SCHUMACHER, A. FORCE, JOHNSON AND HINES WIN 2008 FULL THROTTLE PIT CREW CHAMPIONSHIP

The payout for the season-ending Full Throttle Pit Crew Champions are as follows: Top Fuel $25,000; Funny Car $25,000; Pro Stock $15,000; and Pro Stock Motorcycle $5,000.

The champions will receive their awards at the POWERade Series awards ceremony Monday, Nov. 17 at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City.

The Full Throttle Pit Crew Championship program awards bonus money to one team from each of the four professional categories attending NHRA POWERade Series events. The program utilizes a points system, generally based on a combination of qualifying position and elapsed time to determine and award Full Throttle Pit Crew Championships.

Schumacher was led by his crew chief Alan Johnson on his U.S. Army dragster with seven event honors; Force by Dean Antonelli on her Castrol GTX Ford Mustang with six event honors; Johnson tuned his own ACDelco Chevy Cobalt with seven event honors; and Hines by his brother Matt on his Vance & Hines Screamin’ Eagle Harley Davidson with five event honors.

The 2008 Full Throttle Pit Crew Challenge event winners are as follow:

Location Date TF crew FC crew PS crew PSM crew

Pomona 1 Feb. 10 Tony Schumacher Ron Capps Kurt Johnson not contested

Phoenix Feb. 24 Brandon Bernstein Tim Wilkerson Greg Anderson not contested

Gainesville March 16 Cory McClenathan Tony Pedregon Allen Johnson Angie McBride

Houston March 30 Doug Herbert Mike Neff Ron Krisher Matt Smith

Las Vegas 1 April 13 Tony Schumacher Robert Hight Kurt Johnson not contested

Atlanta April 27 Cory McClenathan Tim Wilkerson Ron Krisher Andrew Hines

St. Louis May 4 Hillary Will Tim Wilkerson Kurt Johnson Matt Smith

Bristol May 18 Doug Kalitta Ashley Force Kurt Johnson not contested

Topeka June 1 Doug Kalitta Bob Tasca III Dave Connolly not contested

Chicago June 8 Doug Kalitta Melanie Troxel Jeg Coughlin Andrew Hines

Englishtown June 22 Antron Brown Del Worsham Ron Krisher Chris Rivas

Norwalk June 29 Doug Herbert Bob Tasca III Jeg Coughlin Eddie Krawiec

Denver July 13 Tony Schumacher Tony Pedregon Allen Johnson Andrew Hines

Seattle July 20 Brandon Bernstein Del Worsham Dave Connolly not contested

Sonoma July 27 Tony Schumacher Ashley Force Kurt Johnson Angelle Sampey

Brainerd Aug. 10 Tony Schumacher Ashley Force Jason Line Chris Rivas

Reading Aug. 17 Tony Schumacher Tim Wilkerson Greg Anderson Eddie Krawiec

Indianapolis Sept. 1 Hillary Will Cruz Pedregon Allen Johnson Matt Smith

Charlotte Sept. 14 Larry Dixon Ashley Force Kurt Johnson Eddie Krawiec

Dallas Sept. 21 Brandon Bernstein Del Worsham Jeg Coughlin Andrew Hines

Memphis Sept. 28 Brandon Bernstein Ashley Force Dave Connolly Andrew Hines

Richmond Oct. 12 Hillary Will Tony Pedregon Greg Anderson not contested

Las Vegas 2 Nov. 2 Tony Schumacher Cruz Pedregon Jason Line Eddie Krawiec

Pomona 2 Nov. 16 Hillary Will Ashley Force Kurt Johnson Eddie Krawiec

Headquartered in Glendora, Calif., NHRA is the primary sanctioning body for the sport of drag racing in the United States. It presents 24 national events through its NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. NHRA has 80,000 members and 140 member tracks. The NHRA-sanctioned sportsman and bracket racing series provide competition opportunities for drivers of all levels. NHRA develops the stars of tomorrow by offering the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, NHRA Summit Racing Series, the NHRA Street Legal Drags presented by AAA and the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Jr. Drag Racing League for youth ages 8 to 17.