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N H R A ountdown to the ’08 OWERade Series hampionship Race 5 of 24 SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals April 10-13, 2008 POWERade Series Schedule 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 GATORNATIONALS 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 TOP FUEL FUNNY CAR PRO STOCK 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. Robert Hight (1) 232 4. Kurt Johnson 266 4. Chip Ellis 151 April 24-27 at Atlanta (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 John Force 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. Del Worsham (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. Gary Scelzi -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 (Kenny Bernstein 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 dragster/ 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.
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    ImPRESSions© The Official Newsletter Of The American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association Nov. 2005 Vol. 38 No. 9 AARWBA Thanks Our Official 50th Anniversary Sponsors: (Click on any logo to go to that sponsor’s website!) American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association, Inc. (www.aarwba.org) ”Dedicated To Increasing Media Coverage of Motor Sports” DEADLINE! All journalists understand deadlines, so please note this important one: All entries for the special Ford “Sweepstakes” contest MUST arrive by Nov. 29. See full details on the contest elsewhere in this newsletter. AARWBA 50th Anniversary Dinner 842-7005 AARWBA President Dusty Brandel receives an award from the Board of Directors for her 50 years of motor sports coverage and service to the sport. Mike Harris of AP, AARWBA Southern Vice-President, makes the presentation. California Speedway presented Brandel with a cake to celebrate the occasion. Michael F. Hollander photos for AARWBA. ...continued on next page All Contents © The American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association 922 North Pass Avenue Burbank, CA 91505-2703 (818) 2 All America Team Voting Results 2005 AUTO RACING ALL-AMERICA TEAM IS LARGEST EVER SELECTED A 17-member Auto Racing All-America Team, the largest ever selected, has been chosen by voting members of the motorsports press. The champions of NASCAR Nextel Cup, IndyCar, Champ Car, NHRA Top Fuel and the World of Outlaws were among the top vote-getters. One of them will be announced as the winner of the Jerry Titus Award — an auto racing equivalent of the Heisman Trophy — at the annual banquet of the American Auto Racing Writers and Broad- casters Association Dec.