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Issue 48, December 24, 2004
Dragster Cover

On the cover
Tony Schumacher, who set a class record for wins in a season with 10, won his second NHRA POWERade Top Fuel championship in 2004. After having his consecutive championship streak snapped at 10 in 2003, John Force bounced back to claim his 13th series title in Funny Car. (Teresa Long photo)

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2004 YEAR-END SPECIAL

TOP FUEL by Bruce Dillashaw
"Every time you win a race, you think there is no way you can win the next one. But then you do it again and again. When you have a group of guys like I have, it makes you want to be as good as they are." – Top Fuel Champion Tony Schumacher (page 18)

FUNNY CAR by Steve Waldron
"I needed this. I'm having fun again. I've been so caught up in the business that I've been forgetting to have fun, but this is fun. People thought that once Tony won and ended my streak that I was done. Well, I'm right here. I never left. I never said I had to win every year. No one can do that. There's too much competition out here." – 13-time Funny Car champion John Force (page 30)

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PLUS:

  • Analysis: 2004 Year in Review – Season Recap, Top 10 Stories, Quips & Quotes, More. By the ND Staff. (page 8)
  • Feature: Kalitta Racing – Throughout his legendary racing career, Connie Kalitta has been known for ruling his hot rodding roost with a strong arm and a mighty voice, making sure that his team ran his way. As the 2004 season got rolling, Kalitta's autonomous attitude began to wane somewhat as he began to focus his attention more and more toward his new race car and less and less toward his already dutifully supervised A and B cars. By Phil Burgess. (page 26)
  • Competition: Division 2 National Open – Bruce Horner and Dale Brinsfield close the season with Citrus Nationals victories. By Kevin McKenna. (page 108)
  • First Person: On the Run with Larry Dixon – "Last season, with the new rules and the setback blower, our car gained 100 pounds and weighed 2,275. If the old theory that says '100 pounds equals one-tenth of a second' holds true, then losing some weight would certainly help our performance in 2005." (page 48)

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