Reading: Doug Herbert final report (Motorsport.com)
MOHNTON, Pa. (August 22, 2007) Doug Herbert, driver of the Snap-on Tools Top Fuel dragster, raced his way into the Countdown to Four in dramatic fashion. Read full story
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Reading: Doug Herbert Tuesday notes (Motorsport.com)
MOHNTON, Pa. (August 21, 2007) Doug Herbert and the Snap-on Tools Top Fuel team will have to wait at least one more day for their opportunity to race their way into the Countdown to Four. Read full story
In a must-win position, Top Fuel ace Doug Herbert responds with a big run (That’s Racin’)
Doug Herbert waited two days for what might very well have been the most important 4.526 seconds of his drag racing career, and it was darn well worth the wait. Herbert, the National Hot Rod Association Top Fuel driver whose team is based in Lincolnton, completed his improbable Cinderella run into the “Countdown to Four†… Read more
Herbert surges into NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship (USA Today)
Whether it took three days or longer, Doug Herbert wanted to see if he could do the impossible. His patience and faith were rewarded Wednesday as he beat No. 1 qualifier and Top Fuel points leader Rod Fuller in the final to become the division’s final championship entrant, capping a surge from 11th place. Read … Read more
NHRA (READING) – FINAL EVENT RESULTS (The Auto Channel)
Top Fuel veteran Doug Herbert defeated “Hot Rod†Fuller in Wednesday’s rain-delayed final of the 23rd annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals to earn the final spot in the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship. Read full story
Herbert made to wait for potential windfall (The Charlotte Observer)
Michigan is not the only rainy place in the motorsports world. Rain also has pushed completion of the National Hot Rod Association’s event in Reading, Pa., to today, and Doug Herbert has a big race waiting for him. Herbert, whose Top Fuel team is based in Lincolnton, is in the final round against Rod Fuller. … Read more
Reading: Whit Bazemore final report (Motorsport.com)
READING, Pa. (Aug. 19, 2007) — Whit Bazemore and his Matco Tools Top Fuel team entered the 17th race on the 2007 NHRA schedule with one goal, to secure one of the coveted eight positions in NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship. Mission accomplished. Read full story
Reading: Doug Herbert Sunday notes (Motorsport.com)
MOHNTON, Pa. (August 19, 2007) With all eyes on making the Countdown to Four, Doug Herbert and the Snap-on Tools Top Fuel team went into the opening round of the Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals knowing they needed to give it everything they had, and that is exactly what they did. Read full story
Reading: Hillary Will final report (Motorsport.com)
MOHNTON, Penn. (August 19, 2007) — At the 23rd annual NHRA Toyo Tires Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, Hillary Will, driver of KB Racing LLC-owned, Kalitta Motorsports-managed Top Fuel dragster, saw her Countdown to the Championship hopes evaporate in less than five seconds when she lost to Clay Millican in the opening round of eliminations. … Read more
NHRA’s Grubnic savors new Countdown (The Kansas City Star)
Top-fuel driver Dave Grubnic was pretty blasé when the NHRA announced earlier this year that it was going to introduce a playoff format this season, a change somewhat similar to that in NASCAR Nextel Cup. Read full story