POMONA, Calif.
Tony Schumacher won his sixth straight and seventh overall Top Fuel championship yesterday, beating Larry Dixon by two points in the closest season title race in NHRA history.
Hector Arana (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won a championship on the final day of the season.
The race winners at the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona were Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Mike Neff (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle).
In the Nitro classes, Brown (3.801 at 316.90) won for the Top Fuel-best sixth time this season over Massey, who fouled out; and Neff (5.131 at 285.05) defeated teammate Ashley Force Hood (DQ, wall).
in a wild pedal-fest for his first career win.
Each of the Pro Stock finals were decided by a red light as Greg Anderson (6.564 at 210.70) defeated Kurt Johnson in Pro Stock, and Eddie Krawiec (6.905 at 194.32) defeated Doug Horne in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
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