The NHRA Top Fuel championship chase will be decided in two weeks at the In-N-Out Burger Finals at Pomona, California, with Shawn Langdon and teammate Doug Kalitta duking it out with a points-and-a-half format returning to the season finale.
And for Funny Car points leader Matt Hagan, his second-round loss Sunday at the Mopar Las Vegas Nationals to third-ranked J.R. Todd, of Kalitta Motorsports, is making his quest for a fifth title much tougher. That, coupled, with No. 2 Jordan Vandergriff’s victory over final-round foe Ron Capps, gives Hagan a mere 39-point advantage over John Force Racing’s Vandergriff.
Dallas Glenn confirmed his control of the Pro Stock class with his third consecutive and fourth overall Las Vegas triumph—his sixth this season. The KB Titan Racing’s reigning champion used a nearly perfect reaction time to defeat Matt Hartford, who improved from third place to second and needs to close an 87-point gap at Pomona if he’s to earn his first series crown…