NHRA World Finals At Pomona. Champions crowned on a Chamber of Commerce weekend.

It's always exciting when the World Finals come to Pomona and this year was no exception. The only class champion that wasn't crowned on Sunday was Greg Anderson in Pro Stock. He took the title by only needing to qualify so he was given the hardware, the jacket and most importantly, the check on Saturday. Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle were all decided on Sunday with top honors going to Larry Dixon, John Force and LE Tonglet respectively. Hope you enjoy the pictures below. It was a great race weekend!

Here's Erica with Ed "The Ace" McCulloch. Buds.

One of our favorites...V. Gaines. Nice 'gar, V.!

Who's that on the wing of Terry Haddock's Car?

It's Neighborhood Pawn owned by past mayor

of Monrovia and friend Rob Hammond. Very cool.

Buster Baglieri hanging out with Shane Gray's

team. Shane went on to win the event in Pro

Stock.

Larry Dixon...T/F Champion!

"Big Jim" Costanza...a man on a mission.

Larry Dixon's crew chief Alan Johnson.

The head of Tony Schumacher's Army, his dad,

Don Schumacher.

Austin Coil, John Force Racing's main man,

retired after the race and 15 championships.

It all came down to this run for John Force. If

he wins the round, he's champion.

His wife, Laurie, looking up and giving thanks.

He won the round!

15 Time Funny Car Champion, John Force.

Daughter Ashley enjoying the moment...

"Houston, we have a problem..."

Steve Kent in "The Pistonator" Corvette walked

away unhurt.

Check out these numbers. Shawn Langdon, left

lane, upsets Larry Dixon on a hole shot.

What a weekend!!!

Racecar Night At The NHRA Museum Cruise. Hundreds enjoy great weather and awesome cars!

When John Duran of The Cal Rods Car Club invites you to a cruise night at The NHRA Musuem, you know it's going to be an awesome night. And the November cruise was no exception as several hundred hot rods, show cars, race cars and special interest vehicles turned out for this monthly event. If you've not attended one of these cruise nights, you'd better put it on your calendar for next year. The museum is also open during the event but there's no way to see it AND check out the cars all in one night. Go to http://www.nhra.com/ for all the cruise info and dates. See you there!

Bob Williams displaying his championship Wally

for winning the C/Gas title in the NHRA Heritage

Series. Congrats, Bob. But did you really have to

chain it down?

One of the coolest things about the cruise is

watching all the cars pull in. Check out this Vette.

Nice color...

Paul Althouse had his beautiful Camaro out for

the night. His son, Dan, is the pilot and it goes

faster than it looks!

Paul Althouse talking with Jay Payne. Jay doesn't

look like he's buyin' what Paul's selling!

Erica calls her car "Daisy." Enough said.

Raffle and giveaway time...

American Baby Cancer Foundation A Real "Fun-raiser!" A great day (and night) of racing and car show action.

It was an all day and night affair on November 6th as Drag Corner Promotions hosted a fundraiser for the American Baby Cancer Foundation at the Irwindale Dragstrip. Activities included a car show, cacklefest, manufacturer's midway, kids activities, a great line up of exhibition cars and some great bracket racing, Manufacturer's Cup style. Four teams raced in a round robin format to earn points for their respective teams but also for round win prizes. At the end of the night Dale Raymond of Costa Mesa was crowned the overall champion and took home a cool $1,000.00 in cash! Tanner Poe was the other big winner taking the trophy and savings bond money in the jr. dragster category. Thanks to all those who participated and donated their time and money to help make this event such a great success. For more information regarding the American Baby Cancer Foundation go to: http://www.babycancer.org/.

Jeff DeGrandis was the Grand Marshall of the

event. Jeff is the Animation Producer and

Director for Nickelodeon as well as being the

official Ed "Big Daddy" Roth artist. Check out

his website at http://www.dragfink.com/

Driver's meeting....

The most celebrated car in NHRA history,

"The Winged Express."

Teresa had the Dodge R/T on the money all day!

"Girl Power" in the jr. dragster ranks.

Radke on a pass....

Kevin Houmard looking over his son's beautifully

prepared jr. dragster. Kevin's cars are always

show quality AND go fast!

Wyatt Radke on the return road. It looks like

he's on the way to the beach!

Eileen Pandelas in her 1965 Chevelle. Check out

the size of the meats in the back!

Kimberly Nocita had the opportunity to sit in

Bob Hansen's "Wynn's Spoiler" for the cacklefest.

.....Lucky!!!

...the "Kim's eye view!"

l to r, Bob Hansen, Kimberly and Debbie Nocita.

"Lil' Kass Heublein" A crew chief in the making!

One of the event sponsors and good friend,
"Ernie the Attorney" put on a great show for

the fans all day.

Ed Schwartz (l) and Bob Beck did fantastic job

calling all the action on and off the strip.

Marianne Chew and Lynn Christy worked countless

hours on the event and made sure everything

ran smoothly.

Grand Marshall Jeff DeGrandis and his family

being driven in the parade by AJ Nocita in the

"Donutz 1" 1959 Caddy.

Ron Johnson brought out some of his cackle cars.

Here the "Chizler" gets a push down the strip during

the parade.

Gordon "Lug Nutzz" Stewart with one of his

ABCF buds before heading down the strip in the

parade.

Friend of Drag Corner and "The Camfather",

Ed Iskenderian.

Kimberly Nocita did a beautiful job singing The

National Anthem. Her performance could only

be described as prayerful.

As The National Anthem concluded, "TV" Tommy

Ivo's car and the "Chizler" were pushed started

and squared off on the starting line for an exhibition

race, parachutes and all!!

Mike Boyd putting "The Wing" through it's

paces. Awesome.

Long time friend and volunteer Fred Trout

talking with Erica and Kimberly Nocita about

the day's activities.

The MCC event in Barona last June made a fan

of rock drummer Vinnie Appice. Earlier in the

day Vinnie sat in with the band and played a few

numbers that rocked!

Special Award recipient "Mousie" Marcellus with

trophy girl and alcohol funny car driver...that's

right, funny car driver, April Ortiz.

April with Jeff DeGrandis.

Nothin' like a rocket car at night!!!

Once again, Tony Franco in "Terminal

Velocity" set a new track mph at over 219 mph

on the 1/8 mile!! Tony, you're the man!

Tanner Poe, the jr. dragster champion, with

his family. Great job, Tanner!!

Overall champion Dale Raymond with Pete

Baleno and April Ortiz.

Billy "BJ" Stewart in Erica Nocita's '66 Chevy

Nova. Ford guy BJ must have enjoyed the day

and been in a good mood to sit in a Chevrolet.

Thanks BJ and Dale for all your help. What a

day!!!