NHRA: Results and standings from K&N Filters Route 66 Nationals

By Jul 10, 2016, 7:10 PM EDT
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JOLIET, Illinois — Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were the winners in Sunday’s final eliminations of the 19th K&N Filters Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway, just southwest of Chicago.

Here’s the results and updated point standings:

FINAL FINISHING ORDER:

TOP FUEL: 1.  Antron Brown; 2.  J.R. Todd; 3.  Leah Pritchett; 4.  Tony Schumacher; 5.  Steve Torrence; 6. Doug Kalitta; 7.  Terry McMillen; 8.  Brittany Force; 9.  Clay Millican; 10.  Kyle Wurtzel; 11. T.J. Zizzo; 12.  Luigi Novelli; 13.  Chris Karamesines; 14.  Richie Crampton; 15.  Pat Dakin; 16. Shawn Langdon.

FUNNY CAR: 1.  Jack Beckman; 2.  Ron Capps; 3.  Robert Hight; 4.  Matt Hagan; 5.  Alexis DeJoria; 6.  Tommy Johnson Jr.; 7.  Bob Tasca III; 8.  Courtney Force; 9.  John Force; 10.  Brian Stewart; 11.  Bob Bode; 12.  Del Worsham; 13.  Chad Head; 14.  John Hale; 15.  Cruz Pedregon; 16.  Tim Wilkerson.

PRO STOCK: 1.  Greg Anderson; 2.  Bo Butner; 3.  Jason Line; 4.  Shane Gray; 5.  Allen Johnson; 6.  Vincent Nobile; 7.  Jeg Coughlin; 8.  Chris McGaha; 9.  Drew Skillman; 10.  Alex Laughlin; 11.  Kenny Delco; 12.  Erica Enders; 13.  Alan Prusiensky; 14.  Dave River; 15.  Kevin Lawrence; 16.  Mark Hogan.

PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE: 1.  Andrew Hines; 2.  Angelle Sampey; 3.  Eddie Krawiec; 4.  Steve Johnson; 5.  Cory Reed; 6. Michael Ray; 7.  Karen Stoffer; 8.  Hector Arana; 9.  Jerry Savoie; 10.  LE Tonglet; 11.  Hector Arana Jr; 12.  Chip Ellis; 13.  Melissa Surber; 14.  Jim Underdahl; 15.  Matt Smith; 16.  Michael Phillips.

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FINAL RESULTS:

Top Fuel: Antron Brown, 3.777 seconds, 321.19 mph  def. J.R. Todd, 3.798 seconds, 322.11 mph.

Funny Car: Jack Beckman, Dodge Charger, 3.955, 324.05  def. Ron Capps, Charger, 4.522, 194.74.

Pro Stock: Greg Anderson, Chevy Camaro, 6.644, 209.01  def. Bo Butner, Camaro, 6.667, 209.17.

Pro Stock Motorcycle: Andrew Hines, Harley-Davidson, 6.858, 194.91  def. Angelle Sampey, Buell, 6.893, 193.40.

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FINAL ROUND-BY-ROUND RESULTS

TOP FUEL: ROUND ONE — Leah Pritchett, 3.774, 323.35 def. Richie Crampton, 9.389, 78.96; Tony Schumacher, 4.241, 263.62 def. Pat Dakin, 10.239, 71.62; Terry McMillen, 4.695, 168.98 def. Shawn Langdon, Broke; Brittany Force, 3.780, 327.59 def. Chris Karamesines, 4.188, 282.30; Steve Torrence, 3.785, 324.75 def. Luigi Novelli, 4.120, 251.20; Doug Kalitta, 3.805, 325.37 def. Kyle Wurtzel, 3.865, 307.30; Antron Brown, 3.753, 325.06 def. Clay Millican, 3.779, 313.80; J.R. Todd, 3.789, 323.66 def. T.J. Zizzo, 3.865, 317.12;

QUARTERFINALS — Schumacher, 3.781, 322.73 def. Kalitta, 3.806, 320.05; Todd, 3.771, 324.28 def. Torrence, 3.785, 313.58; Pritchett, 3.872, 311.63 def. Force, 4.327, 187.31; Brown, 3.785, 324.44 def. McMillen, 3.984, 304.53;

SEMIFINALS — Brown, 3.762, 324.05 def. Pritchett, 3.814, 319.22; Todd, 3.781, 323.35 def. Schumacher, 3.815, 315.49;

FINAL — Brown, 3.777, 321.19 def. Todd, 3.798, 322.11.

FUNNY CAR: ROUND ONE — Ron Capps, Dodge Charger, 3.927, 323.12 def. John Force, Chevy Camaro, 4.007, 319.82; Jack Beckman, Charger, 3.928, 327.59 def. John Hale, Charger, 6.127, 108.70; Matt Hagan, Charger, 3.914, 326.24 def. Bob Bode, Toyota Solara, 4.132, 306.12; Alexis DeJoria, Toyota Camry, 3.955, 320.51 def. Brian Stewart, Ford Mustang, 4.054, 304.53; Bob Tasca III, Mustang, 3.990, 316.23 def. Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, 11.327, 75.19; Robert Hight, Camaro, 4.016, 317.34 def. Cruz Pedregon, Camry, Foul – Red Light; Courtney Force, Camaro, 3.955, 317.87 def. Del Worsham, Camry, 4.566, 184.85; Tommy Johnson Jr., Charger, 3.974, 322.96 def. Chad Head, Camry, 5.340, 198.15;

QUARTERFINALS — Capps, 3.940, 321.27 def. Tasca III, 4.437, 201.97; Beckman, 3.939, 325.92 def. C. Force, 6.319, 102.93; Hagan, 3.952, 325.53 def. Johnson Jr., 3.977, 320.05; Hight, 3.917, 328.06 def. DeJoria, 3.967, 319.07;

SEMIFINALS — Capps, 4.003, 314.02 def. Hagan, 10.888, 77.35; Beckman, 3.923, 325.06 def. Hight, 3.970, 323.12;

FINAL — Beckman, 3.955, 324.05 def. Capps, 4.522, 194.74.

PRO STOCK: ROUND ONE — Vincent Nobile, Chevy Camaro, 6.643, 208.55 def. Erica Enders, Dodge Dart, 6.686, 208.36; Chris McGaha, Camaro, 6.626, 208.78 def. Alex Laughlin, Camaro, 6.654, 208.71; Jeg Coughlin, Dart, 6.641, 208.23 def. Drew Skillman, Camaro, 6.644, 208.52; Allen Johnson, Dart, 6.649, 208.91 def. Kenny Delco, Camaro, 6.670, 207.82; Jason Line, Camaro, 6.601, 210.01 def. Mark Hogan, Pontiac GXP, Broke; Shane Gray, Camaro, 6.600, 209.82 def. Alan Prusiensky, Dart, Foul – Red Light; Bo Butner, Camaro, 6.605, 209.88 def. Kevin Lawrence, Chevy Cobalt, 6.811, 202.24; Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.596, 210.24 def. Dave River, Cobalt, 6.797, 204.01;

QUARTERFINALS — Butner, 6.649, 209.17 def. McGaha, 6.689, 208.65; Line, 6.615, 209.62 def. Coughlin, 6.663, 207.85; Gray, 6.622, 209.72 def. Nobile, 6.658, 208.30; Anderson, 6.615, 208.78 def. Johnson, 6.647, 208.97;

SEMIFINALS — Anderson, 6.631, 209.14 def. Gray, 21.336, 36.96; Butner, 6.631, 209.23 def. Line, 6.616, 209.56;

FINAL — Anderson, 6.644, 209.01 def. Butner, 6.667, 209.17.

PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE: ROUND ONE — Karen Stoffer, Suzuki, 6.895, 194.77 def. Jerry Savoie, Suzuki, 6.851, 195.65; Andrew Hines, Harley-Davidson, 6.833, 195.28 def. Chip Ellis, Buell, Foul – Red Light; Hector Arana, Buell, 6.882, 194.97 def. Hector Arana Jr, Buell, 6.886, 193.82; Cory Reed, Buell, 6.887, 192.44 def. LE Tonglet, Suzuki, 6.867, 195.39; Angelle Sampey, Buell, 6.868, 192.63 def. Jim Underdahl, Suzuki, Foul – Red Light; Steve Johnson, Suzuki, 6.882, 193.68 def. Melissa Surber, Buell, 6.954, 191.08; Eddie Krawiec, Harley-Davidson, 6.875, 194.74 def. Michael Phillips, Suzuki, 8.917, 98.86; Michael Ray, Buell, 6.902, 193.38 def. Matt Smith, 7.089, 190.78;

QUARTERFINALS — Johnson, 6.905, 192.93 def. Stoffer, 7.173, 161.48; Krawiec, 6.885, 193.74 def. Arana, Foul – Red Light; Sampey, 6.869, 193.88 def. Reed, 6.889, 192.88; Hines, 6.884, 194.35 def. Ray, 7.027, 189.73;

SEMIFINALS — Hines, 6.877, 194.35 def. Johnson, 8.320, 108.61; Sampey, 7.022, 191.05 def. Krawiec, Foul – Red Light;

FINAL — Hines, 6.858, 194.91 def. Sampey, 6.893, 193.40.

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UPDATED POINT STANDINGS:

Top Fuel: 1.  Antron Brown, 1,056; 2.  Doug Kalitta, 1,054; 3.  Steve Torrence, 912; 4.  Brittany Force, 896; 5.  Tony Schumacher, 803; 6.  Shawn Langdon, 746; 7.  J.R. Todd, 725; 8.  (tie) Richie Crampton, 603; Clay Millican, 603; 10.  Leah Pritchett, 521.

Funny Car: 1.  Ron Capps, 1,068; 2.  Jack Beckman, 942; 3.  Courtney Force, 892; 4.  Matt Hagan, 828; 5. Tommy Johnson Jr., 803; 6.  Robert Hight, 799; 7.  Del Worsham, 796; 8.  Tim Wilkerson, 760; 9. John Force, 699; 10.  Alexis DeJoria, 697.

Pro Stock: 1.  Jason Line, 1,472; 2.  Greg Anderson, 1,392; 3.  Bo Butner, 898; 4.  Allen Johnson, 773; 5. Drew Skillman, 717; 6.  Vincent Nobile, 666; 7.  Shane Gray, 619; 8.  Chris McGaha, 610; 9.  Jeg Coughlin, 580; 10.  Alex Laughlin, 530.

Pro Stock Motorcycle: 1.  Eddie Krawiec, 639; 2.  Andrew Hines, 505; 3.  Angelle Sampey, 471; 4.  Jerry Savoie, 428; 5. Hector Arana, 344; 6.  Chip Ellis, 333; 7.  LE Tonglet, 289; 8.  Steve Johnson, 258; 9.  Matt Smith, 235; 10.  Michael Ray, 228.

The NHRA enjoys next weekend off before returning to action July 22-24 with the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway near Denver, Colorado.

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Texas starting lineup: Felix Rosenqvist back on pole; Scott Dixon qualifies second

By Apr 1, 2023, 4:00 PM EDT
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FORT WORTH, Texas — For the second consecutive year, Felix Rosenqvist will lead the NTT IndyCar Series starting lineup to the green flag at Texas Motor Speedway.

The Arrow McLaren driver is hoping the third time will be the charm at the 1.5-mile oval, where he has run extremely well but has only a career-best 12th in five starts.

“We’ve always been good here, but this is a whole different confidence level compared to last year,” Rosenqvist told NBC Sports’ Marty Snider. “Let’s try to wrap it up (Sunday).”

In 2020, Rosenqvist was competing for a podium when he crashed with 10 laps remaining at Texas.

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Last year, he started first on an oval for the first time in his career but finished 21st because of a broken halfshaft.

“It’s definitely one of my favorite tracks, and naturally, I’ve always been OK here,” Rosenqvist said. “It was the first oval that made sense to me. Every year I’m building on that. But looking at the results, they don’t represent the speed I normally have.

“I don’t want to jinx anything, but I hope tomorrow is going to go a bit better and some luck our way would be nice. It’s been feeling super good. Arrow McLaren has been mega every session, so just keep it rolling.”

Arrow McLaren qualified all three of its Chevrolets in the top five, building on a second for Pato O’Ward and fourth for Alexander Rossi in the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

The March 5 season opener was a disappointing start for Rosenqvist who was squeezed into the wall by Scott Dixon on the first lap.

Dixon, a five-time winner at Texas, will start second Sunday, followed by Rossi and Josef Newgarden. O’Ward will start fifth alongside Takuma Sato, who will start on the outside of the third row in his Chip Ganassi Racing debut.

During nearly four hours of practice and qualifying (including a special high-line session), Saturday’s lone incident involved Conor Daly.

The Ed Carpenter Racing driver spun three times but stayed off the wall and in the frontstretch grass. Aside from a front wing change and new tires, there was no damage to his No. 20 Dallara-Chevrolet during the incident midway through the 30-minute session in which drivers were limited to the high line.

“I hadn’t really had a moment before, but it snapped really aggressively,” Daly told NBC Sports after final practice. “Not ideal, but I do know my way around correcting a spin it seems like. I drove NASCAR last weekend and that seemed to help a little bit. I drove in the dirt a lot in USAC Midgets and seemed to be able to save something but not ideal or what we wanted to have happen.”

Daly will start 25th of 28 cars alongside teammate Rinus VeeKay in Row 13. Carpenter qualified 18th.

“Our three of our cars were clearly looking for something. Mechanical grip is for sure what we need. Qualifying we actually expected to be a lot better, but we found an issue there. We’ll see what happens. This race can change a lot. I’m confident in the team to hopefully figure some things out for tomorrow.”

Here’s the IndyCar starting lineup for Sunday’s PPG 375 at Texas Motor Speedway (qualifying position, car number in parentheses, driver, engine and speed):

ROW 1

1. (6) Felix Rosenqvist, Dallara-Chevy, 220.264 mph
2. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 219.972

ROW 2

3. (7) Alexander Rossi, Dallara-Chevy, 219.960
4. (2) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Chevy, 219.801

ROW 3

5. (5) Pato O’Ward, Dallara-Chevy, 219.619
6. (11) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 219.508

ROW 4

7. (10) Alex Palou, Dallara-Honda, 219.480
8. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Chevy, 219.355

ROW 5

9. (18) David Malukas, Dallara-Honda, 219.256
10. (26) Colton Herta, Dallara-Honda, 219.184

ROW 6

11. (28) Romain Grosjean, Dallara-Honda, 219.165
12. (29) Devlin DeFrancesco, Dallara-Honda, 219.146

ROW 7 

13. (55) Benjamin Pedersen, Dallara-Chevy, 219.100
14. (14) Santino Ferrucci, Dallara-Chevy, 218.892

ROW 8

15. (3) Scott McLaughlin, Dallara-Chevy, 218.765
16. (8) Marcus Ericsson, Dallara-Honda, 218.698

ROW 9

17. (77) Callum Ilott, Dallara-Chevy, 218.427
18. (33) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevy, 218.375

ROW 10

19. (78) Agustin Canapino, Dallara-Chevy, 218.367
20. (27) Kyle Kirkwood, Dallara-Honda, 218.227

ROW 11

21. (06) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 218.196
22. (60) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, 218.103

ROW 12

23. (51) Sting Ray Robb, Dallara-Honda, 217.676
24. (15) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 217.611

ROW 13

25. (20) Conor Daly, Dallara-Chevy, 217.457
26. (21) Rinus VeeKay, Dallara-Chevy, 216.880

ROW 14

27. (45) Christian Lundgaard, Dallara-Honda, 216.210
28. (30) Jack Harvey, Dallara-Honda, 216.103