50th Annual NHRA Winternationals Feb. 12, 2010
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Fiftieth
NHRA Winternationals
Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, CA
February 12-14, 2010
Story and photographs by Roger Rohrdanz
Drag racing’s past was honored as well as the present at the Kragen O’Reilly 50th Annual NHRA Winternationals from the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, CA. The weekend weather was great with temperatures in the low to mid 80’s. Some of the Motorsports legends in attendance were, Art Chrisman, Don Garlits, Ivan Stewart, Dan Gurney, Shirley Muldowney, Dave McClellan, Bob Glidden, Joe Amato, John Force, Connie Kalitta, Bob Muravez, Hugh Tucker, Kenny Bernstein, Don Prudhomme, and Chris Karamesines.
The third day of the Golden Anniversary Winternationals was highlighted by autograph sessions with heroes of the sport, as well as runs by nostalgia Funny Cars, the awesome Winged Express fuel altered, and a Cacklefest of ‘60’s vintage dragsters in front of the main grandstand
With 22 more races to go in the 2010 Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Sundays final results were as follows;
- TOP FUEL – Larry Dixon, 3.808 sec @ 316.60mph beat Doug Kalitta, 3.848 sec @ 310.05mph.
- FUNNY CAR – John Force, 4.124 sec @ 298.67mph beat Ron Capps, 4.123sec @ 305.08mph.
- PRO STOCK – Mike Edwards, Pontiac GXP, 6.577, 210.47 def. Greg Anderson, GXP, 6.618, 209.62.
- TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER – Chris Demke, 5.332, 269.67 def. Joey Severance, 5,916, 196.42.
- TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR – Sean O’Bannon, 5.541, 259.96 def. Doug Gordon, 5.643, 259.16.
- COMPETITION ELIMINATOR – Lou Ficco Jr., GXP, 8.624, 114.87 def. Dean Carter, Dragster, foul.
- SUPER STOCK – Jeff ane, Achieva, 8.880, 153.63 def. Jimmy DeFrank, Cobalt, 8.806, 153.39.
- STOCK ELIMINATOR – Brad Burton, 10.820, 119.97 def. Ryan McClanahan, 9.817, 135.43.
- SUPER COMP – Kevin Wright, Dragster, 9.902, 107.96 def. Ed Olpin, Dragster, broke.
- SUPER GAS – Brad Pierce, Corvette, 9.901, 146.45 def. Jimmy Lewis, Corvette, 9.905, 151.44.
Thanks for the Show!