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2015 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Flashback

22 Jun 2016
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Doug Kalitta raced to his second Top Fuel victory of the 2015 season at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock), and Karen Stoffer (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also scored wins at the event.
 
Kalitta earned his 37th victory by powering his Mac Tools Top Fuel dragster past defending event winner Antron Brown in the final round. Kalitta, also the event’s No. 1 qualifier, covered the distance in 3.823 seconds at 322.34 mph while Brown’s Matco Tools dragster lost traction and trailed with a 3.918 at 307.79.
 
Beckman scored his third Funny Car victory of the season by racing past Courtney Force in the final round. Beckman claimed his 18th win with a final-round performance of 4.211 at 301.67 in his Infinite Hero Foundation Dodge Charger R/T while Force’s Traxxas Chevy Camaro SS slowed near midtrack and finished in 4.609 at 199.64. It was Beckman’s second Norwalk win.
 
Anderson took his fourth Pro Stock victory of the season and 78th of his career by holding off rookie sensation Drew Skillman in the final round. Anderson posted a 6.592 at 212.19 in his Summit Racing Chevy Camaro to finish just in front of Skillman, whose bright-red Ray Skillman Chevrolet Camaro clocked a 6.594 at 211.43. Anderson regained the series points lead over No. 1 qualifier Erica Enders, who was upset in the opening round.
 
In only the third Pro final round featuring a pair of female finalists in NHRA history, Stoffer defeated Angelle Sampey to take the Pro Stock Motorcycle win. Stoffer earned her second win of the season and eighth of her career on her Stoffer Enterprises Suzuki when Sampey fouled with a red-light start on her Star Racing Buell.