BERNSTEIN LEADS DALLAS PRO WINNERS
Mon, 2006-09-25 02:16
BERNSTEIN, HIGHT AND STEVENS EARN VICTORIES AT O'REILLY FALLNATIONALS
Brandon Bernstein and Robert Hight moved into their respective championship chases Sunday with convincing wins at the O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec at the Texas Motorplex near Dallas.
Both men started and finished the day third in the points, but not before gaining some serious ground on the category leaders at the 19th of 23 races in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. Bernstein is now just 40 points out of the Top Fuel lead, while Hight closed to within 93 of Funny Car's top spot.
In Pro Stock, Richie Stevens scored his first victory in more than five years. Bernstein's fourth victory of the season and 12th of his career came at the expense of Rod Fuller, while Hight pulled away from first-time finalist Mike Ashley at half-track to earn his third win of the year and fifth overall.
Brandon Bernstein and Robert Hight moved into their respective championship chases Sunday with convincing wins at the O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec at the Texas Motorplex near Dallas.
Both men started and finished the day third in the points, but not
before gaining some serious ground on the category leaders at the 19th
of 23 races in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
Bernstein is now just 40 points out of the Top Fuel lead, while Hight
closed to within 93 of Funny Car's top spot.
In Pro Stock, Richie Stevens scored his first victory in more than five years. Bernstein's fourth victory of the season and 12th of his career came at the expense of Rod Fuller, while Hight pulled away from first-time finalist Mike Ashley at half-track to earn his third win of the year and fifth overall.
Bernstein's nearly silent pursuit of headline grabbers Tony Schumacher and Doug Kalitta has featured three final-round showings in the last four races, including his win here and his runner-up finish at the last event in Indy. The final round was over early in the run when Fuller's Valvoline dragster lost traction and Bernstein's Budweiser/Lucas Oil dragster powered to a 4.612 at 323.19.
"It seems like the pressure has been squarely on Doug and Tony," said Dallas native Bernstein, a graduate of Texas A&M. "I know no one in the media has asked me about it. But within the team I kept telling the guys we just needed to stay consistent and keep plugging away. Now I think everyone knows what we already knew; we have a race car that can win the championship."
Mac Tools dragster driver Kalitta's lead in the POWERade standings continued to erode as he went out one round before second-place racer Schumacher, who was the event's top qualifier in the U.S. Army dragster. Kalitta now leads Schumacher by 33 points.
Brandon Bernstein and Robert Hight moved into their respective championship chases Sunday with convincing wins at the O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec at the Texas Motorplex near Dallas.
Both men started and finished the day third in the points, but not before gaining some serious ground on the category leaders at the 19th of 23 races in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. Bernstein is now just 40 points out of the Top Fuel lead, while Hight closed to within 93 of Funny Car's top spot.
In Pro Stock, Richie Stevens scored his first victory in more than five years. Bernstein's fourth victory of the season and 12th of his career came at the expense of Rod Fuller, while Hight pulled away from first-time finalist Mike Ashley at half-track to earn his third win of the year and fifth overall.
SUNDAY FINAL - BERNSTEIN, HIGHT AND STEVENS EARN VICTORIES AT O'REILLY FALLNATIONALS
Brandon Bernstein and Robert Hight moved into their respective championship chases Sunday with convincing wins at the O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec at the Texas Motorplex near Dallas.
Both men started and finished the day third in the points, but not
before gaining some serious ground on the category leaders at the 19th
of 23 races in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
Bernstein is now just 40 points out of the Top Fuel lead, while Hight
closed to within 93 of Funny Car's top spot.
In Pro Stock, Richie Stevens scored his first victory in more than five years. Bernstein's fourth victory of the season and 12th of his career came at the expense of Rod Fuller, while Hight pulled away from first-time finalist Mike Ashley at half-track to earn his third win of the year and fifth overall.
Bernstein's nearly silent pursuit of headline grabbers Tony Schumacher and Doug Kalitta has featured three final-round showings in the last four races, including his win here and his runner-up finish at the last event in Indy. The final round was over early in the run when Fuller's Valvoline dragster lost traction and Bernstein's Budweiser/Lucas Oil dragster powered to a 4.612 at 323.19.
"It seems like the pressure has been squarely on Doug and Tony," said Dallas native Bernstein, a graduate of Texas A&M. "I know no one in the media has asked me about it. But within the team I kept telling the guys we just needed to stay consistent and keep plugging away. Now I think everyone knows what we already knew; we have a race car that can win the championship."
Mac Tools dragster driver Kalitta's lead in the POWERade standings continued to erode as he went out one round before second-place racer Schumacher, who was the event's top qualifier in the U.S. Army dragster. Kalitta now leads Schumacher by 33 points.
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