NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

There is an art form to racing a lower-class car in Stock, and in the last three decades, Jody Lang has mastered it. Lang won for the fourth time in Phoenix after final-round opponent Brian McClanahan fouled by four-thousandths. Lang, driving his M/SA Malibu station wagon, eased to a 12.328 on his 12.17 dial for the win. Two rounds earlier, Lang ran right on his dial to defeat Gregg Luneack, and he also tripped up two-time world champ Al Corda in the semi’s to earn a spot in his 44th career final. Ironically, Lang lost to Corda in his first final at the 1995 Phoenix event.