Road & Track Presents — Its a battle of American muscle when the Chevy Corvette ZR1 battles it out on the track against the explosively quick C6.R in part 4 of The Ultimate GT Showdown. Hosted by IndyCar driver and commentator Sam Posey, and includes on-track driving by Jan Magnussen.

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On this special episode of Head 2 Head, Automobile Magazine’s Jason Cammisa pits the world’s most exclusive super cars against each other in a no-holds-barred drag race battle! Do the carbon fiber-bodied Aventador, LFA, and MP4-12C have what it takes to take on the king of the super car realm – the Bugatti Veyron?

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On this episode of Ignition, Carlos Lago offers up a collection of bloopers and outtakes from the first fifteen episodes, including a quick tutorial on how to use the comically complex launch control in a Lexus LFA.

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Brown Posts Rare First-Round Elimination at Southern Nationals

U.S. Army NHRA Top Fuel driver Tony “The Sarge” Schumacher has heard the line many times from the Army Strong Soldiers he interacts with every race weekend – never accept defeat.

Hence, after dropping his fourth final-round loss of the season to Steve Torrence in the Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway, Schumacher will hold to form and once again take the advice to heart.
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Final Eliminations from the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals, May 6, 2012

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Ron Capps raced to his first victory of the season Sunday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway and ended John Force Racing’s season-long stronghold on the winner’s circle in Funny Car.

Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Eddie Kraweic (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were winners at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event.

Capps, who used a consistent string of 4.16-second runs to take his 34th career victory, outran Robert Hight in the final round, who was trying to give JFR its seventh consecutive win of the season. Capps’ Napa Auto Parts Dodge Charger posted a 4.166 second run at 303.91 mph to take the win, while Hight’s Auto Club Ford Mustang trailed with a 4.399 at 273.44.
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COMMERCE, Ga. — Sunday’s first-round eliminations pairings for the 32nd annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway, the seventh of 23 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. Pairings based on results in qualifying, which ended Saturday. DNQs listed below pairings.

Top Fuel — 1. Tony Schumacher, 3.815 seconds, 322.58 mph vs. 16. Pat Dakin, 3.954, 307.23; 2. Steve Torrence, 3.827, 320.74 vs. 15. J.R. Todd, 3.947, 311.34; 3. Shawn Langdon, 3.830, 313.88 vs. 14. Clay Millican, 3.940, 310.77; 4. Spencer Massey, 3.839, 320.13 vs. 13. Morgan Lucas, 3.903, 280.08; 5. Antron Brown, 3.842, 323.12 vs. 12. Doug Kalitta, 3.891, 300.06; 6. Brandon Bernstein, 3.851, 317.05 vs. 11. Hillary Will, 3.885, 304.60; 7. David Grubnic, 3.872, 318.09 vs. 10. Bob Vandergriff, 3.877, 316.97; 8. Khalid alBalooshi, 3.873, 315.12 vs. 9. Terry McMillen, 3.876, 317.27. Did Not Qualify: 17. Bruce Litton, 3.968, 310.98; 18. T.J. Zizzo, 4.144, 310.77; 19. Rit Pustari, 4.221, 250.88; 20. Dom Lagana, 5.152, 306.33.

Funny Car — 1. Robert Hight, Ford Mustang, 4.104, 308.35 vs. 16. Bob Bode, Chevy Impala, 4.326, 287.96; 2. Ron Capps, Dodge Charger, 4.114, 309.27 vs. 15. Daniel Wilkerson, Mustang, 4.244, 298.14; 3. Bob Tasca III, Mustang, 4.121, 302.35 vs. 14. Johnny Gray, Charger, 4.224, 297.16; 4. Cruz Pedregon, Toyota Solara, 4.135, 304.19 vs. 13. John Force, Mustang, 4.190, 297.55; 5. Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, 4.138, 303.23 vs. 12. Jim Head, Solara, 4.187, 295.72; 6. Tony Pedregon, Impala, 4.139, 306.05 vs. 11. Jeff Arend, Solara, 4.183, 301.40; 7. Matt Hagan, Charger, 4.144, 304.39 vs. 10. Alexis DeJoria, Toyota Camary, 4.166, 302.28; 8. Jack Beckman, Charger, 4.152, 305.77 vs. 9. Courtney Force, Mustang, 4.156, 305.98. Did Not Qualify: 17. Mike Neff, 4.357, 250.23; 18. Blake Alexander, 4.387, 296.89; 19. Todd Lesenko, 4.710, 221.20.
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As the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series heads south to Atlanta Dragway, May 4-6, for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals, the competition in Top Fuel is so tight predicting the race winner is nearly impossible.

Morgan Lucas has finished in 10th place in the championship points battle the last two years, but this season the outcome could be a lot different. The GEICO/Lucas Oil driver is coming off his second win and fourth No. 1 qualifying position of the season in Houston, which puts him in third place in the championship standings as the NHRA heads to Atlanta, site of his first career victory in 2009.

“Houston might have been the best race we’ve ever had,” Lucas said. “Not only did we qualify No. 1, but we had low elapsed time of every round on race day. That’s never happened for us before and the reason we’re encouraged as we look forward to Atlanta.”
Top Fuel point leader and defending event winner Antron Brown hopes to continue the success he’s had this season. The Matco Tools driver has earned one victory in five final round appearances and has a little extra confidence from three career wins in Atlanta. Needless to say, Brown likes his chances as the team heads south.
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Another spectacular weekend for Ford Racing and John Force Racing, with Mike Neff keeping JFR with six wins in a row.

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NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals in BAYTOWN, Texas – HOUSTON. John Force and Kenny Bernstein enter the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. Robert Hight streak of 4 consecutive wins ends

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