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"Hot Rod" Fuller beat Melanie Troxel in a repeat of last year's Top Fuel final and ran his winning streak at at Firebird International Raceway to 15 straight rounds. Tony Pedregon and Kurt Johnson also scored big wins at the 23rd annual Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals, the second of 23 races on the $50 million POWERade Drag Racing Series.
Former Funny Car champion Pedregon set a national elapsed time record en route to his 33rd career victory to highlight a record-setting weekend Pedregon's opening-round pass of 4.701 seconds backed up his 4.659 second qualifying run, making it an official NHRA record, which is worth 20 bonus points in the POWERade standings. He then took out Robert Hight in the finals to add the race trophy to his collection. Johnson took out reigning Pro Stock champ Jason Line on a holeshot.
Former Funny Car champion Pedregon set a national elapsed time record en route to his 33rd career victory to highlight a record-setting weekend Pedregon's opening-round pass of 4.701 seconds backed up his 4.659 second qualifying run, making it an official NHRA record, which is worth 20 bonus points in the POWERade standings. He then took out Robert Hight in the finals to add the race trophy to his collection. Johnson took out reigning Pro Stock champ Jason Line on a holeshot.
