Anderson takes zMAX back to back.

Greg doing a burnout

Greg Anderson knew he would have to be at the top of his game to have a winning chance at the Four Wide NHRA Nationals at zMAX Dragway last weekend. Having qualified in seventh place, he fought his way to the final of this unique three-round, four abreast race by being the quickest in each of the first two rounds, where he would race against Vincent Nobile, Erica Enders, and his teammate Jason Line.

As was the case in earlier rounds, this race did not start of without problems, as Erica's scoreboard malfunction gave the erroneous impression that she had won the finals. However, once the NHRA officials reviewed the finish line video (in slo-mo), as is customary, it became apparent that the Summit Racing Pontiac GXP was well ahead at the finish line giving the four-time champion his third home track win and the 72nd of his racing career.

Greg (second from bottom)

"Seeing Jason a car length ahead of me for the whole race, I knew I must have lost to him", said Anderson. "He doesn't red light very often, so I didn't even think of that. I figured I must have been very late, and didn't even bother looking at my win light on the wall. As I came around the corner at the top end I was really bummed, because I was wondering who else might have finished ahead of me. I then saw the TV cameras coming towards me, and realized that I had somehow won."

In Top Fuel, Spencer Massey won by running 332 mph and actually just wanted to go from A to B and make his competitors beat him.

In Funny Car, Robert Hight became just the fifth Funny Car driver to win four consecutive events in NHRA history. His winning run was a 4.076 second pass at 314.83 mph with a reaction time of 0.58 seconds.

The next race will take place April 27-29 at the Royal Purple Raceway, in Houston, Texas.

Thanks for reading.

Source: Doorslammers.com.

Photos courtesy of: NHRA and Drag Illustrated.

Pro Stock's latest gem

For the 2012 doorslammer's season there aren't that many changes to either NHRA or ADRL. Jeg is back in a Mopar and some teams will swap their old Pontiac GXP's for Chevy Camaro's.

One of the first's to do so is two-time Pro Stock world champion (IHRA & ADRL), John Montecalvo. "The Camaro is iconic and I'm excited to see it back at the track in Extreme Pro Stock [ADRL] competition," told Montecalvo. "There's been a lot of talk surrounding the Camaro body, so 2012 should be another exciting year for XPS."

As for those running in NHRA, the KB Racing boys will be the first ones to sport this new body. "We're very thrilled with the opportunity to race muscle cars again in Pro Stock," said Anderson. "It goes back to what they ran when Pro Stock first started."

Back in January NHRA's Tech Department approved a body design for the 2012 Camaro SS which were developed and will be constructed by Five Star Race Car Bodies.

On a side note, there is talk that the new Camaro body did not do as good in the wind tunnel as was expected.

Source: Five Star Race Car Bodies, Dragillustrated, NHRA, ADRL.