NHRA: Royal Purple Raceway
25th annual O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries at Royal Purple Raceway, Baytown, Texas, April 29, 2012
Top Fuel
FIRST ROUND
Shawn Langdon, 3.820, 319.14 def. Brandon Bernstein, 4.253, 197.88
Bob Vandergriff, 3.866, 318.69 def. Khalid alBalooshi, broke
Morgan Lucas, 3.776, 325.06 def. Troy Buff, 4.737, 157.25
Steve Torrence, 3.830, 322.11 def. T.J. Zizzo, 4.041, 288.95
David Grubnic, 3.843, 317.94 def. Clay Millican, 3.898, 311.92
Spencer Massey, 3.847, 323.66 def. Terry McMillen, 4.853, 153.37
Antron Brown, 3.803, 325.92 def. J.R. Todd, 3.974, 238.72
Tony Schumacher, 3.825, 320.74 def. Doug Kalitta, 3.870, 319.82
SECOND ROUND
Vandergriff, 4.260, 260.66 def. Grubnic, 5.415, 126.57
Lucas, 3.834, 322.19 def. Schumacher, 3.865, 319.67
Brown, 3.838, 323.27 def. Massey, 3.859, 323.12
Torrence, 3.878, 320.20 def. Langdon, 3.895, 318.02
SEMIFINALS
Brown, 4.011, 278.35 def. Torrence, 4.030, 276.80
Lucas, 3.870, 320.97 def. Vandergriff, 5.198, 138.07
FINAL
Lucas, 3.848, 320.81 def. Brown, 5.894, 117.05
Funny Car
FIRST ROUND
Tim Wilkerson, Ford Mustang, 4.149, 301.54 def. Johnny Gray, Dodge Charger, 5.976, 117.39
Ron Capps, Charger, 4.165, 302.62 def. Bob Bode, Chevy Impala, 7.350, 91.06
Cruz Pedregon, Toyota Solara, 4.057, 313.88 def. Gary Densham, Charger, 7.424, 102.61
Bob Tasca III, Mustang, 4.111, 309.49 def. John Force, Mustang, 4.673, 186.51
Jeff Arend, Solara, 4.141, 308.57 def. Matt Hagan, Charger, 4.179, 303.57
Robert Hight, Mustang, 4.119, 309.63 def. Tony Pedregon, Impala, 5.245, 144.52
Courtney Force, Mustang, 4.126, 309.98 def. Alexis DeJoria, Toyota Camary, 4.202, 294.31
Mike Neff, Mustang, 4.495, 251.30 def. Jim Head, Solara, 4.840, 250.69
SECOND ROUND
Arend, 4.204, 303.78 def. Wilkerson, 8.836, 90.18
Hight, 4.139, 307.09 def. Tasca III, 4.175, 305.70
Neff, 4.199, 305.22 def. C. Pedregon, 4.280, 294.50
Capps, 4.165, 302.69 def. C. Force, 4.175, 296.11
SEMIFINALS
Neff, 4.176, 306.81 def. Arend, 5.772, 130.00
Capps, 4.162, 303.50 def. Hight, 5.102, 155.10
FINAL
Neff, 4.239, 301.67 def. Capps, 4.476, 211.79
Pro Stock
FIRST ROUND
Ronnie Humphrey, Pontiac GXP, 6.607, 210.54 def. Ron Krisher, GXP, 6.608, 209.65
Mike Edwards, GXP, no time def. Steve Kent, GXP, broke
Mike Edwards, GXP, 6.580, 209.88 def. Steve Kent, GXP, 6.611, 209.85
Larry Morgan, Ford Mustang, 6.655, 208.55 def. Erica Enders, Chevy Cobalt, 6.723, 208.84
Dave Connolly, Cobalt, 6.569, 211.13 def. Rodger Brogdon, GXP, 6.628, 208.94
Vincent Nobile, Dodge Avenger, 6.581, 210.73 def. Greg Stanfield, Chevy Camaro, 6.637, 208.17
Allen Johnson, Avenger, 6.564, 211.20 def. Shane Gray, GXP, 6.644, 208.20
Jason Line, GXP, 6.571, 210.08 def. Rickie Jones, GXP, 6.637, 209.10
Greg Anderson, GXP, 6.605, 209.79 def. Kurt Johnson, GXP, 6.631, 209.39
SECOND ROUND
Nobile, 15.277, 55.65 def. Morgan, foul
Edwards, 6.603, 209.75 def. Line, 6.591, 210.50
Connolly, 6.596, 210.11 def. Anderson, 6.611, 210.05
A. Johnson, 6.595, 211.46 def. Humphrey, 6.603, 210.41
SEMIFINALS
Nobile, 6.622, 209.33 def. Edwards, 6.644, 209.79
Connolly, 6.584, 210.34 def. A. Johnson, 6.580, 211.56
FINAL
Nobile, 6.595, 210.14 def. Connolly, 6.604, 210.41







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