Died down last event NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series 2015. Two titles have been assigned even at the last stage in Las Vegas, greatly damaging the overall intrigue of the national championship, but called NHRA Finals boring or predictable simply do not dare.
The fight for the highest trophy in the classroom Funny Car (FC) was extremely dramatic and tense, the majority of pilots, despite the lack of chances to become number one, spread as if it's the last race of their lives. Tears, new records covered nitromethane fire fireballs and genuine joy of the team members — all of this was in abundance on the legendary strip in California's Pomona, which traditionally starts and finishes with the most prestigious in the world championship race on a quarter mile.
Shawn Langdon after the departure of Alan Johnson Racing from the sport, signed a contract for the remaining six's Event with Don Schumacher Racing, and throughout the Countdown To One spoke frankly weak. But in Pomona whether his team have found new solutions in order to bring out the car to a new level, whether he Langdon rallied and like fighting dog grabbed a stranglehold on the last opportunity to live up to its promise, and yet won for the team of Don Schumacher once Wally. By the way, this season is only the second trophy of the pilot, and the two he got it on the cult Pomona Raceway. On the way to victory without much trouble, Sean walked three times NHRA champion Larry Dixon, winner of six championships IHRA Clay Millikan, veteran Doug Kalittu, and in the finals was in 0.0056 seconds faster Antron Brown celebrate two weeks before his triumph.
The fate of the championship crown in the class of FC was to be decided was last weekend, the applicant had two, and the gap on points between them was minimal.
A good half of the airtime was devoted to the races in this division, and it was more than a good reason. Even in qualifying the pilots flew many times faster than a thousand feet a record Jack Beckman, and races Shootout turned serious battle for who will be able to confirm the result. Already in the first round, Matt Hagan set a record speed — 331.45 mph, and now to his credit five fastest races in history class. Following Beckman set a new benchmark time of passage of the scoring race — 3.990 seconds, and in the second round, Ron Capps resets his achievement with a score of 3,885 seconds. The new record did not last an hour, Jack Beckman has once again confirmed its status as the fastest guy this season, earning a makeweight twenty points. After his finish on the scoreboard flashed the numbers 3.884.
In the semifinals, we met the main contenders for the top prize: Vorshem Affairs, suddenly shot in the Countdown To One, and Jack Beckman, confidently dominated throughout the regular season. This decisive race and had to set the record straight on the «i». Dregster Beckmann broke in the middle distance in the slip in while Vorshem confidence catapulted his car to the finish line, then immediately went to the ceremony of the Big Wally. Confrontation between the two pilots for six's Event resulted in the final stages of the season in a duel one on one, where the number of records and the position in the standings has had little or no value. Luck was on the side Vorshema who entered his name in the history of the NHRA next to Kenny Bernstein and Gary Stselzi as one of three pilots, who became champion in both nitromethane classes. And in the final Affairs secured his triumph comfortable win over Tommy Johnson Jr., rounding the number of trophies gained in the cockpit Funny Car dregster, to thirty.
Arrivals in the classroom Pro Stock (PS) surprised some absolutely incredible amount of false starts. And the nerves have passed very experienced and famous drivers, including early became a double champion Eric Enders Stephens and her main rival throughout the season, Greg Anderson. The hero of the weekend was the Allen Johnson, beaten out of the fight both brothers Gray, Mrs. Enders Stephen and Vincent Nobila, being quicker at the start of a younger pilot. For the champion in 2012, this victory was the twenty-eighth of his career and get him Wally was the last in the carburetor era PS. Since 2016 enters into force new regulations, and all cars will be equipped with engines with electronic fuel injection.
This was the season of the outgoing year: an incredibly rich in records, very dense, intense and unpredictable. NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series 2016 kicks off in February in Pomona and promises all lovers of races on a quarter mile more dramatic, new discoveries and spectacular races. We, in turn, will release soon the material, which recall the brightest moments of the last championship, will talk about the main trends, discuss the most important changes in the NHRA and allow ourselves to make some predictions. So do not switch.
