World records and multiple wins highlighted final eliminations at the IHRA President’s Cup Nationals at Maryland International Raceway Sunday in Budds Creek, Md. after a soggy start gave way to a beautiful afternoon of racing.

Del Cox Jr. (Top Fuel) and Kenny Lang (Pro Modified) won for the fourth and third time in a row respectively and Cary Goforth (Elite Motorsports Pro Stock) returned to victory lane for the first time since April as the championship battles in each of the three professional classes reaches a frenzied pace with one race remaining. Cox and Lang win again; Cary Goforth returns to victory lane

World records and multiple wins highlighted final eliminations at the IHRA President’s Cup Nationals at Maryland International Raceway Sunday in Budds Creek, Md. after a soggy start gave way to a beautiful afternoon of racing.

Del Cox Jr. (Top Fuel) and Kenny Lang (Pro Modified) won for the fourth and third time in a row respectively and Cary Goforth (Elite Motorsports Pro Stock) returned to victory lane for the first time since April as the championship battles in each of the three professional classes reaches a frenzied pace with one race remaining.

While Lang has all but wrapped up his second consecutive IHRA Pro Modified world championship, the battles in Top Fuel and Elite Motorsports Pro Stock are still far from over.

While Cox controls his own destiny with a comfortable 74-point lead over Bruce Litton in the Top Fuel title chase, the Pro Stock championship is still wide open. John Montecalvo has overtaken Frank Gugliotta by 33 points in the battle of the mountain motors as both search drivers seek out their first career championships.

Two-time champion Pete Berner is just 61 points behind in third.

In Sportsman action several former champions and multiple-time winners highlighted the classes as Bruce Thrift (Top Sportsman), Chad Traylor (Top Dragster), Anthony Bertozzi (Super Stock), Myron Piatek (Stock), E.J. Parker (Quick Rod), Calvin Butler (Super Rod) and Brian McLaughlin (Hot Rod) all claimed Ironman hardware.

While there were many great races on Sunday, the highly anticipated Elite 8 Pro Stock Shootout had to postponed due to a washout on Friday. The eight qualified drivers for the $40,000 showdown will now face off next month at the IHRA World Finals in Rockingham.

Along with the Elite 8 Pro Stock Shootout all 10 IHRA championships will be decided at the IHRA World Finals next month in North Carolina.

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