With the list of POWERade world championship hopefuls cut to four in each class,
plenty is at stake in Las Vegas, the first of two events that will decide the
season’s champs. Every run will be important because a slip at this point could
be worse than snake eyes at the other Strip’s crap tables.

Keep up with this weekend's Las Vegas NHRA Nationals by reading our behind-the-scenes event
notebook. We bring you the stories behind the numbers and win-lights throughout
the course of the weekend. Tune in daily for the latest news from the
pits.

More than 300 cars, 21,000 spectators, and the
best - bar none - heads-up, street-legal doorslammer racing in the world. Stay
tuned for our same day coverage and notebook from the event known simply as
"Orlando."

Keep up with this weekend's IHRA World Finals by reading our behind-the-scenes event notebook. We bring you the
stories behind the numbers and win-lights throughout the course of the weekend.
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pits.

Championships are on the line this weekend as the IHRA's 12-race tour concludes on the hallowed drag racing grounds of Rockingham Dragway. 

NHRA POWERade Drag Racing returned to Virginia last year with a race that
shattered Pro performance barriers, especially in Pro Stock; Jason Line set the
national record that helped him capture the world championship.

Keep up with this weekend's NHRA Torco
Nationals by reading our behind-the-scenes event notebook. We bring you the
stories behind the numbers and win-lights throughout the course of the weekend.
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pits.

The IHRA ventures yearly into the Washington, DC market for the Torco Race Fuels President's Cup Nationals. Originally created as a Pro Modified marquee event, this national event has developed into a fan favorite with drag racing's nitro classes. Records are traditionally set every year at the venture north of the Potomac River.

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this weekend's IHRA President's Cup Nationals by reading our behind-the-scenes event
notebook. We bring you the stories behind the numbers and win-lights throughout
the course of the weekend. Tune in daily for the latest news from the
pits.

BARKLAGE CONQUERS THUNDER VALLEY TO MOVE TOWARDS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Cody
Barklage of Eldon, Missouri had it when it counted and made it through
three
tough rounds of racing to win the Aeromotive Nitro Coupe Challenge
during the
O'Reilly Super Chevy Show presented by JEGS at Bristol Dragway,
known as
Thunder Valley.

Cody took out Kernersville, NC racer Doug Winters in the
finals.  Winters
did Cody a favor in the semis when he defeated Tony
"Sandman" Williams of
Millington, Tennessee.  Williams is Cody's closest
rival in the championship
chase, followed by Cody's brother Zach Barklage,
who was the event's top
qualifier with a blistering 6.156 at 225.67 miles per
hour. Cody's 6.300 was
the second-fastest qualifying time and he also turned
in the fastest
Aeromotive Nitro Coupe pass with a run of 229.39 mph in the
semis.