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Coughlin wants to keep Countdown momentum going with Indy victory
Jeg Coughlin has already qualified to defend his NHRA POWERade world championship title in the Countdown to 1. However, he hopes his final points position in Pro Stock’s top 10 will change with a strong performance at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, the world’s most prestigious drag race.
Coughlin hopes an Indy victory will help him move into second place in the final regular-season points standings, knowing from experience that every point will be extremely valuable when the top 10 Pro Stock teams gear up for the six-race playoff run in the Countdown to 1 that begins Sept. 11-14 at zMax Dragway @ Concord near Charlotte.
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| Smith cranking it up as Countdown regular season ends Matt Smith waited until the last pass of 2007 to win his first POWERade Series world championship. If the past month or so is any indication, the Pro Stock Motorcycle rider may not be so patient in 2008. With wins at three of the last four races, he has moved into first place and leads second-place Andrew Hines by 73 points entering the 54th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals.
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| Female rider Thompson will make Pro Stock Motorcycle debut in Indy Valerie Thompson, a two-time Bonneville land-speed record holder who has spent the last two years in the All Harley Drag Racing Association’s V-Rod Destroyer class, will make her Pro Stock Motorcycle debut at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals. She'll join a roster that includes four other female riders: Angelle Sampey, Karen Stoffer, Peggy Llewellyn, and Angie McBride. |
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| New top-end safety system at O’Reilly Raceway Park NHRA announced Tuesday that it has modified the top end at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, where the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals will be contested this weekend. The changes were made by NHRA after consultation with the racing community and taking into account the facility layout to assist in keeping race vehicles at the top end of the racetrack within the confines of the dragstrip. |
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| NHRA Mopar Hemi Challenge on tap Friday in Indy High-horsepower Mopars will take center stage at the 2008 NHRA Mopar Hemi Challenge during Super Stock class eliminations Friday at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals. The Hemi Challenge has become one of the premier events for NHRA Sportsman competitors. This year, a field of close to 30 SS/AH entries is expected to compete for the $10,000 bonus from Mopar. |
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| Neff retains early edge as favorite in rookie-of-the-year battle Last year, Ashley Force easily earned the Auto Club Road to the Future Award for rookie of the year after proving her mettle on and off the track. This season, voters are focused again on the Funny Car category as Force’s teammate Mike Neff (pictured) and another Ford driver, Bob Tasca III, battle to make the best impression and during their first season as NHRA POWERade Series drivers. |
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| Special Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Daily DRAGSTER section Daily DRAGSTER, a staple of the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, will publish online only this year after a 20-year run as a print-only publication at the Big Go. The DRAGSTER staff will now cover the event through a series of informative blog notebooks written in Indy that will supplement NHRA.com’s traditionally thorough coverage of the event. The first entries already are posted. |
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Aug. 31
12:30 a.m.-1:30 a.m.
Qualifying
Aug. 31
11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Qualifying
Aug. 31
5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Qualifying
Sept. 1
12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Eliminations
Sept. 1
7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Eliminations
Sept. 5
2:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m.
Repeat Eliminations
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“We’re going to Indy just ready to do our job, focusing on that first qualifying run on Friday night, seeing if we can knock it out of the park.”
Kurt Johnson, on his Indy game plan
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“We know we can't win the POWERade championship so our plan now is to try to salvage the year by winning the U.S. Nationals.
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