The 2010 NHRA

National Hot Rod Association

The National Hot Rod Association is a drag racing governing body, which sets rules in drag racing and host events all over the United States and Canada...

 Full Throttle Drag Racing Season ran from February 11 to November 14, 2010. A variety of new safety rules were implemented following the conclusion of the investigation of the Scott Kalitta

Scott Kalitta

Scott Kalitta was an American drag racer who competed in the Funny Car and Top Fuel classes in the National Hot Rod Association Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. He was killed at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, after an accident during qualifying...

 death in 2008. The NHRA had planned on returning Top Fuel and Funny Car classes to 1320 ft (402.3 m) distances; however, racing in those classes remained at 1000 ft (304.8 m) distance to contain costs with the United States economy still in recession, as well as to address ongoing safety concerns.

There were 23 Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock car events, and 17 Pro Stock Motorcycle events.

Schedule

With the closure of the Memphis Motorsports Park as of 30 October 2009, the Full Throttle Series is now slated for 23 events:
The Virginia NHRA Nationals has also been eliminated, as Virginia Motorsports Park chose to align with rival Kenneth Feld

Kenneth Feld

Kenneth Jeffrey Feld is the CEO of , which owns Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice!, and He is also the producer of several Broadway plays. The business was started by his father Irvin Feld and Ken became CEO upon his father's death in 1984. He has three daughters, two...

's International Hot Rod Association

International Hot Rod Association

The International Hot Rod Association, also known as IHRA, is the 2nd largest drag racing sanctioning body after the NHRA.-The Carrier Era:The IHRA was formed in November 1970 by businessman Larry Carrier. Throughout this period the organization was operated primarily in the south-eastern United...

 instead (many tracks changed sanctioning, owing to their sportsman classes). A second race at zMax Dragway

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race...

, the Four Wide Nationals, was added.

2010 NHRA Full Throttle Schedule
Date	Race	Site	Winners
			Top Fuel	Funny Car	Pro Stock	PS Motorcycle
February 11–14	50th Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals Auto Club Raceway at Pomona Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, formerly known as Pomona Raceway, is a racing facility located in Pomona, California that features a quarter-mile dragstrip. The dragstrip is most famous for hosting the NHRA's Winternationals event since 1961, the traditional season opener, as well as the seasons last...	Pomona, Calif.	Larry Dixon	John Force	Mike Edwards	N/A
February 19–22	Lucas Oil Slick Mist NHRA Nationals Firebird International Raceway Firebird International Raceway is a quarter-mile dragstrip and road course in Chandler, Arizona.-History:The facility opened in 1983 and hosts the NHRA's Arizona Nationals. It held one IMSA GT race, in 1987. Due to its warm climate, it is a popular winter testing spot for NHRA and IndyCar...	Chandler, Ariz.	Cory McClenathan	Jack Beckman	Mike Edwards1	N/A
March 11–14	Tire Kingdom Gatornationals Gainesville Raceway Gainesville Raceway is a quarter-mile dragstrip just outside Gainesville, Florida. It opened in 1969 and is most famous for hosting the NHRA's prestigious Gatornationals event since 1970...	Gainesville, Fla	Tony Schumacher	Tim Wilkerson	Jason Line	Eddie Krawiec
March 25–28	Four Wide Nationals 2	Concord, NC	Cory McClenathan	John Force	Mike Edwards	Matt Smith
April 9–11	O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals Houston Raceway Park Royal Purple Raceway is a quarter-mile dragstrip in Baytown, Texas, just outside Houston. It opened in 1988 and hosts the NHRA's O'Reilly Spring Nationals. It has a seating capacity for nearly 50,000 spectators, with additional grandstand seating brought in during major events...	Houston, Texas	Larry Dixon	Matt Hagan	Jeg Coughlin	Andrew Hines
April 16–18	SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada near Las Vegas, is a complex of multiple tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.-History:...	Las Vegas, Nev.	Larry Dixon	John Force	Mike Edwards	N/A
April 30 – May 2	AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals Gateway International Raceway Gateway Motorsports Park is a race track in Madison, Illinois, USA, just east of St. Louis, Missouri. After being shuttered by former owner Dover Motorsports Inc., on Nov. 3, 2010, it was announced Sept. 8, 2011, that the facility would re-open and host an NHRA Full Throttle Series event Oct. 5-7,...	Madison, Ill.	Tony Schumacher	Robert Hight	Warren Johnson	Michael Phillips
May 14–16	Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals Atlanta Dragway Atlanta Dragway is a drag racing facility located in Banks County, Georgia, just north of Commerce, Georgia. It is current home to the NHRA Full Throttle Series, Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals-History:...	Atlanta, Ga.	Larry Dixon	Robert Hight	Jeg Coughlin	Andrew Hines
May 21–23	O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals Heartland Park Topeka Heartland Park Topeka is a multi-purpose motorsports facility located south of Topeka, Kansas.When it opened in 1989, it was the first brand-new auto racing facility to be built in the United States for 20 years. Its facilities include a road-race course with 4 possible configurations , a ⅜ mile...	Topeka, Kan.	Tony Schumacher	Robert Hight	Mike Edwards	N/A
June 3–6	United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals Route 66 Raceway Route 66 Raceway is a motorsports facility located in Joliet, Illinois. The facility consists of a dragstrip and a dirt oval. The drag strip hosts several drag racing events including the NHRA. The dirt oval hosts many weekly dirt racing events...	Chicago, Ill.	Larry Dixon	Matt Hagan	Mike Edwards	LE Tonglet
June 10–13	United Association NHRA SuperNationals Old Bridge Township Raceway Park Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, originally known as Madison Township Raceway Park, is an American auto racing facility. It is located on 230 Pension Road in Old Bridge Township, near Englishtown, New Jersey, just off of County Route 527...	Englishtown, N.J.	Larry Dixon	Bob Tasca III	Mike Edwards	Michael Phillips
June 18–20	NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals	Bristol, Tenn.	Tony Schumacher	John Force	Mike Edwards	N/A
June 24–27	Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Summit Motorsports Park Summit Motorsports Park, formerly Norwalk Raceway Park and Norwalk Dragway, is a drag racing facility located on State Route 18 near Norwalk, Ohio...	Norwalk, Ohio	Larry Dixon	Tim Wilkerson	Greg Anderson	Matt Smith
July 9–11	NHRA Northwest Nationals Pacific Raceways Pacific Raceways is a mixed-use road racing facility near Kent, Washington. The race track was constructed in 1959 and opened in 1960. The track was originally named Pacific Raceways, then became known as Seattle International Raceways in 1976...	Seattle, Wash.	Cory McClenathan	Tim Wilkerson	Greg Anderson	N/A
July 16–18	Fram Autolite NHRA Nationals Infineon Raceway Infineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains near Sonoma, California, USA. The course is a complex series of twists and turns that go up and down the hills...	Sonoma, Calif.	Larry Dixon	Ron Capps	Jeg Coughlin	Michael Phillips
July 23–25	Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals Bandimere Speedway Bandimere Speedway, also known in the NHRA as Thunder Mountain, is a quarter-mile dragstrip located just outside Morrison, Colorado and Lakewood, Colorado. It opened in 1958 and hosts the NHRA's Mile-High Nationals. The facility has a seating capacity of 23,500 spectators.-History:In 1958, John...	Denver, Colo.	Doug Kalitta	Robert Hight	Allen Johnson	Andrew Hines
August 12–15	Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Brainerd International Raceway Brainerd International Raceway is a road course, dragstrip and kart track near Brainerd, Minnesota, USA. The raceway hosts the National Hot Rod Association Nationals.-History:...	Brainerd, Minn.	Larry Dixon	Bob Bode	Jeg Coughlin	Andrew Hines
2010 Countdown to the Championship
September 1–6	Mac Tools U.S. Nationals O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis is a racing circuit complex in Brownsburg, Indiana...	Indianapolis, Ind.	Larry Dixon	Ashley Force-Hood	Greg Stanfield	LE Tonglet
September 16–19	O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals	Concord, N.C.	Larry Dixon	Cruz Pedregon	Greg Anderson	LE Tonglet
September 23–26	O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals Texas Motorplex The Texas Motorplex is a quarter mile drag racing facility located in Ennis, Texas. Built in 1986 by former funny car driver Billy Meyer, the Motorplex was the first National Hot Rod Association "super track." It annually hosts the NHRA O'Reilly Fall Nationals each September, when hundreds of...	Dallas, Texas	Tony Schumacher	Matt Hagan	Greg Anderson	LE Tonglet
October 7–10	Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals Maple Grove Raceway Maple Grove Raceway is a quarter-mile dragstrip located near Mohnton, Pennsylvania, just outside Reading. It opened in 1962 as a 1/5-mile dragstrip. It was eventually lengthened to its current quarter-mile length in 1964. The track has been sanctioned by the National Hot Rod Association for most of...	Reading, Pa.	Larry Dixon	Cruz Pedregon	Dave Connolly	Andrew Hines
October 28–31	NHRA Las Vegas Nationals Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada near Las Vegas, is a complex of multiple tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.-History:...	Las Vegas, Nev.	Tony Schumacher	John Force	Greg Anderson	LE Tonglet
November 11–14	Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals Auto Club Raceway at Pomona Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, formerly known as Pomona Raceway, is a racing facility located in Pomona, California that features a quarter-mile dragstrip. The dragstrip is most famous for hosting the NHRA's Winternationals event since 1961, the traditional season opener, as well as the seasons last...	Pomona, Calif.	Antron Brown	John Force	Shane Gray	Eddie Krawiec

¹ The Pro Stock eliminations at the Lucas Oil Slick Mist Arizona Nationals were cancelled after one round. As such, Saturday qualifying at the Tire Kingdom Gatornationals served as the "finish" of the Arizona Nationals, but the winners are credited with winning at Gainesville.

² The rules for the Four Wide Nationals differ from other races:

• All cars will qualify on each lane as all four lanes will be used in qualifying.
• Three rounds with cars using all four lanes.
• In Rounds One and Two, the top two drivers (of four) will advance to the next round.
• The pairings are set as follows:
  • Race One: 1, 8, 9, 16
  • Race Two: 4, 5, 12, 13
  • Race Three: 2, 7, 10, 15
  • Race Four: 3, 6, 11, 14
  • Semifinal One: Top two in Race One and Race Two
  • Semifinal Two: Top two in Race Three and Race Four
  • Finals: Top two in Semifinal One and Semifinal Two
• Lane choice determined by times in previous round. In first round, lane choice determined by fastest times.
• Drivers who advance in Rounds One and Two will receive 20 points for each round advancement.
• In Round Three, the winner of the race will be declared the race winner and will collect 40 points. The runner-up will receive 20 points. Third and fourth place drivers will be credited as semifinal losers.

Point Standings

Top Fuel
Position	Driver	Points	Points Back	Chassis
1	Larry Dixon	2684	–	Hadman
2	Tony Schumacher	2582	−102	Hadman
3	Cory McClenathan	2551	−133
4	Antron Brown	2460	−224	Hadman
5	Shawn Langdon	2431	−253	Hadman
6	Doug Kalitta	2371	−313	Attac
7	Brandon Bernstein	2366	−318	McKinney
8	Steve Torrence	2289	−395	Hadman
9	Dave Grubnic	2288	−396	Attac
10	Morgan Lucas	2252	−432	Hadman

Funny Car
Position	Driver	Points	Points Back	Make
1	John Force	2621	–	Ford
2	Matt Hagan	2579	−42	Dodge
3	Ashley Force Hood	2449	−172	Ford
4	Jack Beckman	2349	−182	Dodge
5	Bob Tasca III	2395	−226	Ford
6	Del Worsham	2307	−314	Toyota
7	Ron Capps	2284	−337	Dodge
8	Robert Hight	2277	−344	Ford
9	Tony Pedregon	2251	−370	Chevrolet
10	Tim Wilkerson	2242	−379	Ford

Pro Stock
Position	Driver	Points	Points Back	Make
1	Greg Anderson	2591	–	Pontiac
2	Greg Stanfield	2479	−112	Pontiac
3	Mike Edwards	2469	−122	Pontiac
4	Shane Gray	2439	−152	Pontiac
5	Jason Line	2438	−153	Pontiac
6	Allen Johnson	2421	−170	Dodge
7	Jeg Coughlin Jr.	2395	−196	Chevrolet
8	Ron Krisher	2272	−319	Chevrolet
9	Rodger Brogdon	2245	−346	Pontiac
10	Johnny Gray	2200	−391	Pontiac

Pro Stock Motorcycle
Position	Driver	Points	Points Back	Make
1	LE Tonglet	2681	–	Suzuki
2	Andrew Hines	2677	−4	Harley-Davidson
3	Ed Krawiec	2559	−122	Harley-Davidson
4	Matt Smith	2450	−231	Zypher
5	Hector Arana	2442	−239	Buell
6	Steve Johnson	2332	−349	Suzuki
7	Michael Phillips	2327	−354	Suzuki
8	Karen Stoffer	2290	−391	Suzuki
9	Craig Treble	2215	−466	Suzuki
10	David Hope	2176	−505	Buell

Notable events

After 47 years as a driver and owner, Don Prudhomme

Don Prudhomme

Don 'The Snake' Prudhomme, is an American drag racer.-Racing career:In 1962, Prudhomme was a partner in the Greer-Black-Prudhomme digger, which earned the best win record in NHRA history, before switching to Funny Car. He would win the NHRA FC championship four times in his thirty-five-year career...

 announced his retirement from the series.

Funny car driver Mike Neff stepped down as driver to become co-crew chief for John Force

John Force

John Harold Force is an NHRA drag racer, a 15-time Funny Car champion driver, and a 17-time champion car owner. Force owns and drives for John Force Racing. He is one of the most dominant drag racers in the sport with 133 career victories...

, the other crew chief is Austin Coil.

In the first round at Arizona, Antron Brown lost a wheel and crashed into the wall. The wheel struck a female spectator who was killed. Brown was uninjured in the accident. Because of weather conditions, the Pro Stock event at the same meet was cancelled after one round. The eight first-round winners will compete as part of second-round qualifying at the next round.

Just two days after John Force

John Force

John Harold Force is an NHRA drag racer, a 15-time Funny Car champion driver, and a 17-time champion car owner. Force owns and drives for John Force Racing. He is one of the most dominant drag racers in the sport with 133 career victories...

won a record 15th Funny Car world championship, his crew chief, NHRA Hall of Fame member Austin Coil, resigned from John Force Racing. In his announcement, Coil stated he wanted to take at least a year off, but left the door open to a return to racing in 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Official NHRA Drag Racing Podcasts
• Drag Race Central The Latest NHRA News and Analysis