NHRA Toyota Nationals, of course, was a special milestone in the calendar of the most prestigious in the world championship dregovogo. At this time the heroes were not the winners of the event, to which we have become accustomed to throughout the national championship, and the main drama is played out in the first half of the knockout rounds. The outcome of the weekend is hardly anyone really surprised, the miracle did not happen, and Antron Brown Erica Enders Stephens predictably became double champions ahead.
In the class Top Fuel (TF) Doug Kalitta very confidently took his third victory of the season. Throughout Cup veteran has repeatedly misled technique, this time with the motor blower blew off in the final round, when to tysyachefutovoy marks were only a few inches, and three-time champion Larry Dixon has been far behind. Before that, a negligible difference in 0.0005 seconds Doug knocked out of the fight already become the champion in 2015 Antron Brown and the finish on the right was the most dense of the season.
In the second round, Larry Dixon, Tony Schumacher ahead of half a length, thereby putting the bullet in the illusory hope of a victorious pilot in the class for his ninth title. Purely mathematically, the leader after Don Schumacher Racing Event in Dallas were the odds catch up with his teammate, but the margin for error he simply was not there. A Antron Brown after defeating Dave Connolly went immediately to the awards ceremony. Even before the end of the event an African American won the second championship crown. Despite the fact that Schumacher at the end of the regular season ranked first in the standings from the start Countdown To One Brown seized the initiative, held a series of very convincing, adding to his collection of three Wally, and deservedly became the triumph of the season.
In another division nitromethane — Funny Cars (FC) all fatal events occurred also in the middle of Sunday afternoon. Ron Capps sent home occupies the second place in the standings Jack Beckman because that was faster at the start, and Robert Hite on the way to his second trophy this year, just a couple of meters ahead Cases Vorshema crossed the finish line, which greatly aggravated the already the precarious position of the leader of the championship. As a result, in-law John Force surpassed by the number of wins at the event of the national championship of the legendary Don Prudhomme and now occupies fourth place in the ranking of the most renowned pilots in the class FC.
However, the victory Hite in Las Vegas as the weather did not, Beckman and Vorshem scored this weekend for the same number of points and remain the main contenders for the highest regalia. The intrigue is preserved, and the fate of the world title will be decided on the legendary strip in Pomona in mid-November.
Also, a theoretical chance left, and Tommy Johnson, Jr., has come down at this time the semi-finals, but to finish the season in the status of the winner he will succeed only if that Beckman and Vorshem fall by the wayside in the first round in the final stage of the season. But the likelihood of such a turn of events, quite frankly, is negligible.
Domination Erica Enders Stephens this year was so obvious and overwhelming that it has real competitors in principle absent during the whole championship. For a time it comes on the heels Greg Anderson, but with the start of the playoffs tide has turned against four-time champion, while pilotessa Elite Motorsports continued to set up the one victory after another. The final chord of the opposition in the first round sounded Chris McGahee lost to newcomer Bo Butner, and Anderson could not resist the onslaught of Vincent Nobila.
Later, Stephen Enders, a textbook, dealt with Shane Gray, then after Antron Brown went to the line for the highest trophy NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. And to all questions no one was left in the final race of Eric demonstrated a phenomenal reaction time (0.000 seconds) and scored a ninth win of the season.
By the end of the championship there was one stage in California, Antron Brown and Erica Enders Stephens second time entered their names in the history of the largest in the world Automobile Association, and we can look forward to the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals, which will be decided the fate of the championship in Class FC. The opposition promises to be spectacular and dramatic, because both pilots more than worthy of the title of best in class this year, and the gap between them on points so small that we will probably refrain from forecasts.
