Revonda Johnson is proud of her boys, especially the 68 year old one.

Mrs. Johnson is the mother of Pro Stock ace Allen Johnson and wife to his engine builder Roy Johnson, a Stock eliminator semi-finalist at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn.

“They are awesome, both of them,” Mrs. Johnson proudly proclaimed, moments after both father and son were eliminated in the semi-finals. “They did a wonderful job, entertained the home body, entertained the family. It's been really special.”

Mike Edwards is learning every aspect about being a champion.

On Sunday he learned another.

The mark of a true champion is to be able to win when you’re not supposed to. Even he will admit on Sunday, when final eliminations for the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn., were scheduled to begin – he believed his odds to win were a long shot at best.

Allen Johnson, a driver who proclaims Bristol Dragway as his home track, had claimed the No. 1 qualifying position in the most oppressive of conditions on Friday and Satuday and was on a collision course from the other side. Edwards merely did what he needed to do to ensure he had a spot in the last dance, going as far as recording low elapsed time.

Shirl Greer, the 1974 NHRA Funny Car World Champion, was inducted into the Legends of Thunder Valley Sunday at Bristol Dragway.

Greer, a longtime Kingsport, Tn. resident, died in March after an extended illness.

His sons, Van and Brian, were at the induction ceremony where Greer's 1974 “Chained Lightning” Mustang was on display. They spoke about what Bristol Dragway, a place where Shirl Greer won back-to-back IHRA All-American Nationals in 1974-75, meant to their father.

“This was home, where he always wanted to do good,” Brian Greer said. “At times, this was the hardest place for him to do good at. He always had a lot of love and support from fans and family here. This was his favorite place in the world to run a Funny Car.”

The fans have spoken and Warren Johnson is in the K&N Horsepower Challenge.

The bonus event for the Pro Stock class is June 26 during the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.

Johnson, the winningest Pro Stock driver in NHRA history with 97 national event wins, was chosen as the eighth and final competitor for the race by an online fan vote. This will be the 24th time Johnson will compete in this special bonus event.

The way John Force was huffing and puffing as he took a seat for the post-race press conference, you’d have thought he'd pushed his 25th anniversary Castrol GTX Mustang Funny Car down the drag strip.

While that was hardly the case, Force, in 4.317 seconds, earned his way into the winner’s circle on the NHRA Full Throttle Series for the fourth time in 2010 with a car running under full throttle power all day.

In the final round Force defeated Tim Wilkerson and reclaimed the Funny Car point lead.

When Tony Schumacher becomes a grandfather, he believes it will be the time he truly appreciates the numbers he’s attaining in the present.

On a Father’s Day afternoon in Bristol, Tenn., Schumacher became the first active Top Fuel racer to attain 100 final rounds of competition. He also won his 65th career title by stopping Brandon Bernstein in the final round of the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals.

“That was an amazing deal,” said Schumacher whose win also represented his fourth Bristol Dragway victory. “Me, Dixon, and Amato were all at 99, if I am correct. Only one guy is getting to 100 first. You can go to 130 or 150, I don't care, but nobody had ever gotten there. To be able to be the first to go to 100 finals in Top Fuel, just awesome. It puts so much pressure on you because you want it so bad.”

Then the conversation, most anytime Schumacher speaks, comes back to his rival Larry Dixon. Together the two are creating one of drag racing’s greatest rivalries in the modern era.

John Force regained the points lead with his NHRA-record 130th career win Sunday at the 10th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway.

The other winners at the 12th race in the 23-race NHRA Full Throttle Series season were Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock).

After qualifying sixth, Force defeated Paul Lee, Matt Hagan and Bob Tasca to reach his 207th career final round where he easily defeated Tim Wilkerson with a 4.317-second pass at 285.59 mph to Wilkerson’s stumbling 12.365 at 31.80.

“To get this win is really great. I'll be honest, I was jacked up on so much Full Throttle I thought I was going to explode ... oxygen, everything I could take just to keep up with the kids,” said the 61-year old Force, who left Bristol with a 58-point lead over teammate Robert Hight as he seeks to win his NHRA-record 15th championship. "I'm going to stay young and thank the fans who keep screaming and giving me the energy."

Von Smith won his second straight NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series race in his Barwa/Al-Anabi Racing ’68 Camaro to take command of the points lead.

In the finals, Smith gave up 12-hundredths to Jay Payne at the tree, but he tracked him down with a 5.994 at 241.54 to Payne’s 6.039 at 240.36 in his ’68 Camaro. He now leads second-place Danny Rowe by 92 points.

Final round-by-round results from the 10th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway, the 12th of 23 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series:

Point standings (top 10) for NHRA professional categories following the 10th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway, the 12th of 23 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series -