER…SUZUKI…TO HER 2ND WIN OF THE 2007 SEASON …AND THE 5TH WIN OF HER CAREER…BY DEFEATING…BUELL RIDER…MATT SMITH… WHO NEVER MADE IT…OFF THE LINE… IN 3 OUTINGS FOR THE…N.H.R.A. BIKERS…THIS SEASON…ALL 3 EVENTS…HAVE BEEN WON BY THE…FAIRER (?) SEX… THE...STRAIGHTLINERS…WILL STAY AFTER IT…NEXT WEEKEND …WHEN THEY SHOW UP…IN THE SHADOW OF THE…ST. LOUIE "ARCH"…NEXT WEEKEND…AT…GATEWAY RACEWAY...IN MADISON, ILLINOIS…
APRIL 16, 2007 -
RACIN’ IN…VEGAS BABY…FOR THE…8TH TIME THE N.H.R.A. STRAIGHTLINERS…MADE THEIR WAY TO…LAS VEGAS…FOR THE 8TH TIME…IN THEIR HISTORY…AND THE BIGGEST NEWS OUT OF THE WEEKEND…WAS THAT…FOR THE 1ST TIME IN 164 EVENTS (8 YEARS)…TOP FUELER…DOUG KALITTA …DID NOT QUALIFY…AND EVEN MORE AMAZING…JOHN FORCE …FOR THE 1ST TIME IN 395 EVENTS (ALMOST 20 YEARS)…DID NOT QUALIFY …SO THERE WERE PLENTY OF LOSERS IN VEGAS…OVER THE WEEKEND…BUT HERE’S A FEW WORDS…ON THE WINNERS… TOP FUEL BOB VANDERGRIFF…MADE IT TO THE TOP FUEL FINALS FOR THE 8TH TIME IN HIS CAREER…IN THE N.H.R.A.’S…8TH TRIP TO VEGAS … AND FOR THE 8TH TIME…IN HIS CAREER…VANDERGRIFF…CAME AWAY WITH THE BRIDESMAID HONOR…INSTEAD OF THE WINNER’S TROPHY…WHICH WENT TO THE…"BUD PRINCE"…BRANDON BERNSTEIN…WHO TRAILED…VANDERGRIFF…AT THE LIGHT…BUT BY THE 330 FOOT MARK…BERNSTEIN…CAUGHT…AND THEN PULLED AWAY FROM VANDERGRIFF FOR HIS 1ST WIN OF THE 2007 SEASON…AND THE 13TH OF HIS CAREER… FUNNY CAR LAST YREAR…RR-AZ ALUM…SERIES POINT LEADER…RON CAPPS …WENT DOWN TO DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF FELLOW ALUM … CRUZ PEDREGON..AND THIS YEAR…CAPPS…"BIT THE DUST"…IN LAS VEGAS…AT THE HANDS OF…FORCE RACING’S...ROBERT HIGHT…IN A FINAL WHICH SAW BOTH DRIVERS…CROSS THE FINISH LINE…LESS THAT AT…FULL POWER… FOR…HIGHT…IT WAS THE 1ST WIN OF 2007…AND FOR…CAPPS… WHO WAS SHOOTING FOR HIS 3RD STRAIGHT SERIES WIN…THE LOSS WASN’T...ALL BAD…AS HE CONTINUES TO LEAD THE POINT STANDINGS…BY..88 MARKERS…OVER…HIGHT… PRO STOCK 3 TIME PRO STOCK CHAMP…GREG ANDERSON…WAS THE BOOKIE’S CHOICE…AS HE WAS A 5:9 FAVORITE…OVER HIS FINAL ROUND OPPONENT…JEG COUGHLIN…AND IF YOU MADE THE BET ON…ANDERSON…YOU WOULDN’T HAVE WON MUCH…BUT YOU WOULD HAVE WON…JUST LIKE ANDERSON…WHO GOT…BEAT AT THE TREE…BUT RECOVERED TO EDGE…COUGHLIN WITH A BETTER…E.T. OF…6.724 @ 205.29 MPH…TO THE RUNNER UP… COUGHLIN’S…LOSING E.T. OF…6.758 AT 204.45 MPH… THE...STRAIGHTLINERS…NOW…TAKE ‘EM BACK TO THE SHOP FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE "HAVIN’ AT IT"…FOR THE 27TH TIME IN HISTORY…AT THE END OF THE MONTH…IN "HOT-LANTA HOLMES… FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS AT WHICH FANS CAN REMEMBER ERIC MEDLEN BROWNSBURG, IND. – BP/CASTROL…ERIC MEDLEN’S SPONSOR…HAS SET UP AN ADDRESS AT WHICH FANS AND FRIENDS CAN OFFER CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF…ERIC MEDLEN…WHO SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES LAST FRIDAY. FANS CAN LEAVE THEIR MESSAGES AT GOOD-BYE-ERIC@CASTROL.COM. THOSE MESSAGES WILL BE ASSEMBLED, PRINTED AND PLACED IN A SCRAPBOOK THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE FAMILY. SERVICES FOR THE SIX-TIME NHRA POWERADE TOUR WINNER WILL BE HELD AT 10 A.M. WEDNESDAY AT CONNECTION POINTE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 1800 N. GREEN STREET, IN BROWNSBURG, INDIANA.
FOR THE 38TH TIME IN THEIR HISTORY…THE N.H.R.A. STRAIGHTLINERS…MADE THEIR WAY TO…GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA …TO CONTEST THE…GATORNATIONALS…AND FOR A CHANGE FEW SURPRISES…WERE IN THE MIX… TOP FUEL THREE EVENTS INTO THE 2007…RR-AZ ALUM…REIGNING TOP FUEL CHAMP…TONY SCHUMACHER…EXPLODED HIS ENGINE AT THE FINISH LINE BUT…FINALLY GOT HIS SEASON ON TRACK AS HE BEAT THE EVENT’S # 1 QUALIFIER…FELLOW RR-AZ ALUM… LARRY DIXON IN THE…GATOR-NATIONALS FINAL …FOR HIS 36TH CAREER WIN…WHICH MOVES HIM AHEAD OF…"BIG DADDY" DON GARLITS…ON THE ALL TIME…TOP FUEL…WIN LIST… FUNNY CAR FOR THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE YEAR…TONY SCHUMACHER’S FUNNY CAR TEAMMATE…RR-AZ ALUM…RON CAPPS…MANAGED TO COLLECT HIS 1ST WIN OF THE SEASON…AT THE GATOR-NATIONALS…AS THE…EX-MIDGET DRIVER…OUTRAN…PHIL BURK-HART…WITH A 4.773 PASS AT…323.27 MPH… FOLLOWING THE RACE…CAPPS…COMMENTED…THAT THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE HE HAD TO FACE ALL WEEKEND…WAS THE MEMORY OF THE…"RED LIGHT"…WHICH COST HIM A WIN HERE IN PHOENIX…THREE WEEKS AGO… PRO STOCK NO SURPRISES IN THE PRO STOCK PIECE OF THE GATOR-NATIONALS AS…GREG ANDERSON CONTINUED HIS DOMINATION OF THE …PRO STOCKERS…BY ENDING THE DAY SETTING A NEW NATIONAL E.T. RECORD OF…6.536 SECONDS AND ALL HIS FINAL ROUND OPPONENT LARRY MORGAN …COULD DO…WAS WATCH THE BACK END OF… ANDERSON’S GTO RACE TO HIS 36TH CAREER TITLE… THE WEEKEND WASN’T…ALL PERFECT…FOR ANDERSON… HOWEVER…AS HE SET A NEW NATIONAL SPEED RECORD IN QUALIFYING…AT…210.20 MPH…ONLY TO SEE IT ECLIPSED BY HIS EMPLOYEE…JASON LINE…WHO LATER RECORDED A RUN OF…211.69 MPH… PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLES FOR THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE…GATOR-NATIONALS…A FEMALE RIDER…THIS YEAR…KAREN STOUFFER…ON HER SUZUKI…RODE OFF WITH THE…PRO BIKE CHAMPIONSHIP…AS SHE USED A… "HOLESHOT" ADVANTAGE…TO POWER TO THE WIN AHEAD OF… MATT SMITH AND HIS…BUELL "HOG" STOUFFER’S…4TH CAREER WIN…ALSO PROPELLED HER TO THE TOP OF THE…2007…PRO BIKE…POINT STANDINGS…BY 17 MARKERS…OVER HER DE-FEA-TEE…MATT SMITH… THE...STRAIGHTLINERS…WILL NOW TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS OFF BEFORE RESURFACING IN HOUSTON, TEXAS…FOR THE 20TH ANNUAL…SPRING NATIONALS…OVER THE…APRIL FOOLS DAY…WEEKEND…
FEBRUARY 6, 2007 -
ACROSS THE STREET FROM…THE CASINO… FOR THE 23RD TIME IN THEIR HISTORY THE N.H.R.A. STRAIGHTLINERS…MADE THEIR WAY TO PHOENIX…TO CONTEST THE ARIZONA NATIONALS…AND AS USUAL...SURPRISES WERE IN THE MIX… TOP FUEL THE TOP FUEL FINAL …WAS A…DÉJÀ VU…REPLAY…OF THE 2006…EVENT…AND WAS THE BEST DRAG RACE OF THE FINALS, PAIRING FORMER…SPORTSMAN DRIVER…ROD FULLER … AGAINST..."HOSTESS CUPCAKE… RACING DIVA"…MELANIE…MRS. TOMMIE JOHNSON …TROXEL… THE TWO TOP FUELERS…RACED DOWN THE QUARTER MILE…SIDE BY EACH WITH FULLER PULLING IT OUT AT THE END…WITH A 4.490 SECOND PASS @ 327.19 MPH...TO JUST BARLEY EDGE… TROXEL…FOR THE WIN…THE 4TH OF HIS 28 YEAR…CAREER… IN ADDITION TO COLLECTING THE WIN…FULLER…ALSO CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE POINT STANDINGS FOR THE 1ST TIME IN HIS CAREER… FUNNY CAR THE FUNNY CAR FINAL…WAS A CLASSIC…"BOWTIE VS. BLUE OVAL" MATCHUP…WHICH FOUND…TONY PEDREGON COLLECTING THE WIN…WITH A PASS OF…4.803 SECONDS… AT …326.32 MPH…WHILE HIS…FORD DRIVING OPPONENT…ROBERT "THE SON IN LAW" HIGHT LOST TRACTION AT MID-TRACK AND LIMPED ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AS THE BRIDESMAID. DON’T FEEL TO SORRY FOR…JOHN FORCE’S…SON-IN-LAW… HOWEVER…AS HIS 2ND PLACE FINISH ELEVATED HIM TO THE TOP OF THE POINT STANDINGS…AFTER 2 EVENTS… PRO STOCK LAST YEAR…THE OL’ PERFESSER…WARREN JOHNSON… DEFEATED…GREG ANDERSON FOR THE PHOENIX…PRO STOCK TITLE…AND THIS YEAR…IT WAS…THE…OL’ PERFESSOR’S "SPAWN’…SON…KURT JOHNSON…SENDING…GREG ANDERSON’S EMPLOYEE…JASON LINE…DOWN TO DEFEAT… JASON LINE…HAD THE LOWER…E.T…AND…THE FASTER TOP SPEED…BUT HE GOT HIS BUTT…"WHOOPED"…AT THE LINE… AS…K.J…GOT AWAY WITH A REACTION TIME OF .016 SECONDS TO…LINE’S…GLACIAL LIKE START OF…OF .051 SECONDS…WHICH IS AN ETERNITY…IN DRAG RACING… THE .STRAIGHTLINERS WILL NOW TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS OFF…BEFORE RESURFACING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONTINENT...IN FLORIDA…FOR THE…"CHASIN’ OF THE GREEN" AT THE…38TH ANNUAL…GATORNATIONALS…OVER…ST. PATRICK’S DAY WEEKEND…
THE N.H.R.A. SEASON OPENER…AT POMONA…WAS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE IF YOU WERE A "DEFENDING CHAMPION"…AS ALL 3 OF THEM…WILL START THE 2ND RACE OF THE SEASON HERE IN PHOENIX…LOOKING UP AT THE POINT LEADER… TOP FUEL THE N.H.R.A…TOP FUEL…SEASON OPENING WIN…WENT TO A WOMAN…LAST YEAR…AND THIS YEAR THE SEASON OPENING TOP FUEL…WIN…WENT TO A…BLACK GUY… 2006…TOP FUEL…ROOKIE OF THE YEAR…J.R. TODD…RECORDED HIS 4TH WIN…IN ONLY 20 STARTS… AS HE RAN A 4.48…AT 324.98 MPH…TO DEFEAT…THE…"BUD PRINCE"…BRANDON BERNSTEIN …IN THE FINALS… WITH…TODD’S WIN…AND THE CONSECUTIVE DEFEAT OF…WHITE GUYS…IN…N.H.R.A. SEASON OPENERS…WE FULLY EXPECT TO SEE…JESSE JACKSON AND THE…NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN…TO PROTEST FOR SOME...AFFIRMATIVE ACTION… BREAKS…FOR THE WHITE FOLKS…OF…DRAG RACING… FUNNY CAR RR-AZ ALUM…GASRY SCELZI…APPEARED TO HAVE LOST THE FUNNY CAR FINAL TO…FORD DRIVIN’…ROBERT HIGHT, JR…BUT A POST RACE REVIEW OF THE TAPE SHOWED THAT HIGHT HAD "TOUCHED"…THE CENTER LINE…RESULTING IN A DISQUALIFICATION THAT AWARDED THE SEASON OPENING WIN TO…SCELZI…AND HIS…DODGE… THE WIN WAS THE 34TH OF SCELZI’S CAREER…AND HIS 9TH…IN A …FUNNY CAR… PRO STOCK THE…PRO STOCK FINAL…WAS A BATTLE OF THE…"GREGS"…AS 3 TIME SERIES CHAMP GREG ANDERSON…LINED UP AGAINST …GREG STANFIELD…AND IT WAS…ANDERSON… SENDING… STANFIELD…DOWN TO DEFEAT…AS HE RECORDED HIS 44TH CAREER WIN…AND HIS 3RD WIN IN A ROW AT…POMONA… THE...STRAIGHTLINERS…WILL SHOW UP NEXT…HERE IN PHOENIX…IN A COUPLE OF WEEK’S…AND THAT’S IT FOR THE N.H.R.A…SEASON OPENER…
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