Photo Review: NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway, Sonoma

By Jason Ellis

Some images from a great weekend of drag racing in beautiful Sonoma County, CA!

Fuel Funny Car final -- Tim Wilkerson takes the event win as Force tries to sneak out too soon and gets the red light.

Tim Wilkerson in round 1 of eliminations Sunday.

Top Fuel final -- Doug Kalitta gets the win over David Grubnic when Grubnic loses traction at about the 300-foot mark.

Doug Kalitta in round 1 of eliminations on Sunday.

"The Angelle Show" : Angelle Savoie grabs the #1 qualifying spot, low ET for the for the class (7.048, a new track record), AND the win for Pro Stock Bike!

Antron Brown in qualifying on Saturday.

Crowd favorite Ashley Force in her Top Alcohol Dragster.

Ashley Force launches off the line Saturday during qualifying while dad watches on.

John Force in qualifying rounds.

White Bazemore was tough as always.

Brandon Bernstein was in the thick of things in Top Fuel.

Bob Bode qualified 17th, but got a lucky break when Dale Pulde was disqualified.

The fans enjoying the sounds and smells of the Top Fuel pits.

Bob Gilbertson didn't make the 16-car field with his best qualifying of 5.853/215.31 in the "Jungle Jim" FC.

David Grubnic qualified #1 but was defeated in the final against Doug Kalitta. Here he's shown in the last qualifying pass on Friday night.

Grubnic again in Friday night qualifying.

Kenny Koretsky's beautiful Nitro Fish Pro Stock car in qualifying.

Dale Pulde back in the seat of Steve Plueger's Fuel Funny Car on a qualifying pass Saturday. Pulde managed the 16th spot in the field with a 5.220/273.55 run; however, was disqualified later Saturday evening due to not making two consecutive 280 mph runs while updating his racing license.

Tony Schumacher in Friday evening qualifying.

Tony Schumacher qualified #7 at this event with a 4.709/311.56. Schumacher was defeated in the semifinals by Doug Kalitta.

Scott Weiss in Friday evening qualifying.

More pictures to come...

Jason Ellis
www.dragmonkey.com