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After qualifying third, Oksas and the team displayed impressive consistency on raceday, going 3.773 at 212.63 in the opening round. He followed with a 3.747 at 212.66 to beat Wayne Roberts and advance to the semifinals, where Oksas got a bye run followed Jon Stouffer’s crash. The team still put together a stout run, going 3.702 at 214.55, setting the stage for the final round duel with Haney.Oksas left first with a .036 reaction time and dipped into the 3.60s to round out a win he won’t forget, …

“I had a really great car all day,” Enders said. “To win this in back-to-back years, it’s a great way to head into the Countdown. We’ve just got to keep it rolling, but it’s really humbling when you take a step back and realize what we’ve accomplished in a short time. Getting the win in 2020 and sticking it in the winner’s circle today, I had a good feeling this morning. To be victorious at the end of the day makes everything else go away. This one means a lot and it’s our Super Bowl.” …

Jerry Albert has always just wanted to go fast. As a kid, he drag raced his bicycle. When he got a little older and acquired a dirt bike, he preferred racing the wily two-wheeler in a straight line on pavement rather than jumping it through the dirt.These days, Albert can be found winning national and divisional events behind the wheel of a nitrous-assisted 1997 Chevrolet Camaro in NHRA’s quick and competitive Top Sportsman category. So far this season, he’s proven to be a fierce competitor with …

Dominance can be a state of mind.But for JR Carr at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn., it was reality.The former NHRA Pro Stock racer turned Mountain Motor Pro Stock superstar set a torrid 6.2-second pace which Carr turned into a convincing victory. Carr, the first and only large displacement Pro Stock driver to run in the 6-teens, beat the only other 6.2-second performer in Brainerd, John DeFlorian, in the final round. As easy as it might have looked in winning, Carr is quick to p …

OMG, SOMEONE DID IT - “Mountain Man” Mike Achenbach and his team faced more than their fair share of adversity over the weekend, but their hard work and dedication were rewarded in the form of the Nazareth, Pennsylvania-based team’s first-ever Pro Nitrous victory. Achenbach used a starting line advantage and a 3.788 at 198.90 in his Brandon Switzer-tuned, Buck-powered “Deep Purple” ’69 Camaro to defeat Ed “Ironman” Burnley’s 3.765 at 199.26 in the final round.“We struggled, we worked our asses o …