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Last year’s second-place finish has motivated points leader Hines in 2008
At this time last year, Screamin’ Eagle Harley rider Andrew Hines was mired in 10th place in the NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle standings and was still looking for his first win of the season, a victory that would not come until the season’s fifth event in Chicago. Hines recovered from his slow start and eventually made a run at the POWERade world championship, but he came up short by six points when he red-lighted at the season-ending Pomona event.
Things are different for Hines this season. He’s the hottest rider in the class, winning back-to-back events in Atlanta and Madison to open a 56-point lead over defending champ Matt Smith. With last year’s painful lesson still fresh in his mind, Hines is refreshed, focused, and determined to turn the negative of 2007 into a positive.
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| Beckman on pole for NHRA Circle Track Challenge With just a week remaining before the starting lineup is determined for the NHRA Circle Track Challenge at Bristol Motor Speedway May 17, “Fast Jack" Beckman is sitting pretty in the pole position. The lineup for the Saturday night race will be determined by fan voting. Beckman currently leads with 28 percent of all votes cast. |
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| National DRAGSTER Madison Pro coverage now online National DRAGSTER's Pro coverage from the O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Castrol in Madison has been added to the online library in the members section, allowing members an early preview of this week's issue. After logging in, members should choose the ND Library icon, then National DRAGSTER Live. |
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| NHRA technical reminder: battery location The NHRA Tech Department has issued a technical reminder to racers in all Stock and Super Stock classes regarding battery location. All batteries must be in their original location or may be relocated to the trunk per the NHRA Rulebook. Excerpts from the Rulebook are contained in this article. |
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| Troxel joins NHRA.com Driver Blogs Melanie Troxel, who's in her first year behind the wheel of a Funny Car, the ProCare Rx Dodge, has joined NHRA.com's Driver Blogs to contribute to the long-running blog penned by her team owner, Mike Ashley. Read her first entry, which includes a brief overview of her season to date and a visit for one of her team's special causes. |
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| West to tune Beckman’s Valvoline Funny Car entry Johnny West has been named crew chief on the Valvoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car driven by Jack Beckman. Phoenix native West replaces Rick Cassel and will work with tuner Tommy DeLago on the Valvoline/MTS car out of Don Schumacher Racing's Brownsburg, Ind., race shop. |
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| Fuller, Wilkerson, K.J., Hines score victories in Madison Rod Fuller (pictured) earned his first Top Fuel crown of the season with a victory at the O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Castrol and was joined in the winner’s circle at Gateway Int’l Raceway by Funny Car winner Tim Wilkerson, Pro Stock champ Kurt Johnson, and Pro Stock Motorcycle titlist Andrew Hines. |
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May. 17
6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Qualifying
May. 18
6:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Eliminations
May. 23
2:30 a.m.-4:30 a.m.
Repeat Eliminations
(All times Eastern)
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“We're sure happy to be here; I've never been in the points lead in anything in my life. ”
Funny Car winner and new points leader Tim Wilkerson
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“Winning a thousand rounds; that means that at a point in time, we were pretty good!
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John Force, the first driver in NHRA history to record 1,000 round-wins
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