No. 1 qualifier Fredy Scriba completed a clean sweep at the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA) race at Maryland International Raceway’s Pro Challenge, as he went on to win the event in his nitrous-assisted “Sorcerer” ’69 Camaro. He defeated Chuck Ulsch and his supercharged Line-X ’68 Camaro in the final round, which was decided by just two thousandths of a second. It was Scriba’s second consecutive NEOPMA win at MDIR. 
 
“This win means a lot,” Scriba said. “We’ve worked real hard this year. We've had a lot of close races. We lost in the finals at PDRA [in Virginia in July], but it means a lot to come back here and win one. The crew has been great. The car is ready every single round. We're making laps. On a hot day like this, just getting down [the track] is the most important thing.”

Steve Torrence and Brainerd International Raceway had a quirky relationship Sunday. 

For years he had tried to win at this Northern Minnesota venue, with no luck (although part-time racer dad Billy in 2018 won the first of his seven Wally trophies here). 

It's hard to imagine the Funny Car driver, who looks like he could bend a steel beam in two, being concerned about being weak at anything. 

Matt Hagan didn't want to be the weak link on the Dickie Venables-tuned Funny Car. 

Dominance can be a state of mind.

But for JR Carr at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn., it was reality.

The former NHRA Pro Stock racer turned Mountain Motor Pro Stock superstar set a torrid 6.2-second pace which Carr turned into a convincing victory. 

Steve Torrence has now won at every track on the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series circuit, finally solving Brainerd International Raceway on Sunday and picking up a memorable Top Fuel victory at the 39th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals.

Matt Hagan (Funny Car) also won at the 12th race of the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season

Torrence, the Top Fuel points leader and three-time defending world champ drove to his seventh victory in 2021 and 47th in his career, going 3.712-seconds at 323.74 mph in the final round in his 11,000-horsepower Capco Contractors dragster to beat Clay Millican, who went 3.729 at 320.05. Torrence had won at every stop on the NHRA series but Brainerd before the weekend, but impressed throughout eliminations on Sunday, beating Terry Totten and Justin Ashley to reach the final round. 

There appears to be no stopping Jose Gonzalez in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, as the points leader drove to his third straight win by knocking off Brandon Snider in the final round at Brainerd International Raceway.

The race, which was presented by Stinar, was the sixth of 11 events during the 2021 E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service season, and Gonzalez strengthened his points lead and championship hopes by picking up his fourth win this year.

Gonzalez put on a show in NHRA Pro Mod’s first trip to Brainerd, finishing off his weekend with a run of 5.790-seconds at 246.03 mph in his ProCharger-powered Q80 Camaro to slip past Snider’s 5.812 at 247.29. Gonzalez was also a stellar .003 on the starting line as he earned his sixth career victory in the class. 

One shoe made all the difference in Cinderella’s life. For Brittany Force, it was a hat, at least for a season. 

Force traded in a gaggle of yellow hats for qualifying No. 1 six times last weekend for a blue winner one, and life has been glorious ever since. 

Final round-by-round results from the 39th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway, the 12th of 20 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series:

Hell hath no fury like a crew chief scorned, Or in a worst-case scenario, one who comes to the starting line without enough horsepower. 

When Bob Tasca III’s Motorcraft Mustang came to the starting line for a qualifying attempt at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals with conditions favorable to the nitro persuasion, and then it covered the 1,000-foot racing surface like a slug, Tuner Mike Neff wasn’t happy in the least. 

Point standings (top 10) following the 39th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway, the 12th of 20 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series -