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Baseball legend Tommy Lasorda got a taste of very real power in Pomona
The 81-year-old legend was standing on the starting line of Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, looking down the asphalt alley. One thousand feet of track stared down the two drivers strapped into their Top Fuel cars. Earplugs were in. Cameras flashed as the two cars pulled up to the line.
Race officials and pit crews flanked the legend. Before the throttles popped, before gobs of torque and 14,000 combined horsepower kicked in, he could feel the thunderous rumble shaking the ground on which he stood. Hall of Fame baseball manager Tommy Lasorda of the hometown Los Angeles Dodgers had seen power on deck, but nothing like this.
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NHRA POWERade Series champs are crowned at awards ceremony Tony Schumacher, who became the first Top Fuel driver in NHRA history to win five consecutive POWERade Series world championships with a record-setting season, headlined the four world-championship-winning drivers crowned Monday evening during the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series awards ceremony at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City. Photo gallery
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| Guidera renews major sponsor agreement with Mohegan Sun ACDelco Gatornationals Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Matt Guidera has renewed hismajor sponsorship agreement with Brian Bozsum and Mohegan Sun Racing for the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season. The 2009 campiagn will makr the second full season for the partnership, which began during the fifth race of the 2007 season. |
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| Pedregon, Dixon, Anderson, Rivas score at season finale Cruz Pedregon clinched his second NHRA POWERade Funny Car world championship in convincing fashion by winning the Auto Club NHRA Finals. A trio of drivers who finished in second place in their classes – Larry Dixon (Top Fuel, pictured), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock), and Chris Rivas (Pro Stock Motorcycle) -- also enjoyed some retribution at the season finale by scoring victories.
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| Krawiec takes over top spot in PSM; C. Pedregon holds onto FC lead Only one points lead changed hands during a dramatic final day of racing at the 44th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Eddie Krawiec moved around incoming leader Matt Smith to claim the top spot in the Pro Stock Motorcycle category. Cruz Pedregon held off his four points rivals to finish atop the standings in Funny Car. |
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| Summit Racing Series national champions crowned in Pomona Summit Racing Series national championships were won by Division 4's Bart Nelson (Super Pro), Division 6's Steve Kelly (Pro), Division 1's Michael VanDenHeuvel (Sportsman), and Division 5's Tom Klemme (Super Pro Bike) during eliminations at the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals. |
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| Krawiec clinches first NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship Eddie Krawiec delivered the fourth NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Motorcycle world championship in the past five years to Harley-Davidson and his Vance & Hines Screamin' Eagle team by reaching the final at the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals. The championship is the first for the New Jersey rider. |
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Nov. 21
2:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m.
Repeat Eliminations
Nov. 30
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Awards Ceremony
(All times Eastern)
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“The car nosed over really, really, really badly on the other end and gave me the feeling it was going to blow up, but I wasn't at the finish line yet.”
Larry Dixon, on his winning final-round run in Top Fuel
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“I do have a $75,000 check here, though, so if someone wants to sell a Wally, I could buy one.”
Eddie Krawiec, who won the Pro Stock Motorcycle championship without winning a national event this season
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