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MONDAY - BROWN RACES TO THIRD MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS WIN; NEFF, ANDERSON, ARANA JR. ALSO WINNERS AT LUCAS OIL RACEWAY

Antron Brown raced to his third Lucas Oil Raceway win Monday as racing came to an end at the prestigious Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil.   

Mike Neff, Greg Anderson and Hector Arana Jr. were also winners in their respective categories at the final race of the regular season before the start of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship, the six-race playoffs to determine the world championships.
 
Brown became the first driver to win the historic event in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle when he powered his Matco Tools dragster to a 3.813-second run at 321.73 mph. The final round performance was enough to get past Del Worsham and secure his fifth win of the season and 30th of his career.
 
“Words cannot describe how this feels,” said Brown. “To come here and win at Indy, the biggest stage in drag racing, means so much. It just goes back to my childhood dream and sitting under those grandstands as a kid and saying ‘I want to do that one day.’ It’s the greatest feeling I’ve ever had.”
 
With the final regular season race complete, the Top Fuel field is set for the NHRA Countdown to the Championship. Worsham secured his No. 1 spot in the point standings during qualifying, while Kalitta Racing driver David Grubnic locked down the 10th and final spot after both Terry McMillen and Bob Vandergriff lost in the second round.
 
In Funny Car, Mike Neff drove his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang past Bob Tasca to secure his first Mac Tools U.S. Nationals win. Neff posted a run of 4.068 at 314.61 in the final round to take his fifth win of the season and sixth of his career. It was also John Force Racing’s fifth Mac Tools U.S. Nationals win in the past six seasons.
 
“This is the big one, the one you dream about,” said Neff. “It’s huge to win here. I’ve never won here as a driver or a crew chief so to be able to do it here as both was great. It probably hasn’t even sunk in yet.”
 
Neff secured his top spot in the Funny Car standings for the Countdown to the Championship during qualifying, while runner-up Tasca clinched the 10th and final spot after Johnny Gray lost in the first round to Daniel Wilkerson.

Pro Stock points leader Anderson continued his domination at Lucas Oil Raceway when he held off teammate Jason Line to earn his sixth Mac Tools U.S. Nationals win. Anderson and his Summit Racing Pontiac GXP posted a final-round run of 6.552 at 210.50 to get his fifth win of the season and 70th of his career. It was also his fourth win in the past six races.
 
“I feel like it’s my first and biggest win ever,” said Anderson. “Every time it happens up here it’s just special; it’s just magic. I love this place. I think some of the other racers might miss out on how important it is and what it means to race here. There’s so much history here. It’s just everything about drag racing.”
 
While Anderson locked up his No. 1 spot in the Countdown to the Championship, Ron Krisher secured the 10th and final spot when 11th-place driver Ronnie Humphrey lost to Allen Johnson in the second round.
 
Arana Jr. raced to his first career win in Pro Stock Motorcycle when he held off Jerry Savoie in the final round. Arana Jr. rode his Lucas Oil Buell to a 6.867 at 192.60 to take the win in his second consecutive final round appearance for the season.
 
“It has not sunk in on me yet,” said Arana Jr. “This is the biggest race of the year and I won it in my rookie year. For all my family, this is a hometown event and it just doesn’t get any better than this.”
 
Eddie Krawiec locked up the No. 1 spot in Pro Stock Motorcycle for the Countdown to the Championship while Jim Underdahl secured the final spot with his semifinal round finish.

SUNDAY - PEDREGON SETS TRACK RECORD EN ROUTE TO NO. 1; BROWN, LINE, HINES ALSO NO. 1 AT MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS

Cruz Pedregon set a track record for time as he raced to the No. 1 qualifying position in Funny Car on Sunday at the prestigious Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil.   
 
Antron Brown, Jason Line and Andrew Hines also took the top spots in their respective categories at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.
 
Pedregon, who was quickest in four of the five qualifying sessions, powered his Snap-on Tools Toyota Camry to a blazing 4.026-second run at 314.24 mph. It is his fourth No. 1 qualifier of the season and 43rd of his career. Pedregon also set the track record for time at Lucas Oil Raceway in Funny Car.
 
“We got it all on that one,” said Pedregon. “The car ran our career best speed at halftrack. I’ve got to always credit the track because you can’t do that when the track isn’t there, but the track and weather were there for this run.”
 
Mike Neff clinched the No. 1 spot in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship with his ninth-place qualifying position in his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang. Neff will face John Force Racing teammate Robert Hight in the first round of eliminations Sunday.
 
Antron Brown stayed in the No. 1 spot in Top Fuel as qualifying came to an end. Brown drove his Matco Tools dragster to a 3.818 at 322.96 to get his second No. 1 qualifier of the season, second at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis and 28th of his career.

“I think we’re ready for tomorrow for sure,” said Brown. “Tomorrow is going to be just like this but the conditions will be even better. So we have to go back and go to work because tomorrow is going to be a whole new day. And it’s race day; it’s work day.”
 
Al-Anabi Racing dragster pilot Del Worsham clinched his top spot in the Countdown to the Championship with his second-place qualifying position, while GEICO Powersports/Lucas Oil dragster driver Morgan Lucas secured his spot with his ninth-place qualifying position.
 
In Pro Stock, Line came out on the last pass of Pro Stock qualifying and took the No. 1 qualifier away from his teammate Greg Anderson. Line drove his Summit Racing Pontiac GXP to a 6.603 at 209.01 to get his fourth No. 1 qualifier of the season and 21st of his career.
 
“To be honest, I have not done a very good job driving all weekend,” said Line. “I’ve struggled here in the past and I’d really like to get it out of my head, straighten it out and actually do a good job here. I have a good car so if we don’t tomorrow then it’s all on me. That being said, we’ve got a great hot rod and we just have to go up there and get it done.”
 
Service Central Pontiac GXP driver Shane Gray clinched his spot in the Countdown after qualifying 14th in the field.
 
In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Hines took the top spot with a stellar run in the final qualifying session. Hines powered his Screamin’ Eagle Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson to a 6.909 at 193.90 to get his first No. 1 qualifier of the season, 29th of his career, and second at Lucas Oil Raceway.
 
“The two runs today were near flawless,” said Hines. “The V-Rod was going nice and straight down the track and that’s all due to the testing we did last week. We were able to work on things during testing and I think it really showed out there today.”
 
Hector Arana Jr. clinched his spot in the Countdown when he drove his Lucas Oil Buell to the fifth qualifying spot, while Michael Phillips run to the ninth spot in qualifying also clinched his berth in the Countdown to the Championship.
 
Eliminations for the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals will begin Monday at 11 a.m.

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SUNDAY FOURTH SESSION

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Antron Brown raced to the provisional No. 1 qualifier in Top Fuel Saturday at the prestigious Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. 

Cruz Pedregon, Greg Anderson and Matt Smith stayed in the provisional top spots in their respective categories at the 16th of 22 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series and the final race before the NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship, the six-race playoffs to determine the world championships.
 
Brown powered his Matco Tools dragster to the top of the field Saturday night with an impressive run of 3.818-seconds at 322.96 mph on the final pass of the Top Fuel session. If it stands it would be his second No. 1 qualifier of the season, 28th of his career and second No. 1 qualifier at Lucas Oil Raceway, a track where he has two Pro Stock Motorcycle wins but has yet to collect a Top Fuel win at the prestigious race.
 
“We came out here last week and tested a whole variety of things we wanted to test,” said Brown. “We came up with some stuff and have just been running the same package that we have run all year and will run the rest of the season. Brian (Corradi, co-crew chief) and Mark (Oswald, co-crew chief) and the boys have just been refining it and just making it better and better.”
 
Defending event winner and four-time Mac Tools U.S. Nationals winner Larry Dixon sits in the fifth spot after three qualifying sessions, while current points leader Del Worsham is fourth with two qualifying sessions remaining.
 
In Funny Car, Pedregon and his Snap-on Tools Toyota Camry stayed in the provisional No. 1 spot with a Saturday night run of 4.071 at 301.54. If it stands it would be his fourth No. 1 qualifier of the season, 43rd of his career and first at Lucas Oil Raceway.
 
“The first run yesterday was a great run in the heat,” said Pedregon. “The second we just were trying to take it down the track and were just too slow. But the last run tonight, I never like to use the phrase ‘going for it,’ but we take advantage of the conditions and we made a calculated guess at what the track would handle and we put it together and like we’ve done all year, the car hung on and man, it was haulin’ down there.”
 
Seattle winner Tim Wilkerson currently sits in the second spot in the field, while four-time Mac Tools U.S. Nationals winner and defending world champion John Force is in the provisional seventh spot.
 
In Pro Stock, Anderson kept his Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac GXP at the top of the class when he posted a 6.629 at 208.01 during the third qualifying session. If it stands, it would be his third No. 1 qualifier of the season and 76th of his career.
 
“It’s absolutely presenting a heck of a challenge out there,” said Anderson. “We’ve had three completely different conditions to start with. We had hot, hot, hot air last night. Today we had hot, hot, hot air and a really hot race track. Everyone slowed down a bunch but we didn’t; we hit the bulls eye pretty good. Tonight we came out and now the air’s starting to cool down, the race track cooled down, we got a little better air, everyone improved and so did we.”
 
Smith and his Haltech Affliction Redline Buell stayed at the top of the field in Pro Stock Motorcycle with his Friday night run of 6.954 at 190.97. If it stands, it would be Smith’s first No. 1 qualifier of the season and 19th of his career.
 
“All and all we had a good day,” said Smith. “We had something go wrong on my bike on that last pass My other two bikes are running good. We’ve got everybody in the top 12 so I can’t complain too much.”
 
Qualifying will continue tomorrow will sessions at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Eliminations will begin Monday at 11 a.m.

SECOND SESSION

FRIDAY - DIXON TAKES PROVISIONAL TOP SPOT IN INDY; PEDREGON, ANDERSON, SMITH ALSO A TOP OF FIELD AT MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS

Larry Dixon raced to the provisional No. 1 qualifier in Top Fuel at the prestigious Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.   
 
Cruz Pedregon, Greg Anderson and Matt Smith also took the provisional top spots in their respective categories at the 16th of 22 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series and the final race before the NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship, the six-race playoffs to determine the world championships.
 
Dixon powered his Al-Anabi Racing dragster to the top of the field Friday with an impressive run of 3.883-seconds at 315.56 mph. If it stands it would be his third No. 1 qualifier of the season and 51st of his career. It would also be his third No. 1 qualifier at Lucas Oil Raceway, a track where he has collected four career wins, including his victory last season.
 
“It was night qualifying, but we still had very hot, humid conditions,” said Dixon. “I think Jason (McCulloch, crew chief) was shooting for a little bit more than that, but we ended up low which is a great job by the entire Al-Anabi team. That probably won’t stick for the pole; it might not even get you qualified, but for today, we did well. It’s just one run that happened to be the best run of the day, but it won’t be the best run of the weekend.”
 
While Dixon took the provisional top spot in the class, Lucas Oil/Speedco dragster pilot Shawn Langdon clinched his spot in the Countdown to the Championship with his qualifying run. Eight-time Mac Tools U.S. Nationals winner Tony Schumacher sits in the provisional fourth spot after one round of qualifying.
 
In Funny Car, Pedregon raced his Snap-on Tools Toyota Camry to a 4.147 at 300.40. If it stands it would be his fourth No. 1 qualifier of the season, 43rd of his career and first at Lucas Oil Raceway.
 
“It’s a good way to open up the weekend,” said Pedregon. “It’s a good indicator of what we can do but by no means is this run going to stay No. 1 and by no means is it going to win the race. But it’s certainly a great way to start.”
 
Brainerd winner Johnny Gray currently sits third in the field, while Funny Car points leader Mike Neff is in the provisional 12th spot.
 
In Pro Stock, defending world champion Anderson posted the quickest run of the session and powered his Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac GXP to a 6.650 at 208.04. If it stands, it would be his third No. 1 qualifier of the season and 76th of his career.
 
“My team is just doing a heck of a job right now,” said Anderson, who has three wins in the last five races. “It’s fun to drive the race cars. Jason (Line, teammate) are having a ball. The cars have been faster every run and they’ve been so close together it’s just inches every time we get on the race track. We’re off to a good start.”
 
Smith rode his Haltech Affliction Redline Buell to the top of the field in Pro Stock Motorcycle with a run of 6.954 at 190.97. If it stands, it would be Smith’s first No. 1 qualifier of the season and 19th of his career.
 
“We should see something better than what we ran,” said Smith. “The weather’s getting better. It’s pretty hot out there and the track is slick. But all in all, we had a great lap, and I’m happy I’m doing both this and Pro Mod at this race.”
 
Qualifying will continue tomorrow will sessions at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. as well as Sunday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Eliminations will begin Monday at 11 a.m.

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