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COUNTDOWN TO 10 (Regular Season) CARQUEST AUTO PARTS WINTERNATIONALS 2008 NHRA POWERADE COUNTDOWN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP Winners: Schumacher, Hight, Anderson CHECKER SCHUCK’S KRAGEN NHRA NATIONALS  4 OF 24 RACES COMPLETE: The Top 10 drivers after 18 races will advance to the Count- Winners: Dixon, Beckman, Gaines down to 1, the six-race playoff for the championship. Points will be reset for the playoffs in 10-point ACDELCO NHRA increments with the first-place driver(s) receiving a 20-point bonus. First place will have 2,090 Winners: Schumacher, T. Pedregon, Coughlin, Guidera points, second 2,060 and on down to 1,980 for 10th place. O’REILLY NHRA SPRING NATIONALS Winners: Brown, Worsham, Anderson, Smith PSM Driver (Ws) Pts Driver (Ws) Pts Driver (Ws) Pts Rider (Ws) Pts SUMMITRACING.COM NHRA NATIONALS 1. T. Schumacher (2) 357 1. Cruz Pedregon 260 1. G. Anderson (2) 343 1. Guidera (1) 212 April 10-13 at Las Vegas 2. Larry Dixon (1) 349 2. J. Beckman (1) 249 2. Jeg Coughlin (1) 340 2. Matt Smith (1) 195 3. Antron Brown (1) 279 3. T. Pedregon (1) 233 3. Jason Line 275 3. A. Hines 171 SUMMIT RACING NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS 4. B. Bernstein 216 4. (1) 232 4. Kurt Johnson 266 4. Chip Ellis 151 April 24-27 at (PSM) 5. C. McClenathan 214 5. Ashley Force 231 5. Allen Johnson 263 5. Eddie Krawiec 111 O’REILLY NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS 6. Rod Fuller 211 6 219 6. V Gaines (1) 250 6. A. Sampey 105 May 2-4 at St. Louis (PSM) 7. Dave Grubnic 201 7. Gary Densham 208 7. Warren Johnson 221 7. A. McBride 85 O’REILLY NHRA THUNDER VALLEY NATIONALS 8. Hillary Will 195 8. Tim Wilkerson 204 8. Mike Edwards 212 8t. Hector Arana 84 May 16-18 at Bristol, Tenn. 9. Doug Herbert 193 9. (1) 187 9. J. Humphreys 168 8t. Chris Rivas 84 O’REILLY NHRA SUMMER NATIONALS 10. Morgan Lucas 148 10. Jim Head 156 10. Greg Stanfield 151 10. Karen Stoffer 67 May 30-June 1 at Topeka, Kan. 11. Doug Kalitta -4 11. T. Johnson Jr. -9 11. Matt Hartford -6 11. Shawn Gann -2 TORCO RACING FUELS ROUTE 66 NHRA NATIONALS 12. Vandergriff Jr. -23 12. -11 12. Johnny Gray -8 12t. Steve Johnson -5 June 5-8 at Chicago (PSM) 13. Bradshaw -28 13. Mike Neff -20 13. Ron Krisher -21 12t. Ed. Murphy -5 NHRA SUPERNATIONALS 14. J.R. Todd -40 14. Bartone -25 14. Jim Yates -47 12t. Junior Pippin -5 June 19-22 at Englishtown, N.J. (PSM) 15. Bruce Litton -45 15. Capps, Toliver -26 15. Kenny Koretsky -48 15. Craig Treble -25 SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT NHRA NATIONALS June 26-29 at Norwalk, Ohio (PSM) MOPAR MILE-HIGH NHRA NATIONALS Just the Facts Countdown Quickies July 11-13 at Denver (PSM) SCHUCK’S AUTO SUPPLY NHRA NATIONALS Series: NHRA POWERade Series The Countdown to the July 18-20 at Seattle Points Format: Countdown to the Championship Championship has under- FRAM-AUTOLITE NHRA NATIONALS Race 4 of 24: SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals gone a couple of minor revi- July 25-27 at Sonoma, Calif. (PSM) Track: The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway sions in 2008: the regular LUCAS OIL NHRA NATIONALS Defending SummitRacing.com Nat’ls Winners … season has increased from Aug. 7-10 at Brainerd, Minn. (PSM) TF: Bernstein; FC: Capps; PS: Anderson 17 to 18 races (11 to 12 for TOYO TIRES NHRA NATIONALS Track E.T. Records ... PSM); 10 drivers (vs. eight in Aug. 14-17 at Reading, Pa. (PSM) TF: Schumacher (4.445 in Oct. 2006); FC: Hight (4.677 in 2007) will advance into the MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS playoffs; the playoffs will Oct. 2006); PS: Line (6.705 in Oct. 2006); PSM: Ellis (7.023 consist of only one six-race Aug. 27-Sept. 1 at Indianapolis (PSM) in Oct. 2007). round (five for PSM) vs. a 4- Track Speed Records ... and 2-race round in 2007; COUNTDOWN TO 1 (Playoffs) TF: D. Kalitta (335.57 in April 2004); FC: M. Ashley (334.32 and regular-season champi- NHRA CAROLINAS NATIONALS in April 2007); PS: Connolly (205.57 in Oct. 2007); PSM: ons will receive a 20-point Sept. 11-14 at Charlotte, N.C. (PSM) Matt Hines (191.08 in Oct. 2002). bonus heading into the play- O’REILLY NHRA FALL NATIONALS offs so first-place will start Sept. 18-21 at Dallas (PSM) the playoffs with 2,090, sec- O’REILLY NHRA MID-SOUTH NATIONALS NHRA Communications ond with 2,060 on down to Sept. 26-28 at Memphis, Tenn. (PSM) 1,980 for 10th place … The TORCO RACING FUELS NHRA NATIONALS ONSITE STAFF ... last time NHRA was in Las Oct. 10-12 at Richmond, Va. Primary Contact: Brian Hacker, 626-428-0280 Vegas, Ashley Force be- ACDELCO LAS VEGAS NHRA NATIONALS Secondary Contact: Lachelle Seymour, 626-253-6337 came the first female driver Oct. 30-Nov. 2 at Las Vegas (PSM) ALTERNATE CONTACTS … to reach a final round in AUTO CLUB NHRA FINALS Media Relations Dir: Anthony Vestal, 626-695-6649 Funny Car. She’s still the Nov. 13-16 at Pomona (PSM) Media Relations Mgr: Zak Elcock, 626-253-0862 only female driver to reach a Public Relations Mgr: Michael Padian, 626-278-0312 final round in FC. NHRA News & Notes By the Numbers Rose, Jabbar…Force Career round wins for John Force. No driver has In the annals of sports sports? 996 ever won 1,000 rounds. history, there are a handful Great Milestones in Sport For now, let’s look at of milestones that com- Below is a look at some of the all-time the possibility of another bine longevity and excel- great milestones in sports, combining driver reaching the 1,000- Career races for John both excellence and longevity: lence, like Pete Rose round win mark. Force (125 wins, 361 reaching 4,000 base hits Major League Baseball The next closest driver 498 losses, 12 DNQs). en route to the 4,256 he Pete Rose, 4,256 hits to 1,000 is Warren John- ended his career with, or Cy Young, 511 wins son, who has 846 round Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA wins. Over the last five That’s the race-winless Kareem Abdul Jabbar, 38,387 pts 38,387 points. years, Warren has aver- streak Del Worsham snapped In the next month or so, NHL aged just a tick under 20 Wayne Gretzky, 2857 points with his win at the O’Reilly you’ll be able to add one round wins a season; at 54 more name to that select NFL that pace the 64-year old NHRA Spring Nationals Dan Marino, 61,361 passing yds fraternity of all-time Emmitt Smith, 18,355 rushing yds driver of the GM Perform- greats in sport who’ve set ance Pontiac GXP would Career POWERade Series the bar higher than any of Golf have to race for eight Jack Nicklaus, 18 majors wins for Greg Anderson, whose the peers in their sport more years to reach the ever have — or in most 1,000-round-win mark. win at the 21st annual O’Reilly cases ever will. tionals to accomplish the The next most likely NHRA Spring Nationals moved NHRA POWERade feat in Las Vegas. driver to threaten the him past Joe Amato and into Series legend John Force, Anything short of a win 1,000-round-win mile- 53 solo fifth-place on the all-time winner of an NHRA- in Las Vegas would pro- stone is Greg Anderson, record 125 races, has long the historic milestone who has 367 rounds wins. wins list ( is closed to within four until at least the next event But even if he is able to fourth all-time with 69 wins). round wins of 1,000 for on the schedule, the April continue his remarkable his career. 24-27 Summit Racing five-year pace of a 57.6 That’s the number of races A driver can collect a Equipment NHRA South- round wins a season, he’d maximum of four round- ern Nationals in Atlanta. not reach the 1,000-round- in the POWERade Series regu- wins at a single race — After that the Series win mark until the 2019 lar season that precedes the first round, quarterfinals, heads for St. Louis and season. 18 6-race playoff. semifinals and finals — Bristol, Tenn. and 50 round wins in a And once he gets to THE DRIVE FOR 500 POWERade Series season 1,000, then the march will Force is also closing in That’s the number of female is very comparable to 200 continue on to his even- on another milestone and drivers — Ashley Force — who have hits or 20 wins in baseball. tual retirement as he if he doesn’t win in Las advanced to a final round in the So his feat is the rough stacks more and more Vegas he could double up 1 equivalent of 20 200-hit or round wins on to his in Atlanta. ultra-competitive Funny Car class. 20-win seasons. NHRA POWERade Series Assuming he attends With 996 round wins record. every race going forward, That’s the time it takes currently, the legendary Where he ends his ca- he will compete in his — eight-tenths of a second driver of the Castrol GTX reer is anyone’s guess, but 500th career race at the high Mileage Ford Mus- once he calls it quits, the 28th annual Summit Rac- — for a Top Fuel / tang would need to win at question will become: Is ing Equipment Southern 0.8 Funny Car to accelerate the April 10-13 Summi- this one of the so-called Nationals at Atlanta Drag- from 0-100 mph. tRacing.com NHRA Na- “unbreakable” records in way, April 24-27.

Friday-Saturday Qualifying Sunday Raceday 20-Point Bonus How Racers earn 10 points for attempting to qual- Racers earn a minimum Racers can addition- ify PLUS 1-8 additional points if they success- of 20 points PLUS 20 ally earn 20 points by points fully qualify into the 16-car field. Points for points for each round win: setting a national qualifying position are awarded as follows: elapsed time record. First-round loser………20 The current national are No. 1………... 8 Nos. 5-6…………..4 Advance to Quarters… 40 records are 4.428 (TF), No. 2 ……….. 7 Nos. 7-8…………..3 Advance to Semis…….60 4.659 (FC), 6.536 (PS) No. 3………... 6 Nos. 9-12…………2 earned Advance to Final Rd….80 and 6.871 (PSM). No. 4………... 5 Nos. 13-16………..1 Winner………………..100 The Quest for 1,000 The Countdown to 1,000 has begun for John Force, who needs just four more round wins to achieve the never-before-reached milestone of 1,000 career POWERade Series round wins. He can accomplish the feat by winning the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals April 13 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This special page takes a closer look at the path that John Force took to get to this point in his storied career, some interesting notebook items along the way, and where he has piled up his wins. Milestone Notes The Milestone March ● John has beaten 112 different drivers to achieve 996 round wins WIN # DETAILS ● John has won 179 rounds versus NHRA world champions Beat Tom “Mongoose” McEwen, first ● John has won 59 rounds against JFR teammates: Tony Pe- 1 round, Cajun Nationals, Baton Rouge, La, dregon, Eric Medlen, Ashley Force, Gary Densham and June 1, 1979 (Wednesday night) Robert Hight Beat Brad Tuttle, first round, NorthStar ● John has won rounds at 24 different racetracks 100 Nationals, Brainerd, Minn., Aug. 21, 1988, ● John has won rounds in 18 different states race winner, Oldsmobile Firenza ● John has won 21 rounds outside the U.S., all at Sanair Raceway, St. Pie, Quebec, Canada Beat Mike Dunn, semifinals, Summerna- 200 tionals, Englishtown, N.J., July 7, 1991, ● John has won 385 first-round races, 274 second round semifinalist, Oldsmobile Cutlass races, 200 semifinal races and 125 final-round races ● The most rounds won in a single season was 65 in 1996 Beat Del Worsham, semifinals, 1992 Mo- par Mile-High Nationals, Denver, Colo. ● The most consecutive rounds won by John Force was 21 250 (Runner-up) July 26, 1992, Oldsmobile beginning June 26, 1994 at Topeka, Kan., and concluding with Cutlass a second-round loss to K.C. Spurlock at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis on Sept. 5, 1994 Beat Gordie Bonin, semifinals, Mid-South 300 Nationals, Memphis, Tenn., May 16, 1993, ● John has won 100 rounds at Auto Club Raceway in race winner, Oldsmobile Cutlass Pomona, Calif., the most at any single track ● John has won 62 rounds in the Lucas Oil Nationals at Beat Dale Pulde, second round, North- west Nationals, Seattle, Wash., August 6, Brainerd, Minn., the most in any single event 400 1995, race winner, Pontiac Formula Fire- ● John won 33 consecutive first-round races beginning at bird Brainerd, Minn., on Aug. 20, 1995 and concluding with a loss to Cruz Pedregon at Columbus, Ohio, on June 15, 1997 Beat Ray Higley, second round, Castrol 500 Nationals, Dallas, , May 4, 1997, ● Of his 996 round wins, 506 have come in a runner-up, Ford Mustang Beat Whit Bazemore, second round, Vir- ginia is for Lovers Nationals, Richmond, John Force, World Tour 600 Va., May 2, 1999, race winner, Ford Mus- NHRA icon John Force has collected 996 round-wins in 18 tang states (and Canada), led by the 149 has won in his home state of California: Beat Tim Wilkerson, first round, 1999 Auto 700 Club Finals, Pomona, Calif., Nov. 14, 1999, runner-up, Ford Mustang WA CANADA 21 Beat Bob Gilbertson, first round, 2001 44 750 Toyo Tires Nationals, Reading, Pa., Oct. MN 62 7, 2001, race winner, Ford Mustang

PA 50 Beat Tim Wilkerson, semifinals, ACDelco NV OH NJ IL IN C 14 41 51 800 Las Vegas Nationals, Las Vegas, Nev., A CO 54 39 VA Oct. 27, 2002, race winner, Ford Mustang 1 47 KS 63 22 4 AZ TN 54 Beat Whit Bazemore, first round, Summit 9 51 GA 900 Southern Nationals, Atlanta, Ga., May 15, 56 TX LA 2005, race winner, Ford Mustang 113 11

FL TBD 52 1,000 Follow the Leader Points position after each race; Bold = won race.

TOP FUEL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Tony Schumacher 1 1 1 1 Larry Dixon 3 2 2 2 Antron Brown 5 6 5t 3 Brandon Bernstein 11 9 3 4 C. McClenathan 2 4 8 5 Rod Fuller 7t 5 4 6 Dave Grubnic 10 3 5t 7 Hillary Will 6 8 7 8 Doug Herbert 7t 10t 10 9 Morgan Lucas 4 7 9 10

FUNNY CAR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Cruz Pedregon 2 3 3 1 Jack Beckman 5t 2 2 2 T. Pedregon 15t 16 4 3 Robert Hight 1 1 1 4 Ashley Force 3t 8t 9 5 John Force 3t 4 8 6 Gary Densham 5t 8t 5 7 Tim Wilkerson 9 12 7 8 Del Worsham 17t 20t 18 9 Jim Head 17t 11 6 10

PRO STOCK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Greg Anderson 1 1 3 1 Jeg Coughlin 2 2 1 2 Jason Line 6 3 2 3 Kurt Johnson 3 6 8 4 Allen Johnson 4 5 4 5 V Gaines 9t 4 6 6 Warren Johnson 5 7 7 7 Mike Edwards 13t 8 5 8 Justin Humphreys 7t 10 9 9 Greg Stanfield 7t 9 11 10

P.S. BIKE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Matt Guidera 1 1 Matt Smith 3 2 Andrew Hines 2 3 Chip Ellis 4 4 E. Krawiec 5 5 Angelle Sampey 7 6 Angie McBride 6 7 Hector Arana 13t 8 Chris Rivas 8 9 Karen Stoffer 9 10

Top Fuel — 4.428 sec. by Tony Schumacher, Nov. ’06, Pomona, Calif.; 336.15 mph by Schumacher, May ’05, Columbus, Ohio National Funny Car — 4.659 sec. by , Feb. ’07, Chandler, Ariz.; 333.66 mph by Jack Beckman, Nov. ’06, Pomona, Calif. Pro Stock — 6.536 sec. by Greg Anderson, March ’07, Gainesville, Fla.; 211.69 mph by Jason Line, March ’07, Gainesville, Fla. Records PS Motorcycle — 6.871 sec. by Angelle Sampey, June ’07, Englishtown, N.J.; 197.45 mph by Andrew Hines, March ’05, Gainesville, Fla. Did you know …  That the NHRA POWERade Series expanded from 23 to 24 races in 2008 with the addition of the Quotable SUMMITRACING.COM Sept. 11-14 NHRA Carolinas Nationals at a brand NHRA NAT’LS new drag strip at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Con- “I“ dreamed about (winning a Top Fuel” race) RACE FACTS cord, N.C. as a kid … I keep asking myself,  Brandon Bernstein ‘Am I really here?’”  That NHRA drivers continue to show up in (TF) picked up the — Antron Brown (Matco Tools dragster) first of his career- major mainstream media outlets. The most recent The former Pro Stock Motorcycle driver, after his first high five wins here was Tony Pedregon, who walked away from a career Top Fuel win at the O’Reilly Spring Nat’ls. last season. spectacular explosion at Auto Club Raceway Feb. 10 and talked about the experience with Matt * * * * *  Greg Anderson (PS) Lauer on The Today Show on Tuesday, Feb. 12. “It used to be not that many years ago that has won a track-best you had one or two dominant cars. Now you six races here at the  That 2007 Rookie of the Year Ashley Force Strip at Las Vegas was listed as No. 10 in Yahoo!’s Top Trends in have a world-class field of 12-15 cars with all Motor Speedway, Search for 2007 (sports news category). of the resources and talent. including both races It’s going to be a dogfight.” in 2007.  That John Force will be inducted into the — Tony Pedregon (Q Racing Impala) Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in Detroit on On the ultra-competitive Funny Car class  Jeg Coughlin (PS) Aug. 13, 2008. Force will be inducted along with * * * * * won the inaugural open-wheel great Michael Andretti and NASCAR race here in 2000 en legend Buddy Baker. “It’s every ‘man’ for himself.” route to his first — Tommy Johnson Jr. (Monster Energy Dodge) POWERade Series  That Tony Pedregon will be competing On having to compete in the same class as his wife, world championship. Melanie Troxel, who made the jump from Top Fuel to against the likes of John Salley and Eric Funny Car to team with Mike Ashley in 2008. Dickerson in the Pro/Celebrity race at the Toyota  Larry Dixon (TF) has Grand Prix of Long Beach on Sat. April 19. * * * * * won this race three of the eight years its “I know Vegas is going to bring back a lot of  That Caterpillar, a Fortune 100 company, has been run (2000-2007), memories. I’ve already gotten a message from but not since 2005. begun a full-time presence in the POWERade Se- ries in 2008 as both an NHRA Official Sponsor and (Eric Medlen’s mom) Mimi that she’s plan- ning to be in Vegas and I know it would mean  In 2006, Melanie title sponsor on “Hot Rod” Fuller’s David Powers Troxel (then compet- Motorsports-owned dragster. a lot to her if we could repeat our win there.” ing in Top Fuel) ad- — Brandon Bernstein (Bud/Lucas Oil dragster) vanced to her NHRA-  That NHRA-owned Bernstein earned his first win of 2007 at the Summit- Racing.com NHRA Nationals and he gave the trophy to record fifth straight unveiled a brand new state-of-the-art tower for the the mother of his close friend, the late Eric Medlen. final round to start a just-completed 39th annual ACDelco NHRA Nation- season and she won als. Renovations projects are also underway at * * * * * the race. Reading and St. Louis. “We got away from that (take-no-prisoners  Not one of the No. 1  That Gary Scelzi has won a race at every attitude) when it became apparent we were qualifiers from 2007 race track on the NHRA POWERade Series tour gonna make the Countdown cutoff … the won the race. except for Englishtown, Gainesville, Norwalk and problem is, you can’t just snap your fingers the new track in Charlotte. and turn it back on. I learned a valuable lesson there and I’ve got no one to blame but myself.” — Greg Anderson (Summit Racing Pontiac) NHRA On winning eight races in 2007, but finishing runner-up to Jeg Coughlin after a costly first-round loss at the Satellite Feed Auto Club NHRA Finals. * * * * * SUMMITRACING.COM NATIONALS “It finally happened. Everything came to- Please NOTE: All times ET gether. I won’t say it wasn’t without a prob- Contact: If you cannot find feed, call On-Site Contact on Cover. lem, but my dad (crew chief Chuck Worsham) made some great calls on the starting line.” Fri., April 11: 10 - 10:30 p.m. (H2/12K, 12160 horizontal/analog) — Del Worsham (CSK Chevy Impala) Sat., April 12: 11 - 11:30 p.m. (H2/12K, 12160 horizontal/analog) On his win at the 2008 O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals, which ended a 54-race winless streak dating Sun., March 30: 11:30 - midnight (H2/12K, 12160 horizontal/analog) back to the 2005 Mac Tools U.S. Nationals. Career Wins (Sorted by Class) Streaks, lists, etc. … WINNINGEST DRIVERS, NO CHAMPIONSHIP TOP FUEL FUNNY CAR  This is the ultimate good news-bad news DRIVER WINS DRIVER WINS fraternity: you have to win a lot of races to gain 1. Joe Amato (*) 52 1. John Force 125 entry but just the same it’s a list you will celebrate 2. Tony Schumacher 43 2. Tony Pedregon 37 getting off of (Only active drivers after Top 5): 3. Larry Dixon 42 3. (*) 35 Career Best Driver Wins Finish(es) 4. Kenny Bernstein (*) 39 4. Kenny Bernstein (*) 30 1. K. Johnson, PS 36 2 (93, 00, 03, 05) 5. (*) 35 5. Ron Capps 24 2. D. Kalitta, TF 30 2 (03, 04, 06) 6. Doug Kalitta 30 6. Cruz Pedregon 23 3. McClenathan, TF 29 2 (92, 95, 97, 98) 4. Capps, FC/TF 25 2 (98, 00, 05) 7. Cory McClenathan 29 7. Del Worsham 22 5t. Del Worsham, FC 22 2 (2004) 8. Gary Scelzi (**) 25 8. Whit Bazemore (**) 20 5t. McCulloch FC/TF 22 2 (1990) 5t. M. Dunn FC/TF 22 3 (1991) 9. Gary Beck (*) 19 9t. Ed “Ace” McCulloch (*) 18 8t. B. Bernstein, TF 17 3 (2004, 06, 07) 10t. Muldowney, Gwynn (*) 18 9t. Mark Oswald (*) 18 8t. A. Brown, PSM/TF 17 2 (2001, 06) * retired * retired 10. R. Hight, FC 9 2 (2006, 07) ** currently competing in FC ** inactive CONSECUTIVE SEASONS, AT LEAST ONE WIN  Two of the six longest active streaks of win- PRO STOCK PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE ning at least one race per season ended in 2007 (Whit Bazemore 10 and Antron Brown 8). The list DRIVER WINS DRIVER WINS below identifies the longest active winning streaks: 1. Warren Johnson 96 1. Dave Schultz (*) 45 Streak Years with at 2. (*) 85 2. Angelle Sampey 41 Driver Start least 1 win 3. Greg Anderson 53 3. John Myers (*) 33 1. John Force, FC 1987 21 (thru ’07) 2. Kurt Johnson, PS 1995 13 (thru ’07) 4. Jeg Coughlin 39 4. Matt Hines (*) 30 3. A.Sampey, PSM 1996 12 (thru ’07) 5. Kurt Johnson 36 5. Terry Vance (*) 24 4. D. Kalitta, TF 1998 10 (thru ’07) 6. Darrell Alderman (*) 28 6. Antron Brown (**) 16 5. G. Anderson, PS 2001 8 (thru ’08) 6. Schumacher, TF 2002 7 (thru ’08) 7. Lee Shepherd (*) 26 7. Andrew Hines 13 7t. Gary Scelzi, FC 2003 5 (thru ’07) 8. Jim Yates 25 8. Craig Treble 11 7t. B. Bernstein, TF 2003 5 (thru ’07) 9. Dave Connolly 17 9. Matt Smith 6 CAREER WINNING PCT. (active, min. 50) 10. Bruce Allen (**) 16 10. Chip Ellis 5 * retired * retired Driver (’07 rank) Round Rec. Pct. 1. Greg Anderson (2t) 367-125 .746 ** inactive ** currently competing in TF 2. John Force (2t) 996-361 .734 3. Angelle Sampey (1) 346-127 .732 4. Jeg Coughlin (6) 355-165 .683 5. Warren Johnson (4) 846-409 .674 Career Wins, No. 1s (All Classes) 6. Andrew Hines (13) 141-71 .665 7. Tony Schumacher (8) 390-198 .663 WINS No. 1 QUALIFIERS 8. Gary Scelzi (7) 372-195 .6560 9. Brandon Bernstein (11) 160-84 .6557 10. Larry Dixon (9) 465-245 .6549 DRIVER WINS DRIVER No. 1s 1. John Force 125 1. Warren Johnson 137 MOST CAREER FINAL ROUNDS BEFORE FIRST WIN 2. Warren Johnson 96 2. John Force 131 Driver Final Rounds (1st win) 3. Bob Glidden (*) 85 3. Bob Glidden (*) 101 1. Bob Vandergriff Jr. 12 4. Kenny Bernstein (*) 69 4. Kenny Bernstein (*) 66 2t. John Force 9 (Montreal 1997) 5. Greg Anderson 53 5. Greg Anderson 63 2t. Scott Geoffrion 9 (Memphis (1993) 4. Tony Schumacher 8 (Dallas 1999) 6. Joe Amato (*) 52 6. Joe Amato (*) 56 5. Dave Grubnic 7 (Topeka 2005) 7. Don Prudhomme (*) 49 7. Don Prudhomme (*) 52 6t. Gary Densham 6 (Memphis 2001) 6t. Steve Johnson 6 (St. Louis 2004) 8. Dave Schultz (*) 45 8. Tony Schumacher 47 6t. Rickie Smith 6 (Sonoma 1993) 9. Tony Schumacher 43 9. Gary Scelzi 44 9t. Morgan Lucas 5 10. Larry Dixon 42 10. Angelle Sampey 43 9t. Mark Pawuk 5 (Houston 1992), Jim Yates 5 (Brainerd 1994) and Jim Bernard 5 (Indy 1991) * retired * retired FOLLOW THE COUNTDOWN ON ESPN2HD The NHRA POWERade Series and ESPN2HD will once again partner to present all of the drama and ex- citement of the Countdown to the Championship, the NHRA championship deciding points format that made its debut in 2007 to rave reviews from fans, media, drivers and sponsors. ESPN2HD will be there every step of the way in 2008 with a crew that rivals any network crew in auto rac- ing. 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COUNTDOWN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP (ALL TIMES EASTERN) CARQUEST Winternationals Feb. 9 at 8-10 p.m. Feb. 10 at 7:30-11 p.m. CSK Nationals Feb. 24 at 2-3:30 a.m., 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at 7-10 p.m. ACDelco Gatornationals March 15 (late night) at 1-3 a.m. March 16 at 6-9 p.m. O’Reilly Spring Nationals March 29 at 4:30-5 & 10-11 p.m. March 30 at 4:30-7 p.m. Summitracing.com Nationals April 12 at 8-10 p.m. April 13 at 8-11 p.m. Summit Racing Southern Nat’ls April 26 at 6-8 p.m. April 27 at 7-10 p.m. O’Reilly Midwest Nationals May 3 at 9-11 p.m. May 4 at 7-10 p.m. O’Reilly Thunder Valley Nat’ls May 17 at 6:30-8:30 p.m. May 18 at 6:30-10 p.m. O’Reilly Summer Nationals May 31 at 5:30-8 p.m. June 1 at 4-7 p.m. Torco Route 66 Nationals June 7 at 5-7 p.m. June 8 at 5-7 p.m. NHRA SuperNationals June 21 at 11:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. June 22 at 7-10 p.m. Summit Racing Nationals June 28 at 10 p.m.-midnight June 29 at 7-10 p.m. Mopar Mile-High Nationals July 12 at 10 p.m.-midnight July 13 at 8-11 p.m. Schuck’s Auto Supply Nationals July 19 at 8-9 p.m. July 20 at 9 p.m.-midnight FRAM-Autolite Nationals July 26 at 6-7:30 p.m. July 27 at 7-10 p.m. Lucas Oil Nationals Aug. 9 at 8:30-10:30 p.m. Aug. 10 at 7-10 p.m. Toyo Tires Nationals Aug. 16 at 6-8 p.m. Aug. 17 at 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Aug. 31 at 12:30-1:30 a.m., 12-2, 5-7 p.m. Sept. 1 at 12-2 & 7-10 p.m. Carolinas Nationals Sept. 13 at 5-7 p.m. Sept. 14 at 7-10 p.m. O’Reilly Fall Nationals Sept. 20 at 10 p.m.-midnight Sept. 21 at 7-10 p.m. O’Reilly Mid-South Nationals Sept. 27 at 10 p.m.-midnight Sept. 28 at 7-10 p.m. Torco Racing Fuels Nationals Oct. 11 at midnight-1 a.m. Oct. 12 at 7-10 p.m. ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals Nov. 1 at 10 p.m.-midnight Nov. 2 at 7-10 p.m. Auto Club of SC Finals Nov. 15 at 10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Nov. 16 at 8-11 p.m. Countdown to the Championship UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

Frequently Asked Questions How it Works Q: The points races in the last two years ally have more incentive under the Countdown before the Countdown were as close and format than ever before because there will be The Countdown to the Championship is dramatic and exciting as you could ask for a significantly increased chance to play so why change your points system? spoiler, to line up against a racer in contention composed of two distinct tiers called the Count- A: History indicates clearly that the tight for the championship, than ever before. And down to 10, an 18-race regular season, and the points races occurred in spite of the old sys- that will translate into a significantly increased Countdown to 1, a six-race playoff. tem, not because of it. opportunity for exposure for cars/sponsors that In the top three classes that run full sched- are out of contention for a championship than ules (Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock), ever before. only five times (out of 21) in this decade (pre- Whereas there were two or three teams still Countdown) has the final championship mar- in championship contention after Labor Day gin been less than 100 points. And the aver- under the old format, with the Countdown The Countdown to 10 is an 18-race “regular age margin of victory is even more telling: there will be 10 racers in contention from races The average margin of victory from 2000-06 18-21 and still four in contention over the final season” in which the full-field of drivers in in each class follows: three races. So it follows that there is a two- to each pro category is reduced to 10 who Top Fuel: 256.5 three-fold greater likelihood, under the Count- advance to the playoffs and remain eligible Funny Car: 221.3 down format, to be involved in one of the most for the 2008 POWERade Series world Pro Stock: 378.7 critical and/or most spotlighted races. championship. These top 10 drivers in each Viewing the enormous fan interest sparked So the opportunity for cars out of champion- class will have their points adjusted in 10- by the Funny Car race of 2005 and the Top ship contention to generate return on sponsor- point increments with the first-place driver Fuel race in 2006 against the backdrop of the ship dollars – and the incentive to enter the receiving a 20-point — or one-round — historical unlikelihood of it occurring, the last final seven races – is actually heightened bonus for winning the regular season. The two years actually make an argument for a under the Countdown format. change to the points system, not against a first-place driver will begin the playoffs change in the points system. * * * * * with 2,090 points followed by 2,060 for Q: After Indianapolis, you have drivers second on down to 1,980 for 10th place. * * * * * who are out of contention racing against The “regular season” began at the CAR- Q: What incentive will racers eliminated drivers who are still alive for the champion- QUEST Auto Parts Winternationals Feb. from the Countdown have to enter the final ship. This seems unfair. 7-10 in Pomona and will end at the prestig- six races? A: If you really examine the Countdown ious Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Labor Day A: It’s important to begin by noting that format, this is a problem that is actually ad- weekend in Indianapolis. being eliminated from championship conten- dressed and in part solved by the Countdown. tion, while more formalized in the Countdown There will actually be more drivers in conten- format, is not a new phenomenon — no team tion – at least 10 in every class – and therefore outside the Top 8 heading into Indy has ever fewer races between contenders and non- won a championship. contenders than there have been in past years As to the incentive, there is no historical when there were fewer teams in championship evidence of a decline in entries (in past years contention this late in the year. The Countdown to 1 is a six-race champion- when teams have been eliminated from cham- Funny Car veteran Ron Capps, who was ship round in which the field of 10 remain- pionship contention) as racers are still compet- in contention each of the two years preceding ing drivers eligible for the championship is ing to win the race, to prepare for the next the format change, and had to race against reduced to 1, the POWERade Series world season, to represent their sponsor and of drivers not in contention, pointed to the Count- champion. The six races to crown the course to play spoiler. down’s format as a significant means to the As it relates to the latter two, they will actu- end of actually solving this problem. champion will begin with the NHRA Caro- linas Nationals Sept. 11-14 and be fol- lowed in order by: the O’Reilly Fall Na- tionals Sept. 18-21 at Dallas, the O’Reilly What You Need to Know Mid-South Nationals Sept. 26-28 at Mem- phis, the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Na-  The Countdown to the Championship will allow more drivers than ever before tionals Oct. 10-12 at Richmond, Va., the to legitimately compete for an NHRA POWERade Series world champion- ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals Oct. 30 - ship, providing significantly more exposure for more race teams. Nov. 2 at Las Vegas and the Auto Club Finals Nov. 13-16 at Pomona.  The final 6 races will include full fields in a traditional elimination format.

 No driver outside the Top 10 heading to Indy has ever won a championship.

 The average margin of victory from 2000 through 2006 in the NHRA POWER- ade Series’ top three classes (excluding PSM) was 285.5 points. Top Fuel 2008 Countdown to the Championship — Raceday Stats

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 1. TONY SCHUMACHER RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

U.S. Army dragster 357 2 0 0.073 4.617 4.690 0-1 0 5.50 11-2 .846

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 2. LARRY DIXON RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

U.S. Smokeless dragster 349 1 1 0.059 4.660 4.719 1-0 0 5.25 11-3 .786

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 3. ANTRON BROWN RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Matco Tools dragster 279 1 0 0.073 4.567 4.640 0-0 1 5.50 7-3 .700

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 4. BRANDON BERNSTEIN RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Budweiser/Lucas Oil dragster 216 0 1 0.071 4.984 5.055 0-0 1 6.00 4-4 .500

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 5. CORY MCCLENATHAN RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

FRAM Dragster 214 0 1 0.072 4.563 4.635 0-0 0 7.00 4-4 .500

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 6. ROD FULLER RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Caterpillar dragster 211 0 0 0.069 4.566 4.635 0-0 0 9.25 4-4 .500

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 7. DAVE GRUBNIC RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Kalitta Motorsports dragster 201 0 1 0.090 4.628 4.718 0-0 0 4.25 3-4 .429

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 8. HILLARY WILL RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

KB Racing dragster 195 0 0 0.139 4.859 4.997 0-0 0 6.75 3-4 .429

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 9. DOUG HERBERT RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

SnaponFranchise.com dragster 193 0 0 0.062 4.613 4.675 0-0 0 8.50 3-4 .429

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 10. MORGAN LUCAS RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Lucas Oil dragster 148 0 0 0.079 4.598 4.677 0-0 0 9.00(1) 2-3 .400

BEST OF THE REST Points Wins R/Us Avg. RT Avg. ET Avg. Total Holeshot W-L No. 1s Avg. qual. W-L Pct.

11. DOUG KALITTA, Mac Tools dragster 144 (-4) 0 0 .063 4.687 4.750 0-0 0 12.00 (1) 2-3 .400

12. BOB VANDERGRIFF, UPS dragster 125 (-23) 0 0 .065 4.607 4.672 0-0 0 11.67(1) 1-3 .250

NOTE: Avg. qualifying number does not include DNQ’s (DNQ’s in parentheses); Avg ET includes all winning runs and runs “under power.” Funny Car 2008 Countdown to the Championship — Raceday Stats

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 1. CRUZ PEDREGON RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Advance Auto Parts Chevy Imp. 260 0 1 0.045 4.914 4.959 0-0 0 4.25 6-4 .600

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 2. JACK BECKMAN RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Valvoline/MTS Dodge Charger 249 1 0 0.073 5.018 5.090 0-0 0 11.00 6-3 .667

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 3. TONY PEDREGON RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Q Horsepower Chevy Impala 233 1 0 0.065 5.122 5.187 1-0 1 9.25 5-3 .625

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 4. ROBERT HIGHT RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Auto Club Ford Mustang 232 1 1 0.078 4.993 5.072 0-0 0 8.33(1) 7-2 .778

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 5. ASHLEY FORCE RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Castrol GTX Ford Mustang 231 0 1 0.113 5.096 5.209 0-0 0 6.67(1) 6-3 .667

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 6. JOHN FORCE RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Castrol GTX Ford Mustang 219 0 0 0.089 4.924 5.013 0-0 0 4.75 4-4 .500

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 7. GARY DENSHAM RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Racebricks Chevy Impala 208 0 1 0.095 5.466 5.561 1-0 0 11.50 4-4 .500

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 8. TIM WILKERSON RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

LRS Chevy Impala 204 0 0 0.091 4.981 5.072 0-1 2 4.25 3-4 .429

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 9. DEL WORSHAM RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

CSK Chevy Impala SS 187 1 0 0.078 5.004 5.082 0-0 0 7.00(2) 5-1 .833

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 10. JIM HEAD (1 DNS) RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Head Racing Toyota Solara 156 0 0 0.090 5.493 5.583 0-0 0 8.00(1) 4-2 .667

BEST OF THE REST Points Wins R/Us Avg. RT Avg. ET Avg. Total Holeshot W-L No. 1s Avg. qual. W-L Pct.

11. TOMMY JOHNSON JR., Monster Dodge 147 (-9) 0 0 .073 5.167 5.240 0-0 0 7.00 (2) 3-2 .600

12. GARY SCELZI, Mopar/Oakley Dodge 145 (-11) 0 0 .078 4.933 5.010 0-0 0 12.00 (1) 2-3 .400

NOTE: Avg. qualifying number does not include DNQ’s (DNQ’s in parentheses); Avg ET includes all winning runs and runs “under power.” Pro Stock 2008 Countdown to the Championship — Raceday Stats

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 1. GREG ANDERSON RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Summit Racing Pontiac GXP 343 2 0 0.027 6.659 6.686 0-1 1 3.75 10-2 .833

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 2. JEG COUGHLIN RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

JEGS.com Chevy Cobalt 340 1 1 0.032 6.653 6.685 2-1 0 4.50 10-3 .769

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 3. JASON LINE RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Summit Racing Pontiac GXP 275 0 2 0.046 6.665 6.710 0-2 0 6.00 7-4 .636

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 4. KURT JOHNSON RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

ACDelco Chevy Cobalt 266 0 1 0.042 6.673 6.715 1-2 0 2.50 6-4 .600

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 5. ALLEN JOHNSON RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

J&J Racing Mopar Dodge Stratus 263 0 0 0.040 6.657 6.697 0-0 1 3.25 6-4 .600

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 6. V GAINES RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Kendall Oil Dodge Stratus 250 1 0 0.019 6.685 6.704 2-0 0 9.25 6-3 .667

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 7. WARREN JOHNSON RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

GM Performance Pontiac GXP 221 0 0 0.089 6.679 6.768 0-0 1 4.25 4-4 .500

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 8. MIKE EDWARDS RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Young Life Pontiac GTO 212 0 0 0.040 6.682 6.721 0-0 0 8.50 4-4 .500

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 9. JUSTIN HUMPHREYS RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

RaceRedi Pontiac GTO 168 0 0 0.024 6.694 6.719 0-0 0 10.75 2-4 .333

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 10. GREG STANFIELD RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Attitude Apparel Pontiac GXP 151 0 0 0.028 6.697 6.725 0-0 0 8.25 1-4 .200

BEST OF THE REST Points Wins R/Us Avg. RT Avg. ET Avg. Total Holeshot W-L No. 1s Avg. qual. W-L Pct.

11. MATT HARTFORD, Nickens Bros. Racing 145 (-6) 0 0 0.053 6.713 6.766 1-0 0 13.50 1-4 .200

12. JOHNNY GRAY, Stratus 143 (-8) 0 0 0.105 6.824 6.929 1-0 0 15.67 (1) 2-3 .400

NOTE: Avg. qualifying number does not include DNQ’s (DNQ’s in parentheses); Avg ET includes all winning runs and runs “under power.” Pro Stock Bike 2008 Countdown to the Championship — Raceday Stats

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 1. MATT GUIDERA RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Mohegan Sun Buell 212 1 1 0.048 7.050 7.098 0-0 1 3.50 7-1 .875

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 2. MATT SMITH RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Nitro Fish Wear Buell 195 1 0 0.029 7.011 7.040 0-1 0 1.50 6-1 .857

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 3. ANDREW HINES RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson 171 0 1 0.055 7.034 7.089 1-0 0 3.50 5-2 .714

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 4. CHIP ELLIS RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Schumacher Electric Suzuki 151 0 0 0.043 7.033 7.076 0-0 0 3.50 4-2 .667

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 5. EDDIE KRAWIEC RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson 111 0 0 0.014 7.022 7.036 0-0 0 3.50 2-2 .500

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 6. ANGELLE SAMPEY RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Klement/Rush Racing Buell 105 0 0 0.039 7.194 7.233 0-0 0 8.00 2-2 .500

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 7. ANGIE MCBRIDE RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Buell 85 0 0 0.051 7.613 7.664 0-0 0 10.50 1-2 .333

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 8t. HECTOR ARANA RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Lucas Oil Buell 84 0 0 .012 7.115 7.127 0-0 0 11.50 1-2 .333

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 8t. CHRIS RIVAS RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Drag Specialties S&S Buell 84 0 0 0.035 7.061 7.096 0-0 0 9.50 1-2 .333

Avg. Avg. Avg. Holeshot No. Avg. Points Wins R/Us W-L Pct. 10. KAREN STOFFER RT ET Total W-L 1s qual.

Geico Suzuki 67 0 0 0.042 n/a n/a 0-0 0 6.50 0-2 .000

BEST OF THE REST Points Wins R/Us Avg. RT Avg. ET Avg. Total Holeshot W-L No. 1s Avg. qual. W-L Pct.

11. SHAWN GANN, Race Girl Suzuki 65 (-2) 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 0-0 0 10.00 0-2 .000

12t. Three Riders tied 62 (-5) .000

NOTE: Avg. qualifying number does not include DNQ’s (DNQ’s in parentheses); Avg ET includes all winning runs and runs “under power.” Performance Rankings (Nitro) This page provides a one-stop shop for grading a driver’s overall performance with the far right column representing an average of each driver’s ranking among his peers in five categories: reaction time (RT), elapsed time (ET), qualifying (QUAL) winning percentage (WIN%) and quality passes (RUP%). The “holeshot/redlight/DNQ” columns provides a bonus/penalty for holeshot wins/losses and wins/losses by redlight (the lower your average score the better so one point is subtracted for every win and one point is added for every loss and/or DNQ). Only the drivers currently in the Top 10 in points are included in these rankings.

PP: Current POWERade Series points position (This column solely for reference; not used to calculate the driver performance) RT: Reaction time (based on average of all Sunday raceday runs) Y

ET: Elapsed time (based on average of all winning and “under power” runs on Sunday raceday) E QUAL: Average qualifying position (does not account for DNQs) K Win%: Winning percentage in Sunday Final Eliminations. RUP%: Percentage of Sunday raceday runs completed under power (half-point awarded for pedal or second-effort win) Top Fuel

DRIVER (Last Week) PP RT ET QUAL WIN% RUP% HS RED DNQ TOTAL

1. Larry Dixon (1) 2 1 8 2 2 1 -1 2.6 2. Tony Schumacher (2) 1 6 6 3 1 1 1 3.6 3. Cory McClenathan (3) 5 5 1 7 4 3 4.0 4. Antron Brown (5) 3 6 3 3 3 7 4.4 5. Doug Herbert (8) 9 2 5 8 7 4 5.2 6. Rod Fuller (4) 6 3 2 10 4 8 5.4 7. Brandon Bernstein (6t) 4 4 10 5 4 8 6.2 8. Dave Grubnic (9) 7 9 7 1 7 10 6.8 9. Morgan Lucas (6t) 10 8 4 9 10 5 1 7.4 10. Hillary Will (10) 8 10 9 6 7 6 7.6 Funny Car

DRIVER (Last Week) PP RT ET QUAL WIN% RUP% HS RED DNQ TOTAL

1. Cruz Pedregon (1) 1 1 1 1 7 2 2.4 2t. Robert Hight (4) 4 4 4 7 2 6 1 4.8 2t. Del Worsham (nr) 9 4 5 5 1 8 -1 2 4.8 4. John Force (5) 6 6 2 3 8 7 -1 5.0 5t. Jack Beckman (2t) 2 3 6 9 3 5 5.2 5t. Tim Wilkerson (6) 8 8 3 1 10 3 1 5.2 5t. Ashley Force (7) 5 10 7 4 3 1 1 5.2 8. Tony Pedregon (2t) 3 2 8 8 6 3 -1 1 5.4 9. Jim Head (8) 10 9 10 6 3 9 1 7.6 10. Gary Densham (10) 7 9 9 10 8 9 9.0 Performance Rankings (Stock) This page provides a one-stop shop for grading a driver’s overall performance with the far right column representing an average of each driver’s ranking among his peers in four categories: reaction time (RT), elapsed time (ET), qualifying (QUAL) and winning percentage (WIN%). The “holeshot/redlight/DNQ” column provides a bonus/penalty for holeshot wins/losses and wins/losses by redlight (the lower your average score the better so one point is subtracted for every win and one point is added for every loss and/or DNQ). Only the drivers currently in the Top 10 in points are included in these rankings.

PP: Current POWERade Series points position (This column solely for reference; not used to calculate the driver performance) RT: Reaction time (based on average of all Sunday raceday runs) Y

E ET: Elapsed time (based on average of all winning and “under power” runs on Sunday raceday)

K QUAL: Average qualifying position (does not account for DNQs) Win%: Winning percentage in Sunday Final Eliminations. Pro Stock DRIVER (Last Week) PP RT ET QUAL WIN% HS RED DNQ TOTAL

1. Greg Anderson (1) 1 3 3 3 1 1 2.8 2. Jeg Coughlin (2) 2 5 1 5 2 -1 3.0 3. Allen Johnson (3) 5 6 2 2 5 -1 3.5 4. Kurt Johnson (7t) 4 8 5 1 5 1 -1 4.8 5. V Gaines (5) 6 1 8 9 3 -1 5.0 6. Jason Line (4) 3 9 4 6 4 2 -1 6.0 7. Mike Edwards (7t) 8 6 7 8 7 -1 -1 6.5 8. Warren Johnson (7t) 7 10 6 4 7 6.8 9. Greg Stanfield (nr) 10 4 10 7 10 -1 7.5 10. Justin Humphreys (9) 9 2 9 10 9 1 7.8 Pro Stock Motorcycle

DRIVER (Last Week) PP RT ET QUAL WIN% HS RED DNQ TOTAL

1. Matt Smith (1) 2 3 1 1 2 1.8 2. Eddie Krawiec (5) 5 2 2 2 5 1 3.0 3. Chip Ellis (3) 4 7 3 2 4 -2 3.5 4. Matt Guidera (2) 1 8 5 2 1 -1 3.8 5. Andrew Hines (4) 3 10 4 2 3 4.8 6. Angelle Sampey (6t) 6 5 8 7 5 -2 5.8 7. Hector Arana (nr) 8t 1 7 10 7 6.3 8. Chris Rivas (6t) 8t 4 6 8 7 1 6.5 9. Karen Stoffer (9) 10 6 10 6 10 1 8.3 10. Angie McBride (8) 7 9 9 9 7 8.5 Performance Rankings (All Classes) This page provides a one-stop shop for grading a driver’s overall performance with the far right column representing an average of each driver’s ranking among his peers in four categories: reaction time (RT), elapsed time (ET), qualifying (QUAL) and winning percentage (WIN%). The “holeshot/redlight/DNQ” column provides a bonus/penalty for holeshot wins/losses and wins/losses by redlight (the lower your average score the better so one point is subtracted for every win and one point is added for every loss and/or DNQ). Only the drivers currently in the Top 10 in points are included in these rankings.

PP: Current POWERade Series points position (This column solely for reference; not used to calculate the driver performance) RT: Reaction time (based on average of all Sunday raceday runs) Y

ET: Elapsed time (based on average of all winning and “under power” runs on Sunday raceday) E QUAL: Average qualifying position (does not account for DNQs) K Win%: Winning percentage in Sunday Final Eliminations. RUP%: Percentage of Sunday raceday runs completed under power (half-point awarded for pedal or second-effort win) All Classes

DRIVER (Class Ranking) CL RT ET QUAL WIN% (RUP) HS RED DNQ TOTAL

1. Matt Smith (1) PSM 3 1 1 2 1.8 2. Cruz Pedregon (1) FC 1 1 1 7 2 2.4 3. Larry Dixon (1) TF 1 8 2 2 1 -1 2.6 4. Greg Anderson (1) PS 3 3 3 1 1 2.8 5t. Eddie Krawiec (2) PSM 2 2 2 5 1 3.0 5t. Jeg Coughlin (2) PS 5 1 5 2 -1 3.0 7t. Allen Johnson (3) PS 6 2 2 5 -1 3.5 7t. Chip Ellis (3) PSM 7 3 2 4 -2 3.5 9. Tony Schumacher (2) TF 6 6 3 1 1 1 3.6 10. Matt Guidera (4) PSM 8 5 2 1 -1 3.8 11. Cory McClenathan (3) TF 5 1 7 4 3 4.0 12. Antron Brown (4) TF 6 3 3 3 7 4.4 13t. Andrew Hines (5) PSM 10 4 2 3 4.8 13t. Kurt Johnson (4) PS 8 5 1 5 1 -1 4.8 13t. Robert Hight (2t) FC 4 4 7 2 6 1 4.8 13t. Del Worsham (2t) FC 4 5 5 1 8 -1 2 4.8 17t. John Force (4) FC 6 2 3 8 7 -1 5.0 17t. V Gaines (5) PS 1 8 9 3 -1 5.0 19t. Doug Herbert (5) TF 2 5 8 7 4 5.2 19t. Jack Beckman (5t) FC 3 6 9 3 5 5.2 19t. Tim Wilkerson (5t) FC 8 3 1 10 3 1 5.2 19t. Ashley Force (5t) FC 10 7 4 3 1 1 5.2 Drivers with “LOCAL” ties to Media Market(s) (alpha by market) NOTE: Once you’ve found a driver or drivers of interest, flip to the next page. Find the Driver and you’ll find his/her contact person.

ATLANTA, GA Morgan Lucas, Brownsburg (CR) Bob Vandergriff Jr., Alpharetta (CR, S) Cruz Pedregon, Brownsburg (CR) Kurt Johnson, Lawrenceville (CR, S) Mike Neff, Fishers (CR) Warren Johnson, Buford (CR, S) LAS VEGAS Chip Ellis, Americus (CR) Rod Fuller, Las Vegas (CR) Tom Hammonds, Atlanta (Ga. Tech) /ORANGE COUNTY BIRMINGHAM, AL TEAM: (Yorba Linda) Steve Johnson, Birmingham (CR, S) TEAM: RACING (Lake Forest) TEAM: WORSHAM RACING (Chino Hills) CHARLOTTE, NC Ashley Force, Yorba Linda (HT, CR, S) TEAM: KB RACING (Mooresville) John Force, Yorba Linda (HT, CR, S) TEAM: CAGNAZZI RACING (Mooresville) Robert Hight, Yorba Linda (CR, S) Greg Anderson, Mooresville (CR, S) Del Worsham, Chino Hills (HT, CR, S) Jason Line, Troutman (CR, S) Brandon Bernstein, Lake Forest (CR, S) Doug Herbert, Lincolnton (CR, S) Jack Beckman, North Hills (HT, CR) *Cagnazzi Racing = Three-time Pro Stock world champ Jeg Tony Pedregon, Torrance (HT) Coughlin and Dave Connolly Cruz Pedregon, Torrance (HT) *KB Racing = Three time Pro Stock world champ Greg Anderson Larry Dixon, Van Nuys (HT) and 2006 Pro Stock world champ Jason Line Doug Herbert, Orange (HT) Morgan Lucas, Riverside (HT) CHICAGO, IL Bob Vandergriff, La Habra (HT) Tony Schumacher, Long Grove (CR) Tony Schumacher, Conoga Park (HT) Andrew Hines, Whittier (HT) FLORIDA Steve Johnson, Chatsworth (HT) Tom Hammonds, Crestview (CR, S) MINNESOTA OHIO Kurt Johnson, Virginia (HT) Jeg Coughlin, Delaware (HT, CR, S) Warren Johnson, Virginia (HT) Dave Connolly, Elyria (HT, CR) Greg Anderson, Duluth (HT) Jim Head, Columbus (HT, CR) Jason Line, Wright (HT) Larry Morgan, Newark (CR) Ron Krisher, Warren (HT, CR) NEW ORLEANS Michael Phillips, Baton Rouge (HT, CR) DENVER Angelle Sampey, Luling/Mathews (HT/CR) Melanie Troxel, Denver (HT) Richie Stevens Jr., New Orleans (HT, CR)

DETROIT NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY TEAM: KALITTA MOTORSPORTS Mike Ashley, Melville (HT, CR) Doug Kalitta, Mt. Clemens (HT, CR) Tony Bartone, Manhasset (HT, CR) Scott Kalitta, Mt. Clemens (HT) Antron Brown, Chesterfield, NJ (HT) Hillary Will, Ypsilanti (CR) Tony Pedregon, Detroit (CR) PORTLAND/EUGENE, OR Whit Bazemore, Eugene (CR) FRESNO Chris Rivas, Fresno (HT, CR) SAN DIEGO Gary Scelzi, Fresno (HT, CR) Ron Capps, Carlsbad (HT, CR)

INDIANAPOLIS TRI-CITIES/MEMPHIS, TN TEAM: JOHN FORCE RACING Allen Johnson, Greeneville, TN (CR, HT) TEAM: DON SCHUMACHER RACING Clay Millican, Drummonds, TN TEAM: LUCAS OIL RACING TEAM: DAVID POWERS MOTORSPORTS TEAM: SNAKE RACING Melanie Troxel, Avon (CR) Tommy Johnson Jr., Avon (CR) KEY ... J.R. Todd, Avon (CR) HT: Hometown CR: Current Residence Larry Dixon, Avon (CR) S: Home of Racing Operation. Andrew Hines, Brownsburg (CR) PR Contacts for select POWERade Series Drivers (alpha by driver)

ANDERSON, GREG GRUBNIC, DAVE KALITTA, DOUG TODD, J.R. Jennifer Sandlin Todd Myers Todd Myers Jay Wells O: 704-658-0746 O: 734-544-7000 O: 734-544-7000 O: 704-662-3525 C: 864-354-0400 C: 901-301-4078 C: 901-301-4078 C: 704-281-5678 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

BECKMAN, JACK HAMMONDS, TOM LINE, JASON TOLIVER, JERRY Judy Stropus Tonita Perry Jennifer Sandlin Judy Stropus O: 203-438-0501 O: 704-965-6956 O: 704-658-0746 O: 203-438-0501 C: 203-243-2438 E: [email protected] C: 864-354-0400 C: 203-243-2438 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] HERBERT, DOUG BERNSTEIN, BRANDON Lisa Powers LUCAS, MORGAN TROXEL, MELANIE Susie Arnold O: 704-732-2400 x117 Jay Wells Joe Sherk O: 951-303-2008 C: 704-297-0688 O: 704-662-3525 O: 360-876-6768 C: 949-637-2216 E: [email protected] C: 704-281-5678 C: 614-595-1820 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] HIGHT, ROBERT BROWN, ANTRON Elon Werner MCCLENATHAN, CORY WILKERSON, TIM Ted Yerzyk O: 317-858-8900 Judy Stropus Joanne Dawson O: 317-852-6363 C: 214-244-1184 O: 203-438-0501 O: 815-678-3036 C: 760-207-9767 E: [email protected] C: 203-243-2438 C: 815-341-2069 E: ted@davidpowersmotorsports. E: [email protected] E: [email protected] com HINES, ANDREW Anne Paluso NEFF, MIKE WILL, HILLARY CAPPS, RON O: 414-343-4507 Elon Werner Todd Myers Judy Stropus C: 414-688-4507 O: 317-858-8900 O: 734-544-7000 O: 203-438-0501 E: anne.paluso@harley- C: 214-244-1184 C: 901-301-4078 C: 203-243-2438 davidson.com E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] HUMPHREYS, JUSTIN PEDREGON, CRUZ WORSHAM, DEL COUGHLIN, JEG Joe Sherk Jim Sullivan Bob Wilber Scott “Woody” Woodruff O: 360-876-6768 O: 661-296-5302 O: 651-739-0141 O: 800-345-4545 x3412 C: 614-595-1820 C: 818-231-4779 C: 651-295-9838 C: 614-595-1820 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] JOHNSON, ALLEN PEDREGON, TONY YATES, JIM DIXON, LARRY Darren Jacobs Sophia Kokonas Melissa Yates Skip Allum O: 248-553-4566 O: 847-291-7080 x201 O: 703-551-4781 O: 760-598-7121 C: 313-530-9910 C: 847-312-5348 C: 310-741-7923 C: 310-283-9958 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] JOHNSON, KURT SCELZI, GARY FORCE, ASHLEY Jon & Joanne Knapp Judy Stropus Dave Densmore O: 704-662-3121 O: 203-438-0501 O: 817-636-2060 C: 704-906-4119 C: 203-243-2438 C: 214-244-0008 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] JOHNSON JR., TOMMY SCHUMACHER, TONY FORCE, JOHN Susie Arnold Chris Dirato Dave Densmore O: 951-303-2008 O: 201-750-3533 O: 817-636-2060 C: 949-637-2216 C: 917-921-9070 C: 214-244-0008 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] JOHNSON, WARREN TASCA, BOB FULLER, ROD Jon & Joanne Knapp Alexis Kinch Ted Yerzyk O: 704-662-3121 NOTE: If you do not find O: 313-203-7103 the driver you’re looking for, O: 317-852-6363 C: 704-906-4119 C: 313-737-8684 E: [email protected] contact an NHRA official. C: 760-207-9767 E: [email protected] Use phone list on Cover. E: ted@davidpowersmotorsports. com