At the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird International Raceway, Tony Schumacher recorded his 70th NHRA title and Ron Capps his 24th for Don Schumacher Racing to leave the 200th trophy for the team owner within reach in two weeks at the next Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event at Gainesville, Fla.
Three of the four nitro finalists in the Arizona Nationals were from the DSR camp with 2011 Funny Car world champ Matt Hagan advancing to meet Capps for the trophy at Firebird International Raceway.
It is the 33rd time DSR has won two or more titles at the same NHRA event.
TOP FUEL
Compared to the precision and consistency Schumacher and the U.S. Army team have exhibited round after round so far this season, Sunday’s final-round run was quite the wild ride as both drivers smoked their tires at the starting line and had to work hard to keep their Dragsters under control all the way to the finish line, which Schumacher crossed just .0385 of a second – or 15 feet – ahead of Lucas. Schumacher clocked in at 4.606 seconds at 213.20 mph while Lucas’ run was 4.652 seconds at 258.67 mph – a far cry from the 330-mph runs typical of these Top Fuel Dragsters.
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