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Schumacher takes Top Fuel; Pedregon, Connolly in title hunt with wins

Associated Press

Sunday, October 12, 2008

DINWIDDIE, Va. -- Funny Car driver Cruz Pedregon and Pro Stock pilot Dave Connolly won Sunday at the Virginia NHRA Nationals to go from afterthoughts to challengers in the race for the NHRA POWERade Series championships. The other winner at the fourth of six races in the NHRA Playoff, the Countdown to 1, was Top Fuel ace Tony Schumacher. He has 14 victories this season. Pedregon, the 1992 POWERade Series world champion, beat first-place Tim Wilkerson in the semifinals and second-place Jack Beck ...

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