According to engine building guru Sonny Leonard, a three-second, eighth-mile pass by a naturally aspirated Extreme Pro Stock (XPS)
car deserves recognition. That’s why he’s established the Sonny’s
Racing Engines 3-Second Club to reward the first three XPS drivers that
accomplish the feat in an official National Guard ADRL qualifying or
elimination round.

Each of the “Elite Three,” as Leonard calls them, will receive a
monetary award, commemorative plaque and jacket, and a personalized
Sonny’s Three-Second Club ring to mark the achievement.

IHRA has announced that Dart Machinery of Troy, Mich. has been named the presenting sponsor for the upcoming IHRA Northern Nationals at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park July 31-August 2 in Martin, Mich.

“Dart has a long standing relationship with IHRA through their support
of both sportsman and professional racers. They produce quality and
affordable engine pieces that all racers can count on,” said Tommy
Dupree, National Sales Director for the IHRA. “This year they continued
that support by becoming an even bigger partner as the presenting
sponsor of the IHRA Northern Nationals.”

Dart Manufacturing, one of the leaders in aftermarket cylinder heads,
intake manifolds and engine blocks, was founded by Richard Maskin in
1981 and has been actively involved in all facets of the drag racing
industry since.

Antron
Brown became the seventh driver in NHRA history to sweep the Western
Swing by racing to victory Sunday at the FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals
at Infineon Raceway.

Tim Wilkerson, Jason Line and Andrew Hines also were winners in their
categories at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event.

Brown, who won at Denver and Seattle the last two weeks, powered his
Matco Tools dragster to the win over Cory McClenathan in the final
round. Brown posted a 3.990 second run at 299.06 mph to finish in front
of McClenathan, who clocked a 4.002 at 290.82 in his FRAM Tough Guard
dragster. It was Brown’s fifth win of the season and he increased his
series lead to 199 points over Tony Schumacher.

Point standings (top 10) for NHRA professional categories following the
22nd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway, the 15th
of 24 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series -

Final round-by-round results from the 22nd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA
Nationals at Infineon Raceway, the 15th of 24 events in the NHRA Full
Throttle Drag Racing Series:

Sunday's final results from the 22nd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway. The race is the 15th of 24 in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series:

The contingent from SRCA Dragstrip in Great Bend, Kan., scored the
team title this weekend at the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Western
Conference Finals presented by JR Race Car at Bandimere Speedway.  With
five cars in the final round the team racked up 43 points, far above
the teams tied for second place.  The team from Texas Raceway
(Kennedale,Texas) and Bandimere Speedway’s squad each scored 27 points
and Texas Raceway
came in second on the tie-breaker.
           

Three local racers earned individual championships
over the weekend. Littleton’s Jeremy Romero (racing for Julesburg
Dragstrip) scored the 11 Year Old title; Travis Thorsten of Arvada
(racing for Pueblo Motorsports Park) won in the 12 Year Old group; and
Kyle Cramsey of Morrison won in the Visions Race Cars Jr. Comp class. 
Another Arvada racer, Breanna Johnson (racing for Julesburg
Dragstrip), was runner-up in the 13 Year Old class.

Final qualifying has been postponed at National Trail Raceway. Rain began falling during Super Stock qualifying earlier today and has been off and on all day. The decision was made to set the fields in Stock, Super Stock and all the super classes.

Racing will begin at 8:30 AM Sunday morning with Super Street eliminations. The alcohol classes, Top Dragster, Top Sportsman and Comp will have one more round of qualifying at 10:30 in the morning with eliminations to follow. 

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J. R. Todd knew his quick lap on Friday night at Infineon Raceway might be

Bob Pelligrini

challenged
during Saturday's two rounds of qualifying. Truth be told he was
confident those challenges would fall short. Confident enough to use
his two Saturday runs to find out what not to do on Sunday.

“We were working on our race day setup,” said Todd. “Trying some things
to see what would work and what wouldn't work. Not going down the track
today we know what will not work. I think first round (tomorrow) we'll
see conditions that will be better than what we saw today.”

Todd is really pleased that his BACA Racing, MACH 1 sponsored mount has
run so well and believes the NHRA mandated testing banned has helped.

Eddie Krawiec led three of the four qualifying rounds for the FRAM Autolite Nationals at Infineon Raceway
on his Vance & Hines Screaming Eagle Harley-Davidson V-Rod as
weather conditions went from good to better to best. Krawiec's final
round run, a 6.915 second, 192.99 mph effort, was barely enough to top
Matt Smith's 6.919, 192.58 dash on a Suzuki.

This is the first pole for Krawiec this year. He was had three national event wins.

Andrew Hines, Krawiec's teammate, led the third round of qualifying with a 6.967, 185.33 mph.