It all comes down to this. A weekend of furious competition awaits NHRA drag racing fans and racers at the season ending AutoClub Finals which are held at AutoClub Raceway Pomona as they have been for decades. Recently I gathered all of the NHRA on FOX crew up to get their championship predictions for the weekend. Who’s leaving with the big trophy? As it turns out, the eight people that participated in this thing had some of the same ideas in a couple categories and vastly different ideas in others.
If you are an NHRA drag racing fan, you likely have your own ideas about who will win the championship money and honors in each of the four Mello Yellow professional level categories. Rather than expound on the how’s and why’s these picks were made, I am simply going to lay them out by person below.
Who’s going to get it right?
Brian Lohnes – NHRA on FOX play by play
Pro Stock Motorcycle – Andrew Hines
Pro Stock – Erica Enders
Nitro Funny Car – John Force
Top Fuel Dragster – Doug Kalitta
Tony Pedregon – NHRA on FOX analyst
Pro Stock Motorcycle – Andrew Hines
Pro Stock – Erica Enders
Nitro Funny Car – Matt Hagan
Top Fuel Dragster – Steve Torrence
Pete Richards – NHRA on FOX Coordinating Producer
Pro Stock Motorcycle – Andrew Hines
Pro Stock – Erica Enders
Nitro Funny Car – Robert Hight
Top Fuel Dragster – Brittany Force
Todd Veney – NHRA on FOX pit producer
Pro Stock Motorcycle – Andrew Hines
Pro Stock – Erica Enders
Nitro Funny Car – Robert Hight
Top Fuel Dragster – Steve Torrence
Lewis Bloom – NHRA on FOX Stat Guy
Pro Stock Motorcycle – Andrew Hines
Pro Stock – Erica Enders
Nitro Funny Car – Robert Hight
Top Fuel Dragster – Steve Torrence
Bruno Massel – NHRA on FOX starting line reporter
Pro Stock Motorcycle – Andrew Hines
Pro Stock – Erica Enders
Nitro Funny Car – Matt Hagan
Top Fuel Dragster – Steve Torrence
Jamie Howe – NHRA on FOX reporter
Pro Stock Motorcycle – Andrew Hines
Pro Stock – Erica Enders
Nitro Funny Car – Matt Hagan
Top Fuel Dragster – Brittany Force
Amanda Busick – NHRA on FOX reporter
Pro Stock Motorcycle – Andrew Hines
Pro Stock – Erica Enders
Nitro Funny Car – Jack Beckman
Top Fuel Dragster – Steve Torrence
Looks like the cast from “West Side Story”…. 🙂