By Susan Wade Mon, 2016-10-17 16:06
First the Tequila Patron Toyota Camry team was missing its driver at Sonoma and Seattle: Alexis DeJoria was recovering from a broken pelvis.
Now, at the final two races of the season, DeJoria will be missing the right hand of her right-hand man, crew chief Tommy DeLago. He’ll be recovering from surgery this next week for a torn bicep (a similar injury for which DeLago’s co-crew chief, Glen Huszar, underwent surgery last year after hurting himself while picking up a piece of equipment).
DeLago’s injury came not at the racetrack but rather two weeks ago at a bowling alley.
“I didn’t have my own ball, and I was trying to palm it. It was too heavy, and I’m too old,” DeLago, 47, said. “It just snapped my bicep tendon off the bone. Tuesday I’m going to go have surgery. For two weeks I’ve been practicing how to use my left hand. It’s awkward.”
Written by Susan Wade, photos by NHRA Mon, 2016-10-17 12:00
Double nitro-winning team owner Don Schumacher, who was about to watch his four Funny Car teams scramble their Countdown picture, had no trouble Sunday all but declaring Antron Brown the winner of a second consecutive and third overall NHRA Top Fuel championship.
And that was by the end of only the second round of the AAA Texas FallNationals.
Written by Bobby Bennett, photos by NHRA Mon, 2016-10-17 12:00
Matt Hagan usually muscles his way to victory. But on Sunday, the cattle farmer from Christiansburg, Va, Va., was no bull in a china shop, using his skills instead to finesse a victory via holeshot over point leader Ron Capps in the AAA Texas NHRA Funny Car final.
Hagan used his slowest run of the day, a 3.913, 327.03, to get around Capps, who lost despite running a quicker 3.906, 322.19. The win marked the fourth for Hagan this season and the first in the 2016 Countdown to the Championship.
by Roger Richards Mon, 2016-10-17 11:02
Written by Bobby Bennett, photos by NHRA Mon, 2016-10-17 08:00
Drew Skillman finally has the monkey off his back.
Skillman, who entered the AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals with a perfect record against the Gas Monkey Garage-sponsored Alex Laughlin, extended his perfect mark to 4-0 by beating the recent St. Louis winner in the Pro Stock final round.
Written by Susan Wade, photos by NHRA Mon, 2016-10-17 08:00
Eddie Krawiec told WFO Radio’s Joe Castello before this weekend’s AAA Texas FallNationals near Dallas that he was sure the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship picture would be pretty clear by the end of this fourth Countdown race.
But he changed his prediction Sunday shortly after defeating final-round opponent Jerry Savoie.
NHRA Communications Sun, 2016-10-16 18:00
Antron Brown furthered his points lead in Top Fuel on Sunday by racing to victory at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals.
Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Drew Skillman (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were also winners in their respective categories at the 22nd event of 24 on the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule. The AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals is the fourth race of the six-race NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship playoffs.
Sun, 2016-10-16 16:00
Point standings (top 10) following the 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex, the 22nd of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series -
NHRA Communications Sun, 2016-10-16 16:00
Final round-by-round results from the 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex, the 22nd of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series:
Sun, 2016-10-16 16:00
Sunday's final Sportsman results from the 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex. The race is the 22nd of 24 in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series:
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