NHRA: Krawiec takes over top spot in PSM; C. Pedregon holds onto FC lead
November 16, 2008 by Texas Motorplex
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2008-11-16
Only one points lead changed hands during a dramatic final day of racing at the 44th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Eddie Krawiec moved around incoming leader Matt Smith to claim the top spot in the Pro Stock Motorcycle category. Cruz Pedregon held off his four points rivals to finish atop the standings in Funny Car.
| TOP FUEL | FUNNY CAR | PRO STOCK | PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE | |||||||||||
| 1 | Tony Schumacher | 2703 | 1 | Cruz Pedregon | 2561 | 1 | Jeg Coughlin Jr | 2523 | 1 | Eddie Krawiec | 2471 | |||
| 2 | Larry Dixon | 2445 | 2 | Tim Wilkerson | 2468 | 2 | Greg Anderson | 2487 | 2 | Chris Rivas | 2466 | |||
| 3 | Cory McClenathan | 2406 | 3 | Jack Beckman | 2457 | 3 | Kurt Johnson | 2450 | 3 | Matt Smith | 2451 | |||
| 4 | Hillary Will | 2405 | 4 | Robert Hight | 2442 | 4 | Mike Edwards | 2388 | 4 | Andrew Hines | 2334 | |||
| 5 | Antron Brown | 2370 | 5 | Tony Pedregon | 2440 | 5 | Jason Line | 2388 | 5 | Angelle Sampey | 2310 | |||
| 6 | Rod Fuller | 2368 | 6 | Ashley Force | 2385 | 6 | Dave Connolly | 2383 | 6 | Chip Ellis | 2284 | |||
| 7 | Brandon Bernstein | 2327 | 7 | John Force | 2303 | 7 | Allen Johnson | 2363 | 7 | Steve Johnson | 2283 | |||
| 8 | Doug Herbert | 2307 | 8 | Ron Capps | 2302 | 8 | Greg Stanfield | 2329 | 8 | Craig Treble | 2270 | |||
| 9 | Doug Kalitta | 2209 | 9 | Mike Neff | 2284 | 9 | V Gaines | 2234 | 9 | Karen Stoffer | 2167 | |||
| 10 | David Grubnic | 2194 | 10 | Gary Densham | 2217 | 10 | Ron Krisher | 2158 | 10 | Matt Guidera | 2156 | |||
| 11 | J.R. Todd | 983 | 11 | Melanie Troxel | 932 | 11 | Warren Johnson | 970 | 11 | Hector Arana | 743 | |||
| 12 | Morgan Lucas | 966 | 12 | Bob Tasca III | 893 | 12 | Justin Humphreys | 937 | 12 | Mike Berry | 514 | |||
| 13 | Bob Vandergriff Jr. | 842 | 13 | Del Worsham | 862 | 13 | Jim Yates | 811 | 13 | Angie McBride | 477 | |||
| 14 | Troy Buff | 478 | 14 | Gary Scelzi | 817 | 14 | Larry Morgan | 790 | 14 | Junior Pippin | 468 | |||
| 15 | Steve Torrence | 372 | 15 | Jerry Toliver | 734 | 15 | Johnny Gray | 722 | 15 | Shawn Gann | 366 | |||
| 16 | Clay Millican | 332 | 16 | Tony Bartone | 615 | 16 | Rickie Jones | 625 | 16 | Wesley Wells | 290 | |||
| 17 | Alan Bradshaw | 311 | 17 | Jim Head | 606 | 17 | Vinnie Deceglie | 300 | 17 | Joe DeSantis | 281 | |||
| 18 | Urs Erbacher | 190 | 18 | Tommy Johnson Jr. | 578 | 18 | Max Naylor | 289 | 18 | Michael Phillips | 218 | |||
| 19 | Steven Chrisman | 185 | 19 | Scott Kalitta | 311 | 19 | John Nobile | 285 | 19 | Peggy Llewellyn | 205 | |||
| 20 | Doug Foley | 164 | 20 | Frank Hawley | 235 | 20 | Steve Spiess | 246 | 20 | David Hope | 183 | |||
| 21 | Luigi Novelli | 123 | 21 | Bob Bode | 200 | 21 | Richie Stevens Jr. | 234 | 21 | Ryan Schnitz | 132 | |||
| T.J. Zizzo | 123 | 22 | Jeff Arend | 188 | 22 | Matthew Hartford | 227 | 22 | Paul Gast | 94 | ||||
| 23 | Joe Hartley | 115 | 23 | Mike Ashley | 87 | 23 | Kenny Koretsky | 201 | 23 | Edward Murphy | 93 | |||
| 24 | Bruce Litton | 113 | 25 | Bob Gilbertson | 62 | 24 | Tom Hammonds | 173 | 24 | Redell Harris | 80 | |||
| Tim Boychuk | 113 | 26 | Matt Hagan | 61 | 25 | Todd Hoerner | 156 | 25 | James Underdahl | 51 | ||||
| 26 | Todd Paton | 83 | 27 | Mark Oswald | 57 | 26 | Dave Northrop | 124 | GT Tonglet | 51 | ||||
| 27 | Mike Strasburg | 71 | 28 | Terry Haddock | 50 | 27 | Ben Watson | 121 | Fred Camarena | 51 | ||||
| 28 | Pat Dakin | 62 | 29 | James Day | 10 | 28 | Bill Glidden | 103 | 28 | Michael Ray | 41 | |||
| Terry McMillen | 62 | Mike Smith | 10 | 29 | Steve Schmidt | 83 | 29 | Darin McCurdy | 40 | |||||
| 30 | Michael Gunderson | 51 | 30 | Jim Cunningham | 60 | Valerie Thompson | 40 | |||||||
| 31 | Spencer Massey | 32 | Lamar Swindoll Jr. | 60 | 31 | Tom Bradford | 31 | |||||||
| 32 | Scott Palmer | 31 | Gordie Rivera Jr | 60 | 32 | Buddy Robinson | 30 | |||||||
| 33 | Mitch King | 20 | 33 | Rob Mansfield | 44 | 33 | James Surber | 20 | ||||||
| Arley Langlo | 20 | 34 | Kevin Lawrence | 30 | 34 | Jim Randolph | 10 | |||||||
| 35 | Rob Passey | 10 | Danny Gruninger | 30 | Mike Kovacevich | 10 | ||||||||
| Craig Smith | 10 | Bob Benza | 30 | Brian DeLong | 10 | |||||||||
| Ron Smith | 10 | John Gaydosh Jr. | 30 | Connie Cohen | 10 | |||||||||
| Terry Haddock | 10 | 38 | Matt Scranton | 20 | Mac McAdams | 10 | ||||||||
| Bob Yonke | 20 | Blaine Hale | 10 | |||||||||||
| Lee Zane | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Buehring | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Hogan | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Rodger Brogdon | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Bob Panella | 20 | |||||||||||||
| 45 | Adam Flamholc | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Jimmy Alund | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Richard Sundblom | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Shane Heckel | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Rickie Smith | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Val Smeland | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Larry Nance | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Gene Wilson | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Erica Enders | 10 | |||||||||||||
