Craig Wack has been covering motorsports since 1994, including eight years at The Commercial Appeal newspaper in Memphis, Tenn. From drag strips and dirt tracks to the hallowed Brickyard in Indy, he's told the stories of racers at all levels of competition.
Ron Capps got back into the NHRA Full Throttle Series Funny Car championship on the same day that Allen Johnson (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) put a death grip on their class' championships by the time the fireworks flew at the end of Sunday's Big O Tires NHRA Nationals at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Antron Brown, driver of the Aaron's Top Fuel dragster, knows that big numbers in qualifying are only part of the championship equation.
Antron Brown left the first race of the NHRA's postseason with a torn-up engine and a tumble down the Top Fuel standings, but the Matco Tools team wasn't about to hit the panic button going into Sunday's eliminations at the AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex.