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Underdogs can't close deal at Houston Raceway Park

By Bill Stephens
ESPN.com

Monday, April 2, 2007

Joe Hartley never had advanced further than the second round in his entire Top Fuel career, let alone a final round. His father, Alan, who briefly raced in the Top Fuel class before Joe, never accumulated a noteworthy round win record following a much more productive stretch in a Top Alcohol dragster. Cruz Pedregon's 1992 rookie world championship in Funny Car remains one of the NHRA's most remarkable achievements, but he has tallied only an additional 16 national event wins in the past 15 year ...

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