2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season

2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season
League	NHRA
Sport	Drag racing
Champions	Tony Schumacher (TF) Robert Hight (FC) Mike Edwards (PS) Hector Arana (PSM)

The 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Season consisted of 24 national events held at tracks across the U.S. The first 18 events made up the regular season, with the final events making up the "Countdown to 1".

Schedule

2009 NHRA Full Throttle Schedule [1]
Date	Race	Site	Winners
			Top Fuel	Funny Car	Pro Stock	Pro Stock Motorcycle
February 5–8	Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals	Pomona, California	Doug Kalitta	Ron Capps	Jason Line	N/A
February 20–22	Lucas Oil Slick Mist NHRA Nationals	Phoenix, Ariz.	Antron Brown	Ron Capps	Jeg Coughlin	N/A
March 12–15	ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals	Gainesville, Fla	Larry Dixon	Bob Tasca III	Jason Line	Hector Arana
March 27–29	O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals	Houston, Texas	Tony Schumacher	Ashley Force Hood	Ron Krisher	Craig Treble
April 2–5	SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals	Las Vegas, Nev.	Tony Schumacher	Ron Capps	Jeg Coughlin	N/A
April 16–19	Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals	Atlanta, Ga.	Morgan Lucas	Jack Beckman	Mike Edwards	Eddie Krawiec
May 1–3	O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals	Madison, Ill.	Antron Brown	Del Worsham	Jeg Coughlin	Eddie Krawiec
May 15–17	NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals	Bristol, Tenn.	Tony Schumacher	Del Worsham	Mike Edwards	N/A
May 29–31	O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals	Topeka, Kan.	Larry Dixon	Ron Capps	Allen Johnson	N/A
June 4–7	United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals	Chicago, Ill.	Spencer Massey	Tony Pedregon	Jeg Coughlin	Matt Guidera
June 11–14	United Association NHRA SuperNationals	Englishtown, N.J.	Larry Dixon	Tony Pedregon	Jeg Coughlin	Craig Treble
June 25–28	Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals	Norwalk, Ohio	Larry Dixon	Jack Beckman	Jason Line	Andrew Hines
July 10–12	Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals	Denver, Colo.	Antron Brown	Ron Capps	Allen Johnson	Eddie Krawiec
July 17–19	NHRA Northwest Nationals	Seattle, Wash.	Antron Brown	Tim Wilkerson	Mike Edwards	N/A
July 24–26	Fram Autolite NHRA Nationals	Sonoma, Calif.	Antron Brown	Tim Wilkerson	Jason Line	Andrew Hines
August 13–16	Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals	Brainerd, Minn.	Morgan Lucas	Tony Pedregon	Greg Anderson	Hector Arana
August 20–23	Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals	Reading, Pa.	Larry Dixon	Bob Tasca III	Jeg Coughlin	Eddie Krawiec
September 2–7	Mac Tools U.S. Nationals	Indianapolis, Ind.	Tony Schumacher	Ashley Force Hood	Jeg Coughlin	Hector Arana
2009 Countdown to the Championship
September 17–20	NHRA Carolinas Nationals	Concord, N.C.	Cory McClenathan	Robert Hight	Mike Edwards	Hector Arana
September 24–27	O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals	Dallas, Texas	Tony Schumacher	Robert Hight	Greg Anderson	Hector Arana
October 2–4	O'Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals	Memphis, Tenn.	Morgan Lucas	Jeff Arend	Jason Line	Michael Phillips
October 9–11	Virginia NHRA Nationals	Richmond, Va.	Brandon Bernstein	Del Worsham	Mike Edwards	N/A
October 29 – November 1	NHRA Las Vegas Nationals	Las Vegas, Nev.	Spencer Massey	Robert Hight	Larry Morgan	Andrew Hines
November 12–15	Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals	Pomona, California	Antron Brown	Mike Neff	Greg Anderson	Eddie Krawiec

Points standings

Tony Schumacher in April, 2009.

Top Fuel[2]
Position	Driver	Points	Points Back	Chassis
1	Tony Schumacher	2571	-	Hadman
2	Larry Dixon	2569	-2	Hadman
3	Antron Brown	2522	-49	Hadman
4	Cory McClenathan	2490	-81	Hadman
5	Brandon Bernstein	2438	-133	Hadman
6	Spencer Massey	2437	-134	Dragster
7	Morgan Lucas	2353	-218	Hadman
8	Doug Kalitta	2325	-246	Attac
9	Shawn Langdon	2299	-272	Hadman
10	Clay Millican	2093	-478	Hadman

Funny Car[2]
Position	Driver	Points	Points Back	Make
1	Robert Hight	2547	-	Mustang
2	Ashley Force Hood	2481	-66	Mustang
3	Ron Capps	2433	-138	Charger
4	Tim Wilkerson	2430	-141	Mustang
5	Jack Beckman	2406	-141	Charger
6	Tony Pedregon	2403	-144	Impala
7	Del Worsham	2362	-195	Solara
8	Bob Tasca III	2326	-221	Mustang
9	John Force	2268	-279	Mustang
10	Mike Neff	2235	-312	Mustang

Pro Stock[2]
Position	Driver	Points	Points Back	Make
1	Mike Edwards	2682	-	GXP
2	Greg Anderson	2572	-110	GXP
3	Jason Line	2486	-196	GXP
4	Greg Stanfield	2403	-279	GXP
5	Jeg Coughlin Jr.	2375	-307	Cobalt
6	Ron Krisher	2363	-319	Cobalt
7	Allen Johnson	2334	-348	Stratus*
8	Kurt Johnson	2307	-375	Cobalt
9	Johnny Gray	2300	-382	Stratus*
10	Richard Jones	2142	-540	Stratus*

Pro Stock Motorcycle[2]
Position	Driver	Points	Points Back	Make
1	Hector Arana	2590	-	Buell
2	Ed Krawiec	2588	-2	Harley-Davidson
3	Andrew Hines	2466	-144	Harley-Davidson
4	Matt Smith	2369	-221	Suzuki
5	Douglas Horne	2362	-228	Buell
6	Michael Phillips	2321	-269	Suzuki
7	Karen Stoffer	2249	-341	Suzuki
8	Shawn Gann	2248	-342	Buell
9	Craig Treble	2202	-388	Suzuki
10	Matt Guidera	2020	-570	Buell

• Drivers in bold have clinched the championship

Mike Edwards last won a title in 1981 (Modified Class), the longest gap in NHRA history.

The teams running a Dodge Stratus have been notified by the NHRA that body style, because of it is out of production for the past five years, will be illegal in 2010. Dodge teams must run the Avenger in 2010. Pro Stock Cars may be any approved car (Mustang, Cobalt, Avenger, GXP, GTO) from the past five years.

References

1. "Results".
2. "NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series points". Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2009.

External links

• Official website
• Official NHRA Drag Racing Podcasts^[permanent dead link‍]
• Drag Race Central The Latest NHRA News and Analysis