NHRA: Schumacher to the Fore at U.S. Nationals (Speed TV)
Reigning POWERade Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher surged into the NHRA playoff points lead Monday with his sixth Mac Tools U.S. Nationals victory in the last eight years. Read full story
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Schumacher continues success in NHRA’s U.S. Nationals event (Seattle Times)
Tony Schumacher, the defending Top Fuel champion, took the NHRA “Countdown to Four” playoff lead Monday with his sixth Mac Tools U.S. Nationals victory in eight… Read full story
Schumacher surges into NHRA lead (Daily Bulletin)
CLERMONT, Ind. – What Tony Schumacher and his Top Fuel dragster team did at Pomona’s Fairplex Park last November to stun National Hot Rod Association fans – he won the Top Fuel championship on the last run of the last race with a national-record elapsed time – was the stuff of legends. Read full story
AUTO RACING (The Kansas City Star)
Monday’s results In Clermont, Ind . O’Reilly Raceway Park TOP FUEL: 1. Tony Schumacher (4.575 seconds, 331.94 mph.) 2. Larry Dixon. 3. Melanie Troxel. 4. Rod Fuller. 5. Brandon Bernstein. 6. Cory McClenathan. 7. Bob Vandergriff. 8. Hillary Will. 9. Morgan Lucas. 10. Clay Millican. 11. Doug Herbert. 12. T.J. Zizzo. 13. Bruce Litton. 14. … Read more
Schumacher grabs NHRA playoff lead (CBS Sportsline)
Defending Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher took the NHRA playoff lead Monday with his sixth Mac Tools U.S. Nationals victory in eight years. Read full story
Indy ORP: Final eliminations report (Motorsport.com)
CLERMONT, Ind. — Reigning POWERade Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher surged into the NHRA playoff points lead Monday with his sixth Mac Tools U.S. Nationals victory in the last eight years. Read full story
Countdown standings after Indy ORP (Motorsport.com)
Top Fuel 1. Tony Schumacher, 2,178 2. Larry Dixon, 2,147 3. Rod Fuller, 2,144 4. Brandon Bernstein, 2,092 5. Bob Vandergriff, 2,076 6. J.R. Todd, 2,040 7. Doug Herbert, 2,032 8. Whit Bazemore, 2,020. Read full story
Indy ORP: Cory McClenathan final summary (Motorsport.com)
Cory McClenathan added another round win for his Mac Motorsports FRAM Top Fuel team Monday in the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, but he couldn’t get past eventual race winner Tony Schumacher in the quarterfinals on a hot O’Reilly Raceway Park racing surface. Read full story
Indy ORP: Dave Grubnic final notes (Motorsport.com)
INDIANAPOLIS, (Sept. 3, 2007) — At the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis Labor Day Monday, native Australian Dave Grubnic, driver of the Zantrex-3 Top Fuel dragster, unexpectedly saw his hopes of winning the world’s biggest and most prestigious drag racing event fade away in a cloud of tire smoke in … Read more
Schumacher soars to sixth U.S. Nationals crown (USA Today)
Every time Tony Schumacher was tempted to ponder the NHRA championship picture, he’d remind himself that the first step was defending his Mac Tools U.S. Nationals title. That simple, businesslike approach paid off Monday at O’Reilly Raceway Park as Schumacher blazed to his sixth Top Fuel victory in drag racing’s marquee event and fifth in … Read more