TOP FUEL STANDOUT TONY SCHUMACHER EYES RECORD-BREAKING 10TH VICTORY AT PRESTIGIOUS CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE U.S. NATIONALS

INDIANAPOLIS – Tony Schumacher might not pay close attention to all of the numbers that equate to his remarkable success in the sport, but even he is well aware of the incredible success he’s had at the world’s most prestigious drag race, the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals.

Schumacher’s long list of accomplishments includes seven world championships on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series circuit, but just as noteworthy is his nine Top Fuel victories at the biggest drag race in the world, which ties him with Pro Stock great Bob Glidden for the most ever at the event.

A 10th victory at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, which could come this weekend at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, would put him in uncharted territory in his 10,000-horsepower U.S. Army dragster. Schumacher is also not afraid to admit that achieving the mark is at the forefront of his focus.

“I think there’s no doubt that we know coming into this race that we have a chance to do something that no one has ever done,” Schumacher said. “I think it adds to the pressure and I like that. I enjoy the pressure. I’m a better driver when the pressure is big. I always have been. A lot of people have been able to live some great moments here. Fortunately for me, we’re one of the teams that have been blessed with some of the best moments.”

Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel). Robert Hight (Funny Car), Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) and John Hall (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were last year’s winners of an event that will once again be televised on ESPN2 in more than 10 hours of coverage. Nearly 1,000 competitors in 12 different categories will attempt to put their names in the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals record book over Labor Day weekend. It also marks the 18th of 24 events during the 2014 season and is the final race of the regular season.

The magnitude of the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals has always brought out the best in Schumacher, who last won the event in 2012. His string of eight victories in a 10-year span from 2000-2009 ranks as one of the most impressive runs in NHRA history and that also means Schumacher is well aware of race’s importance on its own and as it relates to the Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship.

“It’s such a massive race,” Schumacher said. “You need this momentum. You need to go to the first race (of the Countdown) knowing you won the last one, you’ve got six to go. I think showing that you can win these four rounds, get that win at Indianapolis and go on with six races to go with absolutely no mistakes to be made, not one, you can’t even think about making a mistake to win the championship. You have to be a machine, the whole team has to be perfect and flawless and having that momentum coming out of Indy is possibly the most important thing you could see in the Countdown.”

Schumacher seems to be building up to something big heading into the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals and the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship. He has two victories in 2014 and currently sits in fourth, and has also strung together a number of consistent performances throughout the summer. Schumacher credits his elite U.S. Army team for getting him back in championship contention after finishing an uncharacteristic seventh a year ago.

“These are people that I’m surrounded with every day that can’t lose,” Schumacher said. “That attitude rubs off on me, my crew chief, Mike Green, and Neal (Strausbaugh, assistant crew chief) and my guys. We all talk about how important it is to be surrounded by great people. When you’re around that good of quality people, you learn a way to figure out how to win. Whether it’s through the adversity of losing, which we have seen through the last year, you realize you don’t like this. This is not how we are and you figure it out.”

To pick up an unprecedented 10th win at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, Schumacher might need a historic performance to top a loaded Top Fuel field headed by points leader Doug Kalitta, who beat Schumacher at the last event in Brainerd. Other marquee challengers include Antron Brown, reigning world champion Langdon, who also won the Traxxas Nitro Shootout here last year, Spencer Massey, Khalid alBalooshi, J.R. Todd, Brittany Force, Steve Torrence and Richie Crampton.

“It’s going to be difficult to win,” Schumacher said. “Knowing it’s going to be difficult to win is what makes us good. We’ll have to try that much harder. I don’t know where I’m going to find more, because I feel like I give everything I’ve got every time, but we always seem to come up with it when we need it. We always seem to find, whether it’s the pressure, the rise of the heartbeat, the energy that comes with it, I don’t know what it is, but we get better in these big moments.”

In Funny Car, everybody is chasing Robert Hight, who has five victories this season and qualified for the Countdown a year ago in thrilling fashion by scoring his third Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals win. New points leader John Force, who enters the race riding a five-race final round streak, will look to tie Ed McCulloch’s Funny Car record of five wins at the event, while other challengers include Ron Capps, Matt Hagan, Courtney Force, Cruz Pedregon, Del Worsham, Alexis DeJoria, Tim Wilkerson and Tommy Johnson Jr.

Four-time world champion Greg Anderson is a six-time Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals winner in Pro Stock, trailing only Bob Glidden’s remarkable nine wins at the race. Anderson will face a talented field featuring top drivers Dave Connolly and Jeg Coughlin, who each have three Indy wins, Erica Enders-Stevens, Allen Johnson, Shane Gray, new points leader Jason Line, Vincent Nobile, V Gaines and Chris McGaha.

In Pro Stock Motorcycle, points leader Andrew Hines has had a dominating season and will look to follow up his 2012 Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals victory. Teammate Eddie Krawiec has yet to win in Indy, but sits second in points while other standout competitors in the two-wheeled category include reigning world champion Matt Smith, Angie Smith, Michael Ray, Scotty Pollacheck, Hector Arana Jr., Hector Arana, Steve Johnson and defending event winner Hall.

Bonus bucks and bragging rights will be on the line for qualified drivers in Top Fuel and Funny Car as they battle in the lucrative Traxxas Nitro Shootout. The Traxxas Nitro Shootout for Top Fuel will be held on Saturday evening, while the Traxxas Nitro Shootout for Funny Car is contested Sunday afternoon. The winners in each Traxxas Nitro Shootout will earn $100,000.

Another Mello Yello Series event also will be completed during the Big Go: the rain-delayed Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals from Brainerd, Minn. John Force and Ron Capps will decide the Funny Car final round during the U.S. Nationals third qualifying session on Saturday evening at approximately 8:15 p.m. The Brainerd Pro Stock semifinals will be run during Saturday’s third qualifying session at approximately 6:30 p.m. Line will take on Dave River and Vincent Nobile will face Jeg Coughlin. The two semi winners will decide the Brainerd Pro Stock final on Sunday during the event’s fourth pro qualifying session at 11:30 a.m.

Drivers in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the NHRA Pro Mod Series will look to become winners of the prestigious event during the weekend. The fastest Super Stock cars will challenge for the ultimate bragging rights and a bonus purse during the popular Mopar HEMI Challenge as well.

NHRA will also conduct official presentations to honor six of the most iconic moments in the history of the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals in the Hot Rod Junction Friday-Sunday of the weekend. On Sunday of race weekend “Big Daddy” Don Garlits will reenact his famous beard shaving scene that followed his triumphant 1967 victory and the “Indy’s Winningest Drivers” presentation, a ceremony honoring Schumacher, Bob Glidden and Garlits, also will take place; on Saturday Kenny Bernstein will be honored for becoming the first double-up winner at Indy, Shirley Muldowney will look back at her Indy memories including her 1982 victory, one she called the greatest victory of her outstanding Top Fuel career, and the 1978 Funny Car final where Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen defeated Don “The Snake” Prudhomme will be remembered; on Friday the harrowing 1970 Top Fuel final between Jim Nicoll and Prudhomme will be revisited.

A special Monday edition of the SealMaster NHRA Track Walk also will take place prior to final eliminations, where many of the sport’s most celebrated drivers will walk alongside fans down the historic dragstrip. Fan-favorite Cacklefests and vintage racecars on display in the Hot Rod Junction, along with several autograph sessions featuring the legends of the sport as well as today’s biggest stars will be featured throughout each day of the event. On Friday, a special fireworks show will close out the day’s racing.

The first of five Mello Yello Series qualifying sessions is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29. Two more sessions will take to the track on Saturday, Aug. 30 at 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., and the final two qualifying sessions will take place on Sunday, Aug. 31 at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Final eliminations begin at 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 1.

The Traxxas Nitro Shootout for Top Fuel will be contested Saturday, Aug. 30 with rounds at 4 p.m., 5:25 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. The Traxxas Nitro Shootout for Funny Car takes place on Sunday, Aug. 31 for the eight qualified drivers, with rounds at 12:30 p.m., 1:55 p.m. and 4:15 p.m.

ESPN2 will televise more than 11 hours of coverage of the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. Five hours of qualifying coverage and coverage of the Traxxas Nitro Shootout will air on ESPN2 at 11 a.m.-2 p.m. (ET) and 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 31. Monday’s (Sept. 1) eliminations for the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals will be featured in six hours of coverage starting at noon (ET).

To purchase tickets for the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, fans can contact NHRA’s Ticket Sales Center at (800) 884-NHRA (6472), or get their tickets online at www.NHRATIX.com.

* * *

CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE U.S. NATIONALS FACT SHEET

WHAT: 60th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, 18th of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and the last race in the NHRA Mello Yello Series regular season. At the conclusion of this event, the top 10 drivers in four categories – Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle – will be locked in to begin the six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs, leading to 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world championships.

WHERE: Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Brownsburg, Ind. From I-465, exit Crawfordsville Road (Hwy. 136). Head west for four miles past downtown Clermont. The facility’s main entrance is on the left, one-half mile past Raceway Road. From I-74 go south on Ronald Reagan Parkway, exit 68 and turn south. Turn east on U.S. 136 and entrance on the track will be on the right.

COURSE: Championship dragstrip; Track elevation is 700 feet above sea level; Track direction is south to north.

WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 27 through Monday, Sept. 1.

SCHEDULE:

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 27 – LUCAS OIL SERIES qualifying

THURSDAY, Aug. 28 – LUCAS OIL SERIES qualifying and eliminations

FRIDAY, Aug. 29 – LUCAS OIL SERIES (featuring Mopar HEMI Challenge)
PRO MOD SERIES qualifying at 5:30 p.m.
MELLO YELLO SERIES qualifying at 6 p.m.

SATURDAY, Aug. 30 – LUCAS OIL SERIES qualifying and eliminations
PRO MOD SERIES qualifying at 2 and 5:30 p.m.
TRAXXAS NITRO SHOOTOUT (Top Fuel) rounds at 4, 5:25 and 7:45 p.m.
MELLO YELLO SERIES qualifying at 11a.m. and 6 p.m.
BRAINERD FC FINAL at approximately 8:15 p.m.
BRAINERD PS SEMIFINALS at approximately 6:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, Aug. 31 – LUCAS OIL SERIES qualifying and eliminations
PRO MOD SERIES qualifying at 10:30 A.m.; first round of eliminations at 2 p.m.
TRAXXAS NITRO SHOOTOUT (Funny Car) rounds at 12:30, 1:55 and 4:15 p.m.
MELLO YELLO SERIES qualifying at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
BRAINERD PS FINAL at approximately 11:30 a.m.

MONDAY, Sept. 1 – Pre-race ceremonies, 9:45 a.m.
MELLO YELLO SERIES eliminations begin at 11 a.m.

TELEVISION:

Sunday, Aug. 31, ESPN2 will televise four hours of qualifying coverage at 11 a.m. (ET).
Sunday, Aug. 31, ESPN2 will televise two hours of qualifying coverage at 5 p.m. (ET).
Monday, Sept. 1, ESPN2 will televise six hours of eliminations coverage at noon (ET).

SATELLITE (Digital HD feed):

Friday, Aug. 29, 8:30 – 9 p.m. (ET), AMC 9 / Transponder 23C
Saturday, Aug. 30, 9 – 9:30 p.m. (ET), AMC 9 / Transponder 23C
Sunday, Aug. 31, 8 – 8:30 p.m. (ET), AMC 9 / Transponder 23C
Monday, Sept. 1, 7:30 – 8 p.m. (ET), AMC 9 / Transponder 23C
(4160 MHz, horizontal; Data Rate: 40.46147055 Mbp; Symbol Rate: 29.27 Ms; FEC: ¾; Bandwidth: 36 Mhz)
Video news release contains race action highlights each day and winners’ interviews on Sunday.

2013 EVENT WINNERS: Shawn Langdon, Top Fuel; Robert Hight, Funny Car; Mike Edwards, Pro Stock; John Hall, Pro Stock Motorcycle

MOST VICTORIES: Tony Schumacher, Top Fuel, 9; Bob Glidden, Pro Stock, 9; Don Garlits, Top Fuel, 8; Don Prudhomme, Top Fuel and Funny Car, 7; Warren Johnson, Pro Stock, 6; Dave Schultz, Pro Stock Motorcycle, 6; Ed McCulloch, Funny Car and Top Fuel, 6;Greg Anderson, Pro Stock, 6; John Force, Funny Car, 4; Larry Dixon, Top Fuel, 4.

EVENT HISTORY: The most historic and prestigious event in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals has been contested annually since 1955. Originally known as “The Nationals” and first held at an abandoned airstrip in Great Bend, Kan., the event made stops at Kansas City, Mo., Oklahoma City and Detroit before eventually moving to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in 1961. Past winners include “Big Daddy” Don Garlits, an eight-time winner in Top Fuel; Shirley Muldowney, 1982 Top Fuel winner; Don “The Snake” Prudhomme, a seven-time winner and one of a handful of drivers to win the event in both Top Fuel and Funny Car; and Bob Glidden, the legendary Pro Stock driver who dominated the race by advancing to the final round in 13 consecutive seasons from 1977-’89. The Indiana native won the event a record nine times, a mark he shares with current Top Fuel driver Tony Schumacher. It is the only major motorsports event to be contested on Labor Day.

FAST FACTS: The Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals is the final of 18 regular season Mello Yello Series races. Following conclusion of this event the top 10 drivers in each Mello Yello Series category will qualify for the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s six-race playoffs that begin Sept. 12-14 at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte, N.C.… The Traxxas Nitro Shootout will offer $100,000 to the winners in special bonus events for qualified Top Fuel and Funny Car drivers… Tony Schumacher is an 11-time U.S. Nationals finalist in Top Fuel (winning nine)… Schumacher’s first career NHRA start came at the U.S. Nationals in 1996 and the then rookie posted a runner-up finish to Cory McClenathan… John Force, 16-time NHRA Mello Yello Series world champion and winner of a record 141 events, has won the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals four times, his last coming in 2002… Three women have earned Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals victories, including Shirley Muldowney once in Top Fuel, Ashley Force Hood twice in Funny Car and Angelle Sampey twice in Pro Stock Motorcycle… Pro Stock’s Bob Glidden and Top Fuel’s Tony Schumacher are the winningest drivers in the history of the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, with nine victories each… Kenny Bernstein, Don Prudhomme, Jim Head and Ed McCulloch have won the race in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, while Antron Brown has also won the race in multiple MYDRS classes, Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle… The event also will feature competition in the NHRA Lucas Oil Series and the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, featuring high-horsepower machines that accelerate to more than 250 mph.

WHAT TO WATCH: The Traxxas Nitro Shootout will offer $100,000 to the winners in special bonus events for qualified Top Fuel and Funny Car drivers… Tony Schumacher is seeking a record 10th Top Fuel victory at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals… A victory by Schumacher would break a tie with Pro Stock’s Bob Glidden for most Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals victories… Four-time Pro Stock world champion Greg Anderson is seeking his seventh Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals victory… A driver from John Force Racing has earned the Funny Car victory at this event each season since 2008, including Robert Hight last season and in ’08, Ashley Force Hood in ’09 and ’10 and Mike Neff in ’11 and ’12… Seven female drivers representing all four Mello Yello Series categories are pre-entered for the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals… Several high-profile drivers are looking for their first victory in the world’s most prestigious drag race, including two-time Indy runner-up and current series points leader Doug Kalitta in Top Fuel, Matt Hagan, Ron Capps, Jack Beckman and Tony Pedregon in Funny Car, defending world champ Allen Johnson in Pro Stock, and three-time Pro Stock Motorcycle world champ Eddie Krawiec… Drivers in several Mello Yello Series categories who are on the bubble to make it into the top 10 in points, including J.R. Todd, Bob Vandergriff in Top Fuel, Cruz Pedregon, Del Worsham, Tim Wilkerson and Jack Beckman in Funny Car, Greg Anderson and Jonathan Gray in Pro Stock and Angie Smith, Steve Johnson, Adam Arana, Jerry Savoie and Chaz Kennedy among others in Pro Stock Motorcycle, will be trying to earn every point possible to secure their berths into the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s six-race postseason playoffs.

TRACK HISTORY: In 1958, led by Tom Binford, Frank Dickie, Rodger Ward and Howard Fieber, 15 Indianapolis-area businessmen and racing professionals invested $5,000 each to fund the development of what would become Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. The group purchased a 267-acre farm about seven miles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and developed a multipurpose auto racing facility. The original intention in creating Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis was to design a 15-turn, 2.5-mile road course. Nearly as an afterthought, and as an insurance measure against economic problems, the investment group decided to incorporate a quarter-mile drag strip into the long straightaway of the 2.5-mile road course design. Constructed with assistance from the NHRA, the drag strip was the first of the three courses to be completed, with the facility’s first event held on the strip in the fall of 1960. During the 1960 U.S. Nationals in Detroit, a handshake agreement between Binford and NHRA founder Wally Parks promised that the event would move to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in 1961. The historic three-year pact was signed and sealed under a tree in Detroit Dragway’s pits, and Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis eventually became the home of NHRA’s biggest annual event. The NHRA purchased the entire facility in 1979. The first major improvement came in 1983 with the construction and dedication of Parks Tower, the four-story drag strip tower. In 1998, new grandstands, suites and a tower complex on the front straightaway were completed at the oval track at a cost of nearly $2.5 million, which included the repaving of the entire oval surface as part of a three-phase facility improvement project. In 2001, NHRA and Lucas Oil Raceway constructed a new drag strip racing surface, replacing the strip with a 660-foot concrete pad and laying new asphalt on the remainder of the track and shutdown area. Prior to the 2003 race, eight new luxury suites were added along the top of the west-side grandstands of the drag strip, giving fans a unique perspective of the action on the famed track. In 2006, new soft barrier walls were added to the oval. In 2007, the track announced its first track entitlement with O’Reilly Auto Parts. In 2011, the track announced a new track entitlement with Lucas Oil Products. The track – formerly known as Indianapolis Raceway Park – is now known as Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. During the winter of 2008, a new main track office building was constructed near the track entrance.

DRIVER QUICK QUOTES:

Shawn Langdon, defending U.S. Nationals Top Fuel winner and Traxxas Nitro Shootout winner: “That was a dream weekend (at Indy last season) for the Al-Anabi racing team. My first time in the Traxxas Shootout and we got the victory there and then doubled it up. It is such a special place to race. You always get up that little bit extra for it. You get that energy going when you come to Indy. It is the biggest race of the year, the last one before the Countdown. There is a lot riding on that. You’ve got to dig a little extra for that one. It is always a great accomplishment when you can put your name up against the likes of (Don) Garlits, (Shirley) Muldowney, (Don) Prudhomme, and (Kenny) Bernstein and all those guys. I’m fortunate enough to have a victory there in a sportsman class and fortunate enough to get a victory in the Top Fuel class. A win at Indy is just as sweet no matter what you win.”

Robert Hight, three-time and defending U.S. Nationals winner in Funny Car: “To win the U.S. Nationals one time will make a drag racer’s career. A lot of drivers will tell you winning in Indy is bigger than a championship. I have been fortunate to win the U.S. Nationals three times and coming back this season as the defending champion is pretty special. We have had a good season so far but winning Indy again could make it a great season. You look around at all the history that will be at Indy this year from famous drivers to displays you just get excited to think about it. This is the last race before the Countdown but all your attention when you are at the track is on winning Indy. I will be focusing on getting my first Traxxas Shootout win and hopefully doubling up on Monday with another Indy win. We have a shop in Brownsburg so you want to get that win in in Indy do the people that have been helping us all year that don’t get to go to the races get a chance to stand in the winner’s circle. The Indy winner’s circle is a special place for sure.”

Erica Enders-Stevens, 2012 U.S. Nationals Pro Stock runner-up: “It’s the Super Bowl of drag racing and on the top of everybody’s goal list to win. We’re no different. I had one stolen from me in 2012 and I’m anxious to go back and take it. Indy’s been an important part of my life since 1994 when they held the inaugural Jr. Dragster Nationals there. I finished second at that first race. It’s a place I’ve been going to since I was 10 years old, and it’s always been huge. I’m excited to go.”

Hector Arana Jr., 2011 U.S. Nationals Pro Stock Motorcycle winner: “It was very special (to win in 2011). If you ask any racer, no matter how many championships they’ve won, until they win that race, their career isn’t complete. I was able to do that in my rookie year, my very first time at the race. It was also my first win ever, and on top of that, it’s our home track. To me, that was the ultimate race to win. To win for the very first time was special. I set very high standards for myself, so from now on whenever I go there, if I don’t leave with the Wally, I’m not satisfied.”

TRACK RECORDS:

Top Fuel – 3.740 sec. by Shawn Langdon, Sept. ’13; 328.38 mph by Steve Torrence, Sept. ’13.
Funny Car – 4.007 sec. by Matt Hagan, Sept. ’13; 319.22 mph by Hagan, Sept. ’13.
Pro Stock – 6.538 sec. by Jason Line, Sept. ’11; 211.13 mph by Mike Edwards, Sept. ’12.
Pro Stock Motorcycle – 6.815 sec. by Andrew Hines, Sept. ’10; 196.76 mph by Hines, Sept. ’10.

NATIONAL RECORD:

Top Fuel – 3.701 sec. by Antron Brown, Oct. ‘12, Reading, Pa.; 332.18 mph by Spencer Massey, April ’12, Charlotte, N.C.
Funny Car – 3.965 sec. and 324.12 mph by John Force, Feb. ’14, Pomona, Calif.
Pro Stock – 6.464 sec. and 215.55 mph by Erica Enders-Stevens, May ‘14, Englishtown, N.J.
PS Motorcycle – 6.728 sec. by Andrew Hines, Oct. ’12, Reading, Pa.; 199.26 mph by Eddie Krawiec, March ’11, Gainesville, Fla.

TICKETS: For tickets call (800) 884-NHRA (6472). Tickets also are available online at www.NHRATIX.com.

* * *

NHRA MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING SERIES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS

GLENDORA, Calif. — Point standings following the 17th of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Funny Car and Pro Stock points are unofficial until the completion of the Brainerd event for those categories at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. Those listed past 10th are the only drivers/riders in each category who are still mathematically eligible to earn a Countdown to the Championship playoff position at Indianapolis.

Top Fuel: 1. Doug Kalitta, 1,446*; 2. Antron Brown, 1,354*; 3. Shawn Langdon, 1,204*; 4. Tony Schumacher, 1,075*; 5. Steve Torrence, 971*; 6. Spencer Massey, 953*; 7. (tie) Khalid alBalooshi, 888*; Brittany Force, 888*; 9. Richie Crampton, 841*; 10. J.R. Todd, 805; 11. Bob Vandergriff Jr., 675.

Funny Car: 1. John Force, 1,326*; 2. Robert Hight, 1,308*; 3. Ron Capps, 1,090*; 4. Tommy Johnson Jr., 1,052*; 5. Alexis DeJoria, 1,035*; 6. Courtney Force, 1,015*; 7. Matt Hagan, 1,009*; 8. Cruz Pedregon, 929; 9. Del Worsham, 900; 10. Tim Wilkerson, 848; 11. Jack Beckman, 832.

Pro Stock: 1. Jason Line, 1,326*; 2. Erica Enders-Stevens, 1,269*; 3. Allen Johnson, 1,262*; 4. Jeg Coughlin, 1,202*; 5. Dave Connolly, 1,130*; 6. Shane Gray, 1,068*; 7. Vincent Nobile, 1,032*; 8. V. Gaines, 774; 9. Chris McGaha, 750; 10. Greg Anderson, 685; 11. Jonathan Gray, 653; 12. Larry Morgan, 552.

Pro Stock Motorcycle: 1. Andrew Hines, 853*; 2. Eddie Krawiec, 762*; 3. Hector Arana Jr, 614*; 4. Hector Arana, 542*; 5. John Hall, 516; 6. Matt Smith, 483; 7. Michael Ray, 462; 8. Scotty Pollacheck, 461; 9. Angie Smith, 435; 10. Steve Johnson, 430; 11. Adam Arana, 364; 12. Jerry Savoie, 355; 13. Chaz Kennedy, 352; 14. Shawn Gann, 331; 15. Jim Underdahl, 299.

* Driver has secured a berth in NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s playoffs