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ANGIE SMITH PUTS ICING ON CAKE WITH BIKE VICTORY AT NHRA FINALS

Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Angie Smith said she and her husband, Matt Smith, “win together and we lose together.” 

They literally won together Sunday at the NHRA Finals at Pomona, Calif. – no real losing at Auto Club Raceway for the King, N.C., couple. She won the event to complete what she called a “win-win,” and he completed his quest for a sixth series championship that put him in an elite circle of the best in class history.

BRITTANY FORCE ADDS SECOND TOP FUEL WORLD TITLE TO HER RESUME

Twice is nice for Brittany Force.

The veteran Top Fuel driver added her second Top Fuel world championship to her resume, thanks to advancing to the semifinals of the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Calif., on Nov. 13.

RON CAPPS WINS NITRO FC WORLD CROWN IN HIS FIRST SEASON AS TEAM OWNER

Ron Capps made the improbable possible on the final day – Nov. 13 – of the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season by winning his second world championship in a row – and first as a team owner.

Capps arrived at the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Calif. trailing points leader Robert Hight by 61 points.

MATT SMITH WINS HIS SIXTH NHRA PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE WORLD TITLE

Matt Smith joined an exclusive club on Nov. 13.

Smith became only the third Pro Stock Motorcycle rider to win six NHRA world championships – joining Andrew Hines and the late Dave Schultz.

B. FORCE, CAPPS, M. SMITH CLINCH WORLD TITLES; PROCK, PEDREGON, ANDERSON AND A. SMITH GET WINS AT AUTO CLUB NHRA FINALS

CAMRIE CARUSO NAMED 2022 NHRA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

 

Third-generation drag racer Camrie Caruso, driver of the Powerbuilt Tools Chevrolet Camaro, was recognized as the 2022 NHRA Rookie of the Year during the final qualifying session at the Auto Club Finals in Pomona yesterday. Caruso and Top Fuel rookie Scott Farley were named finalists prior to the NHRA Nevada Nationals and following a vote by a national panel of motorsports journalists Caruso became just the fifth female driver to win the award which was first presented in 1990. Caruso along with the 2022 Camping World Drag Racing Series class champions will be celebrated tomorrow night during the NHRA season ending championship banquet at the Pechanga Resort Casino.

ENDERS, BUTNER TEAM UP FOR #JHGDRIVEN APPROACH

 

Richard Freeman had a vision for Pro Stock when it was failing. The veteran team owner hunkered down and developed a formula to make the factory hot rod division viable for years to come.

Saturday afternoon at the AAA NHRA Finals, Freeman announced the Johnson's Horsepowered Garage (JHG) team would expand to two cars with 2022 NHRA Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders joining Bo Butner under the #JHGDriven umbrella. Both JHG entries will run the full NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Pro Stock schedule.

POINT STANDINGS FOLLOWING 2022 NHRA FINALS

Point standings (top 10) following the 57th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, the final of 22 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series -

 

ROUND-BY-ROUND RESULTS FROM 2022 NHRA FINALS

Final round-by-round results from the 57th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, the final of 22 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series:

 

SPORTSMAN RESULTS FROM 2022 NHRA FINALS

Sunday's final results from the 57th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. The race is the final of 22 in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series:

 

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