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Postby draglist » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:42 pm

Capps, Kalitta and Line Win at O'Reilly Thunder Valley Nationals

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Ron Capps beat drag racing legend John Force by one-hundredth of a second Sunday at Bristol Dragway to extend his Funny Car lead in the POWERade Drag Racing Series championship chase. Capps was joined by Doug Kalitta and Jason Line in the winner's circle at the $1.5 million O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Q, the sixth of 23 races in the $50 million POWERade Drag Racing Series.

Capps posted a run of 4.793 seconds at 319.52 mph in his Brut Dodge Stratus to beat Force's quicker 4.788 at 310.13 in his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang. The difference came at the starting line when Capps left in .080-of-a-second in front of Force's .104-second start.

"I'm in disbelief," said Capps of his third victory of the season and the 20th of his career. "I got on the radio and said, 'I can't believe it, we won again.' It's not that I don't have confidence in my guys, but it's just so hard to win and when it happens a lot like it has this year it's sometimes hard to believe. I love the competition and I love this class. This is just a great time to be racing right now."

In earlier rounds, Capps defeated Scott Kalitta, Eric Medlen, and teammate Gary Scelzi to advance. It was Capps' second win at Bristol Dragway, as he defeated Al Hofmann for the win here in 2001.

The final produced a swing of 40 points in the POWERade standings with Capps increasing his lead by 122 points over Force.

Kalitta repeated last year's Bristol Top Fuel final by beating Rod Fuller once again. This time Fuller's Valvoline/David Powers Homes dragster lost traction at the hit of the throttle and Kalitta's Mac Tools dragster powered to a time of 4.537 at a track record speed of 331.53. It was Kalitta's 25th career victory and third at this event.

"This has been a long time coming," said Kalitta, whose last victory came eight months ago in Brainerd, Minn. "It seems like forever since we've been to the winner's circle. The guys were just real hungry and they really wanted to win one, plus we've always run well here, which had us feeling confident. Rahn [Tobler, crew chief] has the set up for this place and we love being here. All the facilities Bruton Smith owns are first-class and we enjoy racing at his tracks."

Kalitta's machine was consistent throughout the day, staying in the mid-4.5-second range to claim round wins over Scott Weis, Brandon Bernstein, and reigning champ Tony Schumacher.

"Getting by Rod a second time in the final here is something," Kalitta said. "I thought he was going to put us in the right lane but he didn't and when I saw Capps go down the left lane it made me feel real good. Once you get to the final you really want to go ahead and finish it off and we were able to today."

Melanie Troxel's bid to tie a category record for consecutive final-round appearances ended when she left the starting line early against second-round foe Fuller. Troxel was trying to tie teammate Tony Schumacher's mark of seven straight final-rounds. Her lead in the POWERade Series standings was trimmed from 156 to 139 points over second-place Dave Grubnic.

Top Fuel driver Cory McClenathan, who escaped injury after a spectacular crash Friday night, returned to competition Sunday and lost in the opening round to Fuller. McClenathan's FRAM/Carrier Boyz Racing crew worked throughout the day Saturday to prepare his back-up car, which covered the distance in 4.666 seconds at 317.49 mph in the first round loss.

In a battle between Summit Racing Pontiac GTOs, Line earned his ninth career Pro Stock victory and became the sixth different Pro Stock winner of the season when he took out series leader and teammate Greg Anderson by a 6.716- to 6.752-second margin.

"It's interesting that we've had six different winners and I'm glad I'm one of them but really it stinks because we want them all to belong to this team," Line said. "That's just the way we like it, but we also realize how hard this class is and we're just motivated to work even harder to get back on top."

Line's Summit Pontiac GTO was the quickest of each elimination round, running low 6.7-second passes all day in claiming round wins over Ron Krisher, Richie Stevens, and Larry Morgan.

With the win, Line moved to second and cut Anderson's lead to 51 points.

The NHRA POWERade Series continues with the 26th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals presented by Pontiac, May 4-7 at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Ga.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Final finish order (1-16) for professional categories at the sixth annual O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Q at Bristol Dragway. The $1.5 million race is the sixth of 23 events in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.

TOP FUEL: 1. Doug Kalitta; 2. Rod Fuller; 3. David Grubnic; 4. Tony Schumacher; 5. Brandon Bernstein; 6. Melanie Troxel; 7. Morgan Lucas; 8. Clay Millican; 9. Hillary Will; 10. Larry Dixon; 11. Bob Vandergriff; 12. Cory McClenathan; 13. Scott Weis; 14. Doug Foley; 15. David Baca; 16. Doug Herbert.

FUNNY CAR: 1. Ron Capps, Dodge Stratus; 2. John Force, Ford Mustang; 3. Whit Bazemore, Dodge Charger; 4. Gary Scelzi, Charger; 5. Tommy Johnson Jr., Chevy Monte Carlo; 6. Eric Medlen, Mustang; 7. Phil Burkart, Monte Carlo; 8. Jim Head, Stratus; 9. Del Worsham, Monte Carlo; 10. Gary Densham, Monte Carlo; 11. Tim Wilkerson, Monte Carlo; 12. Tony Bartone, Monte Carlo; 13. Tony Pedregon, Monte Carlo; 14. Cruz Pedregon, Monte Carlo; 15. Robert Hight, Mustang; 16. Scott Kalitta, Monte Carlo.

PRO STOCK: 1. Jason Line, Pontiac GTO; 2. Greg Anderson, GTO; 3. Kurt Johnson, Chevy Cobalt; 4. Larry Morgan, Dodge Stratus; 5. Erica Enders, Cobalt; 6. Richie Stevens, Stratus; 7. V. Gaines, Stratus; 8. Dave Howard, Cobalt; 9. Warren Johnson, GTO; 10. Jim Yates, GTO; 11. Ron Krisher, Cobalt; 12. Greg Stanfield, GTO; 13. Allen Johnson, Stratus; 14. Dave Northrop, Stratus; 15. Mike Edwards, GTO; 16. Max Naylor, Stratus.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Sunday's final results from the Sixth annual O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Q at Bristol Dragway. The $1.5 million race is the sixth of 23 in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series:

Top Fuel -- Doug Kalitta, 4.537 seconds, 331.53 mph def. Rod Fuller, 13.077 seconds, 73.32 mph.

Funny Car -- Ron Capps, Dodge Stratus, 4.793, 319.52 def. John Force, Ford Mustang, 4.788, 310.13.

Pro Stock -- Jason Line, Pontiac GTO, 6.716, 205.35 def. Greg Anderson, GTO, 6.752, 204.70.

Competition Eliminator -- David Rampy, Bantam Roadster, 7.310, 174.71 def. Glen Treadwell, Ford Roadster, 8.213, 158.07.

Super Stock -- Jeff Strickland, Chevy Camaro, 11.031, 119.78 def. Mark Alvey, Camaro, 9.960, 133.34.

Stock Eliminator -- Randy Wilkes, Pontiac Firebird, 10.552, 124.96 def. Anthony Bertozzi, Chevy Camaro, 10.853, 116.46.

Super Comp -- Larry Ericksmoen, Dragster, 8.907, 145.41 def. Shane Carr, Dragster, 8.882, 162.35.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Final round-by-round results from the Sixth annual O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Q at Bristol Dragway, the sixth of 23 events in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series:

TOP FUEL:

ROUND ONE -- Rod Fuller, 4.502, 326.32 def. Cory McClenathan, 4.666, 317.49; Tony Schumacher, 4.496, 326.40 def. David Baca, 6.185, 143.29; Doug Kalitta, 4.550, 327.51 def. Scott Weis, 4.753, 302.82; Melanie Troxel, 4.504, 326.16 def. Doug Foley, 4.800, 241.15; Morgan Lucas, 4.612, 289.20 def. Hillary Will, 4.568, 319.82; Brandon Bernstein, 4.507, 330.72 def. Doug Herbert, 10.259, 92.55; Clay Millican, 4.601, 318.84 def. Larry Dixon, 4.577, 327.27; David Grubnic, 4.566, 327.27 def. Bob Vandergriff, 4.612, 317.94; QUARTERFINALS -- Grubnic, 4.599, 323.66 def. Millican, 6.385, 129.08; Kalitta, 4.546, 329.75 def. Bernstein, 4.537, 329.67; Fuller, 7.507, 98.39 def. Troxel, foul; Schumacher, 4.638, 316.45 def. Lucas, 4.651, 293.41; SEMIFINALS -- Fuller, 4.533, 327.66 def. Grubnic, 4.640, 320.20; Kalitta, 4.536, 330.72 def. Schumacher, 5.579, 173.94; FINAL -- Kalitta, 4.537, 331.53 def. Fuller, 13.077, 73.32.

FUNNY CAR:

ROUND ONE -- Ron Capps, Dodge Stratus, 4.782, 296.50 def. Scott Kalitta, Chevy Monte Carlo, 9.757, 84.91; Jim Head, Stratus, 4.836, 307.02 def. Gary Densham, Monte Carlo, 4.845, 316.01; John Force, Ford Mustang, 4.808, 320.89 def. Cruz Pedregon, Monte Carlo, 5.537, 197.68; Eric Medlen, Mustang, 4.776, 320.13 def. Del Worsham, Monte Carlo, 4.840, 320.05; Whit Bazemore, Dodge Charger, 4.810, 292.84 def. Tim Wilkerson, Monte Carlo, 5.004, 285.11; Gary Scelzi, Charger, 4.790, 325.45 def. Tony Bartone, Monte Carlo, 5.304, 214.79; Tommy Johnson Jr., Monte Carlo, 4.817, 323.97 def. Tony Pedregon, Monte Carlo, 5.314, 206.10; Phil Burkart, Monte Carlo, 5.488, 250.64 def. Robert Hight, Mustang, 5.723, 198.17; QUARTERFINALS -- Bazemore, 4.853, 304.46 def. Burkart, 5.527, 207.21; Force, 4.774, 321.27 def. Head, 8.704, 91.86; Capps, 4.857, 318.39 def. Medlen, 4.858, 313.44; Scelzi, 4.778, 323.35 def. Johnson Jr., 4.823, 318.32; SEMIFINALS -- Capps, 4.821, 318.47 def. Scelzi, 5.731, 196.04; Force, 4.826, 309.63 def. Bazemore, 4.902, 269.73; FINAL -- Capps, 4.793, 319.52 def. Force, 4.788, 310.13.

PRO STOCK:

ROUND ONE -- Richie Stevens, Dodge Stratus, 6.745, 203.52 def. Allen Johnson, Stratus, 6.767, 204.20; Dave Howard, Chevy Cobalt, 6.758, 203.89 def. Max Naylor, Stratus, 6.773, 202.76; V. Gaines, Stratus, 6.757, 204.32 def. Jim Yates, Pontiac GTO, 6.747, 204.17; Larry Morgan, Stratus, 6.767, 203.61 def. Warren Johnson, GTO, 6.745, 204.85; Jason Line, GTO, 6.708, 204.94 def. Ron Krisher, Cobalt, 6.748, 203.68; Kurt Johnson, Cobalt, 6.750, 204.63 def. Greg Stanfield, GTO, 6.756, 203.80; Greg Anderson, GTO, 6.718, 204.54 def. Dave Northrop, Stratus, 6.767, 204.05; Erica Enders, Cobalt, 6.721, 204.98 def. Mike Edwards, GTO, 6.772, 205.19; QUARTERFINALS -- K. Johnson, 6.749, 204.23 def. Gaines, 6.761, 204.45; Morgan, 6.759, 203.74 def. Enders, 6.743, 204.26; Anderson, 6.725, 204.54 def. Howard, 6.781, 204.66; Line, 6.721, 204.26 def. Stevens, 6.756, 203.71; SEMIFINALS -- Anderson, 6.736, 204.51 def. K. Johnson, 6.773, 204.51; Line, 6.726, 204.26 def. Morgan, 6.827, 203.71; FINAL -- Line, 6.716, 205.35 def. Anderson, 6.752, 204.70.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Point standings (top 10) for NHRA professional categories following the Sixth annual O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Q at Bristol Dragway, the sixth of 23 events in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series -

Top Fuel

1. Melanie Troxel, 541; 2. David Grubnic, 402; 3. Doug Kalitta, 387; 4. Rod Fuller, 360; 5. Brandon Bernstein, 345; 6. Morgan Lucas, 332; 7. Larry Dixon, 329; 8. Tony Schumacher, 320; 9. Doug Herbert, 294; 10. Cory McClenathan, 259.

Funny Car

1. Ron Capps, 602; 2. John Force, 480; 3. Tommy Johnson Jr., 342; 4. (tie) Phil Burkart, 334; Eric Medlen, 334; 6. Robert Hight, 319; 7. Cruz Pedregon, 315; 8. Del Worsham, 300; 9. Whit Bazemore, 284; 10. Bob Gilbertson, 246.

Pro Stock

1. Greg Anderson, 466; 2. Jason Line, 415; 3. Erica Enders, 371; 4. Mike Edwards, 361; 5. Jim Yates, 317; 6. Warren Johnson, 303; 7. Larry Morgan, 298; 8. Greg Stanfield, 297; 9. Kurt Johnson, 292; 10. Richie Stevens, 261.
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NHRA POWERADE SERIES POST RACE NOTES

Postby draglist » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:47 pm

NHRA POWERADE SERIES POST RACE NOTES:
Sixth annual NHRA O’Reilly Thunder Valley Nationals
April 28-30, Bristol Dragway, Bristol, Tenn.

TOP FUEL

· Doug Kalitta, from Ypsilanti, Mich., raced to his first victory of the season, second in a row at Bristol Dragway, and third overall at the Tennessee track. He powered his Mac Tools dragster to the win with a performance of 4.537 seconds at a track record speed of 331.53 mph, while runner-up Rod Fuller’s Valvoline/David Powers Homes dragster lost traction at the start. It was Kalitta’s 25th career victory.

· The final round meeting between Kalitta and Fuller was a rematch of last season’s Bristol Top Fuel final.

· Melanie Troxel drove her Skull Shine/Torco Race Fuels dragster to the first No. 1 qualifying effort of her career, clocking a category-best 4.539 second run at 324.05 mph. She is the seventh female to qualify No. 1 in a pro category in NHRA history. She is the sixth female to qualify No. 1 in Top Fuel.

· Brandon Bernstein powered his Budweiser/Lucas Oil dragster to a track record speed of 330.72 mph.

· Troxel left the starting line too early in the second round, giving the automatic victory to Rod Fuller. It is the first race this season that Troxel didn’t advance to the final and ends her final round streak at six consecutive races (dating back to the 2005 Auto Club NHRA Finals).

· Cory McClenathan escaped injury following a spectacular high-speed accident when his FRAM/Carrier Boyz dragster went out of control and crashed during Friday’s evening qualifying session. He was transported to Bristol Regional Medical Center where he was checked and released later that evening.

· Troxel maintained her POWERade Series points lead at 139 points over Dave Grubnic.

· Clay Millican earned $1,000 for winning the Motel 6 Who Got the Light award for his .0041-second margin of victory in his first round victory over Larry Dixon.

· Hillary Will’s KB Racing team won the Full Throttle Pit Crew challenge award.

FUNNY CAR

· Ron Capps, from Carlsbad, Calif., earned his third victory of the season by defeating John Force in the final round. Capps’ Brut Dodge posted a 4.793 at 319.52 and crossed the finish line in front of Force’s quicker, but losing Castrol GTX Ford Mustang, which posted a 4.788 at 310.13.

· It was Capps’ 20th career victory (19 in Funny Car/1 in Top Fuel) and his second victory at Bristol Dragway (also 2001).

· Eric Medlen raced to the No. 1 qualifying position with a track record time of 4.755 at 306.53 in his Castrol Syntec Ford Mustang. It was Medlen’s second No. 1 qualifying effort of the season, seventh of his career and second straight at this event.

· With the victory, Capps increased his POWERade Series lead to 122 points over John Force.

· Ron Capps’ Brut Dodge team won the Full Throttle Pit Crew challenge award.

PRO STOCK

· Jason Line, from Terrell, N.C., raced to his first victory of the season, defeating teammate Greg Anderson in the final round. Line’s Summit Racing Pontiac GTO covered the quarter-mile distance in 6.716 seconds at 205.35 mph to hold off Anderson, whose Summit GTO clocked a 6.752 at 204.70 in the runner-up effort.

· The victory was the ninth of Line’s career and his first at Bristol Dragway.

· Line is the sixth different Pro Stock winner in as many events.

· Line claimed the No. 1 qualifying spot in his Summit Racing Pontiac GTO with a performance of 6.727 at 204.66 mph. It was Line’s second top qualifying effort of the season and sixth of his career.

· Line lowered the track elapsed time record to 6.708 seconds during eliminations, while Mike Edwards posted the track speed record at 205.19 mph in his Young Life Pontiac GTO.

· With the runner-up finish, Anderson maintained his series points lead, 51 in front of Line.

· Greg Anderson’s Summit Racing team won the Full Throttle Pit Crew challenge award.

POWERADE FAN NATIONALS

· Austin Olinger, 12, of Kingsport, Tenn., won the sixth round of the NHRA POWERade Fan Nationals. Olinger, a sixth grade student at Sullivan Middle School and an O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League competitor, defeated hundreds of area fans to claim his second POWERade Fan Nationals victory, driving realistic POWERade Funny Car simulators. With the victory, Olinger, who won at Bristol last season, becomes the first repeat POWERade Fan Nationals winner. He will once again have the opportunity to race for the ultimate title of 2006 POWERade Fan Nationals Series champion in November at the 42nd Annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals.
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Postby jim sanders » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:53 pm

8) a great race and great highlights B.P..... thanks....

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Postby purple66bu » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:58 pm

Kinda disappointed with TV coverage not a big Paul Page fan...wish Mike did the main commentary
Mike Dunn is a hell of a guy got to know him back in the 80's when he was driven for Pisano,spent a New Years eve with him and Sandy..
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Postby bandit » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:14 pm

Never thought I'd say this, BUT, I miss Marty Ried!!! Paul..You're a great roundy round announcer..BUT!!!

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Postby jim sanders » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:37 pm

You are not alone Bandit!! Paul Page has no reason to be anywhere near a dragrace and i don't even have tv coverage anymore ! Mike Dunn is all anybody needs to cover fuel cars..


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