Round two Qualifying at the Toyota Supernationals, Englishtown NJ, Friday June 1, 2012.

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Steve Torrence raced to his second Top Fuel victory of the season Sunday at the Toyota NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.

Johnny Gray (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were winners at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event, which was slightly delayed by a passing afternoon thunderstorm as teams prepared for their final rounds.

Torrence beat Tony Schumacher and Spencer Massey in earlier rounds with quicker reaction times and then used a horsepower advantage to edge Brandon Bernstein at the finish line in the final round. In the final, Torrence’s Capco Contractors dragster finished in 3.800 seconds at 323.66 mph while Bernstein’s MAV TV/Lucas Oil machine trailed with a 3.807 at 321.04.
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The first half of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series regular season has presented several prominent winning streaks, record-breaking performances, the end of a winless skid and a first time winner. It has also offered its share of slumps, high-profile droughts and bad breaks.

While Spencer Massey (Top Fuel), Robert Hight (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are the regular season mid-point series leaders and have been producing incredible results all season, four former NHRA Full Throttle Series world champs come to the Toyota NHRA SuperNationals, May 31-June 3 at historic Old Bridge Township Raceway Park looking to change recent trends in their programs as the Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship looms in the distance.
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Nearly two years ago, NHRA promised its legion of fans in the New England states that it would soon bring the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series – the fastest, most exciting form of motorsports on the planet – to that region of the country.

Today, NHRA made it official by announcing the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series will visit New England Dragway in Epping, N.H., for the inaugural NHRA New England Nationals, June 20-23, 2013. The announcement marks a process that began more than a decade ago when NHRA decided it wanted to stage an NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event in this region of the country. NHRA enjoys the most geographically diverse schedule of any of the major motorsports and the addition of New England only reinforces that position.
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Tony Schumacher and Bob Bode look ahead to this weekend’s NHRA event at Englishtown, NJ.

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Alex Baca reviews 24th annual Dollar General Summer Nationals in TOPEKA, Kan. Rules for the Traxxas Shootout. John Forces new Elvis paint scheme.

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Jack Beckman raced to his first Funny Car victory of the season Sunday at the Dollar General NHRA Summernationals at Heartland Park Topeka.

David Grubnic (Top Fuel) and Allen Johnson (Pro Stock) also were winners at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event.

Beckman used a quicker reaction time to defeat teammate Ron Capps in the final round with a performance of 4.158 seconds at 303.09 mph in his Valvoline/NextGen Dodge Charger. Capps’ NAPA Auto Parts Charger posted a quicker, but losing performance of 4.107 at 304.39.

Following the Las Vegas event in early April, Beckman and Capps switched cars and crews within their Don Schumacher Racing organization. Since then Capps has been to four consecutive finals and Beckman has struggled a bit, posting one DNQ, a first round loss and two second round losses.
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Round One Qualifying for the X275 Class at New England Dragway Saturday May 19, 2012.

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