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Issue 42, Nov. 4, 2005
Dragster Cover

On the cover
Tony Schumacher ran the table at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals, where he clinched his second straight NHRA POWERade Top Fuel championship, won the Budweiser Shootout, and won the event. Funny Car championship contenders, from left, Gary Scelzi, John Force, and Las Vegas winner Ron Capps are set for Pomona showdown. (Marc Gewertz photos)

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TOP FUEL by Brad Littlefield
"People ask about Alan Johnson all the time; why he can do things that other people can't do? I bet if you asked him, he wouldn't be able to answer. If you asked a pro running back why he's so good, he wouldn't know. He just has some kind of natural talent that makes him exceptional." – Tony Schumacher on the crew chief who tuned him to the single biggest payday in NHRA history (page 14)

FUNNY CAR by Steve Waldron
"Pomona is going to be one hell of a finale." – Gary Scelzi, who is locked in a three-way battle for the POWERade Funny Car world championship with Vegas winner Ron Capps and 13-time champ John Force (page 16)

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  • Nostalgia: California Hot Rod Reunion XIV – Nine pages of photos, highlights, and indelible memories from the annual Gathering of Geezers. Photos by Marc Gewertz. (page 66)
  • History: First 250 – The most amazing thing about Don Garlits' historic 250-mph run 30 years ago is that it took almost nine years before anyone topped 260. By John Jodauga. (page 60)
  • On The Run with John Force – "Pressure? Sure there's pressure. We're expected to win. The sponsors pay us to win. But it's like I told Capps and Scelzi, real pressure is when you're growing up poor and your mother puts a plate of pork chops on the table and you have to grab one without getting stabbed with a fork by your brother Louie." (page 33)

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