There are a few things a Pro Stock racer traditionally cannot get away with.

When the guy in the opposite lane pulls out the fastest run in Pro
Stock racing history, you’re usually not able to pull out a two-inch
margin of victory when you have only a .003 hole shot in your favor.

Traditionally, the law of averages suggests when defending world
champion Jeg Coughlin Jr., straps a tenth on you out of the gate, you 
must accept a loss.

At the NHRA O’Reilly Springnationals, Krisher fought the law – and this time the law didn’t win.

Defending Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher collected his first win of the 2009 season with a hole shot victory over team mate Cory McClenathan.

 Schumacher's .059 reaction time versus Cory Mac's .098, led to a 3.881 second, 314.75 mph win.

Schumacher dispatched Del Cox, Jr., in the first round, Morgan Lucas in
the second and in a very popular win, Larry Dixon in the semi-finals.

Schumacher extended his dominance over McClenathan, 4-2, including two
wins over Cory Mac at Houston. The first Houston meeting came in 2005.
As team mates, Schumacher is now 3-0 over McClenathan.

Drag racing champion Mike Ashley’s ’07 Custom Nitro Funny Car will
be sold during Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Collector Car Auction to
benefit the Darrell Gwynn Foundation, a Florida-based nonprofit and an
official charity of Barrett-Jackson.

The Torco Racing Fuels Dodge Charger that Ashley drove to victory in
the 2007 Mac Tools U.S. Nationals will be auctioned off April 10 during
the “World’s Greatest Collector Car Event” in West Palm Beach. Proceeds
will support the Foundation’s paralysis prevention, care and advocacy
work.

Danny Rowe made his first visit to the Winner's circle since 2004 by defeating Rick Stivers in the final
round of the Get Screened America Pro Mod Challenge presented by
ProCare Rx at the O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals in Baytown, Texas.
 
After a frustrating first day marred by rain and cancelled sessions and
a second day that witnessed the quickest run ever in Pro Mod history,
Sunday's performance kept the standing-room only fans on their tip-toes
and the edges of their seats in anticipation of the next run. The
Houston Raceway Park quarter-mile improved throughout the entire event,
setting up a stellar final that was ultimately decided by a margin of
less than 20 inches.

Krisher, Treble round out winners at the 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals

Ashley Force Hood raced to her second career victory on a
record-setting day at the 22nd annual O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals
Sunday at Houston Raceway Park.

The 26-year old Force Hood defeated her former drag racing instructor,
Jack Beckman, to earn the win that vaulted her up from 10th to third
place in the Funny Car standings. The other winners at the fourth of 24
races in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series were Tony Schumacher
(Top Fuel), Ron Krisher (Pro Stock) and Craig Treble (Pro Stock
Motorcycle).

Point standings (top 10) for NHRA professional categories following the
22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil at
Houston Raceway Park, the fourth of 24 events in the NHRA Full Throttle
Drag Racing Series -

Sunday's final results from the 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring
Nationals presented by Pennzoil at Houston Raceway Park.  The  race is
the fourth of 24 in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series: .

Final round-by-round results from the 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA
Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil at Houston Raceway Park, the
fourth of 24 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series:

TOP FUEL:

ROUND ONE -- Cory McClenathan, 3.873, 311.27 def. Shawn Langdon,
10.272, 71.86; Larry Dixon, 3.856,313.44 def. Urs Erbacher, 4.072,
224.85; Clay Millican, 3.893, 307.23 def. Troy Buff, 5.893, 103.52;
Antron Brown, 3.840, 313.88 def. Todd Simpson, broke; Brandon
Bernstein, 3.887, 315.49 def. Terry Haddock, 3.958, 304.05; Tony
Schumacher, 3.897, 308.78 def. Del Cox Jr, 3.974, 300.80; Morgan Lucas,
4.636, 220.69 def. David Baca, 6.799, 88.03; Joe Hartley, 4.004, 303.43
def. Spencer Massey, 5.274, 138.37;

QUARTERFINALS -- Schumacher, 4.434, 230.37 def. Lucas, 4.434,
230.37; Hartley, 4.083, 294.31 def. Millican, 5.142, 152.07; Dixon,
4.400, 248.43 def. Bernstein, 5.072, 165.17; McClenathan, 3.909, 303.23
def. Brown, 3.883, 310.63;

SEMIFINALS -- Schumacher, 3.895, 310.91 def. Dixon, 3.889, 307.02; McClenathan, 3.985, 296.70 def. Hartley, 5.082, 150.18;

FINAL -- Schumacher, 3.881, 314.75 def. McClenathan, 3.880, 313.66.

212.03 – Then Gets Beat By His Own Horsepower …

It was all good news and bad news for Mike Edwards during the semi-finals of the NHRA O’Reilly Springnationals in Houston, Tx.

Edwards, long considered to be one of the best drivers in NHRA Pro
Stock competition, drove his way to the fastest speed in drag racing
history, 212.03 mph, against Ron Krisher.

That was the good news.

However, Krisher took the win-light by a scant two inches.

And the crowd went wild.

That was the reaction when defending NHRA World Champion Tony
Schumacher, in the Schumacher Racing Army dragster, defeated Larry
Dixon, driving the Alan Johnson Racing Al-Anabi Top Fuel dragster, in
the semi-finals of the NHRA O’Reilly Spring Nationals in Houston,
Texas.

Schumacher won the race on a holeshot.