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Triumpher last season still packs fly out of the fight in the first round of races Shootout, less experienced participants make a minimum of errors and go as if behind them chasing the devil himself, the team is Don Schumacher Racing (DSR), almost single-handedly ruled in nitromethane school year ago, looking very pale against the backdrop of «stable» old Force and pilots KB Racing with great strides to increase the gap with their opponents. But let's all in order.

After the women's finals in Phoenix one of the most debated topics in American motorsports circles became antagonism Leah Pritchett and Brittany Force. Not to say that the majority really believed that this will be the main intrigue of the national championship, but such a development would certainly breathed new life into the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Three weeks ago, Pritchett opened through his victories, and this weekend marked the first podium for Miss Force that, in truth, is more than logical, given the high level of performances of the daughter of the victorious driver in NHRA history from the beginning of this season. The decision to take Allen Johnson to the position of consultant team without any doubt justified. This victory allowed Brittany to lead the standings with a fairly comfortable margin of 41 points from Clay Millikan, which in turn, in spite of all his achievements in of IHRA, up to this point no one seriously do not perceive. And we have to admit that for a long time in the class Top Fuel racer is not in the lead in the standings.

The most enchanting calving stage was not even nine-second failure of the defending champion Brown Antron and vosmisekundnoe fiasco most titled pilot in the division, Tony Schumacher, and defeat great show themselves in the qualification Richie Kremptona that a result at the level of the average of seven seconds, «merged» Chris Karamezinesu recently celebrated his eighty-fourth (!) birthday.

Robert Hite in the final on the basis of the hardest arrival, during which riders will not immediately able to cope with their fireballs, defeated Ron Capps and thus designed the first double in the history of John Force Racing (JFR). Before he heaps as well as Brittany on the basis of stages in Gainesville became the first number in the table of the championship, though the closest rival in the face Capps lags behind by only one point. In any case, the event ended with the triumph of JFR at full strength since Force senior, despite a false start in the second round remained in the top 3, and Courtney Force closes the top five.
Jack Beckman even in desperate bad luck in the races Shootout, continuing the glorious tradition of the past season and was marked by a new national record of pure time (3.879 seconds) and pushed the bar a maximum strip speeds of up to 329.26 mph, once again prove that the fastest dregster in the classroom it is still in his possession. This Sunday Beckman was eliminated in the semifinals due to technical problems that prevented the champion in 2012 even start. However, we can confidently say that as soon as the mechanics of his team, led by Jimmy Prokom will be able to get the car stable returns without compromising dynamic performance is so outstanding, many pilots will be in serious trouble.

The naturally aspirated division after the transition to injection engines riders KB Racing continues unconditionally to dominate, almost without feeling any resistance on the part of other participants. It is noteworthy that the team KB Racing in full from mechanics to managers was thus the most ardent opponent of the new regulations. At the end of the third consecutive met Jason Line and four-time champion Greg Anderson, who, thanks to lightning-fast reaction at the start of furnished his teammate, repeating exactly the event a month ago in Pomona. But Elite Motorsports pilots contrary to forecasts, and in spite of all the hopes placed on them flatly refuse to please its fans. Outright favorite in the season 2015 Erica Enders Stephens again dropped out of the fight in the first round of races Shootout, one of the most renowned among active pilots Jag Coughlin Jr. after trinadtsatisekundnogo promenade from start to finish-bye to the semifinals, but Drew Skillman against the background kept a stiff upper lip until it ran into Jason Lyne.
Sample Pro Stock 2016 — this confrontation Greg Anderson and Jason Line on the background of bustle among the other pilots for the third place, which is for all those who are not sitting in the cockpit Chevrolet Camaro with Summit Racing logos on the sides, is in the current realities of an accomplishment. As a result, the first Line with scanty margin from his partner, Bo Butner Star snapped from the sky, but failed to gain a foothold on the third line, and Drew Skillman on his heels with a fourth place.

That's what stood out the third stage of the series: how unpredictable and surprising even in nitromethane divisions, as dull and easily predictable in the low professional class. Women on the podium, winning the first beginners and spread his wings JFR — is something that is very much lacking in the past year, but the «control room» for trophies between two representatives of a «stable» urgently need to be diluted with other participants.
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