After seven consecutive finishes in the top 10 . . . 326.91 mph by Tony Schumacher, Park Ridge, Ill., Oct. 1999, Ennis, Tex. Baytown 324.05 mph . . . Auto Zone Winternationals, Fairplex. O'Reilly Nationals, Houston.
Every sport has it's patriarchs.
Stock car racing had Bill France Sr. And drag racing has Wally Parks, who formed the National Hot Rod Association in 1951. It was . . . NHRA 2000 points TOP FUEL 1. Cory McClenathan . . .