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MIKE NEFF, CASTROL GTX TEAM GRAB TOP HONORS AT BANQUET
LOS ANGELES (November 18, 2008) — This past Monday night at the 2008
NHRA POWERade Championship banquet John Force Racing picked up the top
two seasonal prizes in addition to posting four Top Ten finishes in the
Funny Car category. Hosted at the elegant Hilton Los Angeles/Universal
City all the stars of the NHRA turned out for the celebration of another
exciting season of NHRA Drag Racing.
Funny Car driver Mike Neff won the $$;20,000 Automobile Club of Southern
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SCHUMACHER, PEDREGON, COUGHLIN AND KRAWIEC CROWNED NHRA POWERADE SERIES
WORLD CHAMPIONS
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (Nov. 17, 2008) — Tony Schumacher, who
became the first Top Fuel driver in NHRA history to win five consecutive
POWERade Series world championships with a record-setting season,
headlined the four world-championship winning drivers crowned Monday
evening during the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series awards ceremony
at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City.
Three other NHRA POWERade Series world champions — Cruz Pedregon,
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DODGERS LEGEND LASORDA VISITS LONGTIME FAN, DRIVER HIGHT
POMONA (November 17, 2008) — Auto Club Ford Mustang driver Robert
Hights 2008 season did not wind up being the dream season he had
hoped for yesterday with an early exit at the 44th annual Automobile Club
of Southern California NHRA Finals. While Hight missed the chance to win
his first Funny Car championship, ultimately winding up in fourth place,
in arguably one of the toughest Funny Car fields in the past 20 years the
lifelong Dodgers fan experienced the ultimate baseball highlight as
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DODGERS LEGEND LASORDA VISITS LONGTIME FAN, DRIVER HIGHT
POMONA (November 17, 2008) — Auto Club Ford Mustang driver Robert
Hights 2008 season did not wind up being the dream season he had
hoped for yesterday with an early exit at the 44th annual Automobile Club
of Southern California NHRA Finals. While Hight missed the chance to win
his first Funny Car championship, ultimately winding up in fourth place,
in arguably one of the toughest Funny Car fields in the past 20 years the
lifelong Dodgers fan experienced the ultimate baseball highlight as
…

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SCHUMACHER, PEDREGON, COUGHLIN AND KRAWIEC CROWNED NHRA POWERADE SERIES
WORLD CHAMPIONS
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (Nov. 17, 2008) — Tony Schumacher, who
became the first Top Fuel driver in NHRA history to win five consecutive
POWERade Series world championships with a record-setting season,
headlined the four world-championship winning drivers crowned Monday
evening during the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series awards ceremony
at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City.
Three other NHRA POWERade Series world champions — Cruz Pedregon,
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Hillary Will finishes a career-best fourth in NHRA points
POMONA, Calif., (Nov. 13, 2008) — Hillary Will, driver of the Palm
Beach Intl Raceway/KB Racing, LLC Top Fuel dragster, finished her
third season as a professional drag racer in fourth place in POWERade
championship points Sunday during eliminations of the season-ending Auto
Club of Southern California NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona
(Calif.).
Will and her team began the final day of racing in the 2008 POWERade Drag
Racing Series in second place in points, but a first round loss to Troy
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HIGHT MISSES CHAMPIONSHIP AT AUTO CLUB NHRA FINALS
POMONA — Robert Hight and the Automobile Club of Southern
California/LA Dodgers Ford Mustang had what every driver dreams about on
the last day of the season; a chance to win a championship. Unfortunately
Hights quest for his first title went up in smoke when his 8,000
horsepower Mustang lost traction a fraction of a second in front of his
first round opponent Tony Pedregon. A disappointed Hight addressed the
media in the Shav Glick Media Center shortly after the loss and he knew
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Pontiacs Greg Anderson Wins Pro Stock
At NHRA Finals - Defeats Kurt Johnson in
All-GM Final Round
POMONA, Calif., Nov. 16, 2008 - The 2008 NHRA POWERade season came to a
close today at the 44th annual Automobile Club of Southern California
NHRA Finals, and it ended for Pontiacs Greg Anderson the way it began; a
bookend national-event victory from the No. 1 starting position. The
47-year-old Mooresville, N.C. resident defeated Kurt Johnson in an all
GM-final round that locked up second place in the Pro Stock standings for
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GOODYEAR WINS FIVE TIMES IN NHRA RACE AT POMONA
POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 16, 2008) — Cruz Pedregon and Jeg
Coughlin clinched NHRA championships during a drama-filled Auto Club of
Southern California Finals at Auto Club Speedway in the final event of
the 2009 NHRA season, leading five Goodyear-equipped drivers to victory.
Goodyears five wins topped all tiremakers at Pomona. The
Goodyear-shod winners included Larry Dixon (Top Fuel), Pedregon (Funny
Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock), Jim Whiteley (Top Alcohol Dragster) and
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Pomona Ends Quickly for Sampey
It was a disappointing end to a disappointing season for three-time NHRA
Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Angelle Sampey. Angelle and her Rush Racing
SS powered V-twin qualified well at the Automobile Club of Southern
California NHRA Finals at Pomona, California. But another raceday
mechanical failure left Angelle glued to the starting line in round 1 of
eliminations and heading home early.
qualifying round 1
3rd Angelle Sampey left lane 7.024 at 185.33 mph
qualifying round 2
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