CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) -- Rookie Brandon Bernstein got his first
NHRA Top Fuel victory in just his second start, winning the Checker
Schuck's Kragen Nationals on Sunday.
Ron Capps and Greg Anderson also posted wins at the $1.9 million
race.
Bernstein finished with a 4.574 second run at 322.58 mph to edge
Larry Dixon at the finish line. Bernstein's father Kenny also won
his first dragster race at Firebird International Raceway.
Capps covered the quarter-mile in 4.868 at 310.13 to claim his
14th career victory in Funny Car.
Anderson finished in 6.865 at 201.61 in a Pontiac Grand Am to
hold off Troy Coughlin and post his fifth career victory in Pro
Stock.
NHRA-Checker Schuck's Kragen Nationals Results
Top Fuel 1. Brandon Bernstein. 2. Larry Dixon. 3. Tony Schumacher. 4.
Doug Kalitta. 5. Clay Millican. 6. John Smith. 7. Darrell Russell.
8. Jim Head. 9. David Baca. 10. Bruce Litton. 11. Paul Romine. 12.
Doug Herbert. 13. Cory McClenathan. 14. David Grubnic. 15. Melanie
Troxel. 16. Mike Strasburg.
Funny Car 1. Ron Capps, Chevy Camaro. 2. Gary Densham, Ford Mustang. 3.
Whit Bazemore, Dodge Stratus. 4. Frank Pedregon, Pontiac Firebird.
5. Gary Scelzi, Stratus. 6. Gary Scelzi, Stratus. 7. Tony Pedregon,
Mustang. 8. Tony Pedregon, Mustang. 9. Tommy Johnson Jr., Camaro.
10. Dean Skuza, Firebird. 11. Johnny Gray, Firebird. 12. Scotty
Cannon, Firebird. 13. Dale Creasy Jr., Firebird. 14. Del Worsham,
Firebird. 15. Tim Wilkerson, Firebird. 16. Cruz Pedregon,
Firebird.
Pro Stock 1. Greg Anderson, Pontiac Grand Am. 2. Troy Coughlin, Chevy
Cavalier. 3. Jeg Coughlin, Cavalier. 4. Bruce Allen, Grand Am. 5.
Kurt Johnson, Cavalier. 6. Mark Pawuk, Grand Am. 7. V.Gaines,
Cavalier. 8. Jim Yates, Grand Am. 9. Darrell Alderman, Dodge Neon
R/T. 10. Warren Johnson, Grand Am. 11. Allen Johnson, Neon R/T. 12.
Scott Geoffrion, Ford Mustang. 13. Tom Martino, Grand Am. 14. Ron
Krisher, Cavalier. 15. Greg Stanfield, Neon R/T. 16. Terry Adams,
Cavalier.
