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It was another eventful weekend of NHRA drag racing, with the Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals performing in front of a sellout crowd at Bristol Dragway. Meanwhile, 2750 miles west, a Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Division Six and West Region event played before a much smaller audience at the River Valley Ford Dragstrip at Mission Raceway Park. A combination of factors, ranging from hot conditions (hot for Western Canada), to a small turnout of the Top Alcohol headliners, and a disjointed schedule that saw some long stretches of inactivity, led to a less than stellar spectator count. The racing though was excellent, with some very quick e.t.'s by the Top Alcohol cars and close competition in all the supporting categories.

This week the focus shifts to the first event of IHRA's Triple Crown Series, taking place at Darana Raceway (aka: National Trail Raceway) at Hebron, OH. With the largest purses ever offered in the sport, paying $30K to the qualifiers in Top Fuel and Funny Car, all the way up to $150K for the wiuners. There will be some hard fought competition by the 15 entries vying for to get into the 8-car fields In both Top Fuel and Funny Car. Not to be forgotten is the possible $1,000,000 bonus if someone in the TF & FC categories is able to win all three races on the Triple Crown schedule. Due to the rainout of the first event on the schedule at Maple Grove Raceway, there will only be two weekends of compeition, with a doubleheader event at Mapl Grove Raceway in September.

Check out our intro to the Triple Crown race in Ohio, and our coverage of the Mission Raceway event of this past weekend on the "What's New" page.

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