Sarge stayed in charge against the odds

The odds were stacked against Tony Schumacher to start the 2009 season. Winning his sixth straight Top Fuel championship and seventh overall makes you wonder if he can be beat in 2010.

Schumacher giving trophy to Fort Hood

Tony Schumacher won his sixth straight and seventh overall Top Fuel championship on Sunday, beating Larry Dixon by two points in the closest season title race in NHRA history.

Dixon supplants Schumacher

Larry Dixon took a one-point lead over Tony Schumacher in the Top Fuel season standings, leading qualifying Friday in the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals to earn three bonus points.

Schumacher, Dixon separated by point

Tony Schumacher and Larry Dixon entered the Full Throttle Series season finale separated by a single point. In the first round of Top Fuel qualifying Thursday, they were just a thousandth of a second apart.

Titles will be settled at Pomona

Hector Arana can win the Pro Stock Motorcycle title at age 51, the Top Fuel battle is as good as it gets and four NHRA pro crowns are in the balance. Starting Thursday, it's on at Pomona.

Schumacher, Dixon ready for finale

Tony Schumacher won the past five Top Fuel titles. Larry Dixon took the two before that. Now he has Schumacher's old crew behind him, but trails by one point. Only Pomona can settle this scrap.

Larry Dixon

Hight leads Force Hood by 105 points

Robert Hight closed in on his first Funny Car season championship, racing to his third victory of the season Sunday at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals.

Dixon's track-record time holds up

Larry Dixon earned his ninth No. 1 Top Fuel qualifying position of the year Saturday in the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals.

Dixon sets track-record for speed

Larry Dixon raced to the Top Fuel qualifying lead Friday in the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals, the second-to-last event of the season.

Title showdowns loom in Las Vegas

With only two races left, it's getting to be crunch time for the drivers trying to win titles in the NHRA's four pro classes. Vegas is on tap this weekend with plenty on the line.

Dixon closing in on Schumacher

Second-place Larry Dixon cut into Tony Schumacher's Top Fuel points leads with his fourth straight No. 1 qualifier Saturday in the NHRA Virginia Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park.

No. 1 Top Fuel qualifier Larry Dixon

Arend earns Funny Car win

Jeff Arend and Funny Car team owner and NHRA icon Connie Kalitta celebrated an emotional, tearful victory Monday at the rain-delayed O'Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals at Memphis Motorsports Park.

NHRA bumped to Monday

Rain Sunday forced NHRA officials to postpone the O'Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals eliminations until Monday.