Final round-by-round results Tuesday for the rain-delayed 49th
annual Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at
Pomona. It is the first of 24 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag
Racing Series in 2009.
TOP FUEL
First round – Antron Brown, 4.222, 279.79 def. Steve Faria, 5.099,
155.10; Mike Strasburg, 3.997, 253.71 def. Spencer Massey, 4.195,
260.36; Brandon Bernstein, 4.758, 192.69 def. Andy Carter, foul; Tony
Schumacher, 3.845, 312.42 def. Del Cox, 4.008, 302.08; Morgan Lucas,
3.846, 310.20 def. Joe Hartley, 3.955, 307.37; Steve Chrisman, 4.086,
285.59 def. David Baca, 7.632, 93.26; Cory McClenathan, 3.934, 313.37
def. Shawn Langdon, 4.221, 217.81; Doug Kalitta, 4.648, 194.49 def. Urs
Erbacher, no time recorded.
Second round – Brown, 15.892, 26.16 def. Strasburg, no show;
Bernstein, 3.834, 311.49 def. Schumacher, 3.865, 313.44; Lucas, 3.886,
305.08 def. Chrisman, 5.159, 136.02; Kalitta, 3.826, no speed def.
McClenathan, 3.886, 296.83.
Semifinals – Brown, 3.778, 312.78 def. Bernstein, 9.268, 80.92; Kalitta, 3.825, 313.95 def. Lucas, 7.131, 100.15.
Final – Kalitta, 3.822, 308.57 def. Brown, 3.847, 307.16.