Race Day--SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals, Las Vegas
This is Tony Schumacher's NHRA Top Fuel Dragster, sponsored by the US Army. Tony is a five time Powerade Top Fuel Champion, and was the number one qualifier this weekend. All of that is cool, no doubt. The coolest thing he did this weekend was when he ran on Friday, he carried some extra special cargo--a Congressional Medal of Honor, worn by an Army POW and awarded for what is called "conspicuous gallantry above and beyone the call of duty". When you see a recipent, you are in the presence of an American hero. It is a very big, inspirational deal.
A preview of some stuff on Race-Talk: You get to see me gather information on YouTube, thanks to Jeff Romack at GM Communications:
We'll post snapshots for the finalists in each of the pro categories and update you with tidbits later.
By the way...you do realize with Saturday night's win, that the defending Sprint Cup Champion, Jimmie Johnson is now sixth in points? The hand-wringers will have to find something else to wring their hands about...you count him out at you own peril. And how about the 1-2 Childress Racing punch of Jeff Burton and Kevin "Happy" Harvick atop the Sprint Cup standings?
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