NHRA Full Throttle Series After 10 Races

The NHRA Full Throttle Series has now completed 10 out of 22 races for 2011. It has been a great year so far with spectacular drag races. It has been a great year for John Force Racing so far also. With John Force Racing winning 7 out of the 10 races so far, (Robert Hight won 4 & Mike Neff won 3), they are dominating the Funny Car category. John Force though has yet to win an event this year, but I think that will be changing very soon. Jack Beckman of DSR has 2 wins and Jeff Arend with Kalitta Motorsports has 1.

In 2006 in Funny Car, all Top Ten Drivers won an event that year. It has been the only year that every member of the top ten drivers have won an event. John Force won 3, Robert Hight won 3, Ron Capps won 5, Eric Medlen won 2, Tony Pedregon won 3, Tommy Johnson Jr won 2, and Gary Scelzi, Phil Burkart, Whit Bazemore and Cruz Pedregon all reached the winners circle. Top Fuel has accomplished that feat 4 times. 1992-1994 and 1996.

In Top Fuel, out of 10 events, Al-Anabi Racing have been dominating the win column. Del Worsham has 4 wins and Larry Dixon got his 1st win of the season in Bristol, TN on Fathers Day! They are very strong contenders and have a good chance of taking it all again this year. Don Schumacher Racing has 4 of the 10 wins this year also. Spencer Massey has 2 and Antron Brown has 2. The BIG surprise is that Tony Schumacher has yet to get a win in 2011. With the Series almost half way through and only 6 more races until Indy, look for the Sarge to step it up and get back on a winning streak. You can never under-estimate Tony Schumacher and Team DSR.

Robert Hight had never made it to the finals in Bristol until this year and made it count with a victory over Jack Beckman and with a new National Speed Record. He ran a 4.04 Elapse Time with a Speed Record 316.45 MPH run in the semi finals. Jimmy Prock has Hights Funny Car running on mean and look for him to win more events this year.

Del Worsham is the leader in Top Fuel Countdown to 10. In second place is Spencer Massey 61 points behind and in third place is Del's teammate Larry Dixon just 75 points back. the remaining top 10 are 4 - Antron Brown, 5 - Tony Schumacher, 6 - Doug Kalitta, 7 - Brandon Bernstein, 8 - Morgan Lucas, 9 - Shawn Langdon, and 10 - Terry McMillen.

Leading points leader in Funny Car is Mike Neff. Neff as a tuner and driver has really got his car roaring down the track. Jack Beckman is second 124 points back while Robert Hight is a close third only 126 points behind. The remaining are 4 - Cruz Pedregon, 5 - Matt Hagan, 6 - Ron Capps, 7 - John Force, 8 - Jeff Arend, 9 - Bob Tasca III, and 10 - Johnny Gray.

Now is the time for the teams to step it up and make a run for Indy. Every round counts and if you're not in the top ten after Indy, there is just no chance of becoming the 2011 Champion. Best of Luck to all the teams, drivers and their sponsors throughout the remaining NHRA Full Throttle Series Events.