37th AAA Auto Club NHRA Finals
Pomona, CA. (Nov. 8-11, 2001)
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Results | Photos
Whit Bazemore (near lane) squandered what should have been a certain victory when he red-light in the FC final to Del Worsham. (Bruce Biegler photo)
Kenny Bernstein clinched the 2001 Winston Top Fuel Championship with a resounding performance in the "Bud King". (Bruce Biegler photo)
2001 IHRA TF World Champion Clay Millican proved he could play with the "big boys" of NHRA too with a solid semi-final round placing. (Bruce Biegler photo)
Bruce Allen sped to a convincing victory in Pro Stock to place third in the final 2001 Winston points standings. (Bruce Biegler photo)
History's last ever Pro Stock Truck final round saw Mike Coughlin (near lane) defeat Greg Stanfield. (Bruce Biegler photo)
Don Garlits showed at Pomona driving Gary Clapshaw's dragster but the living legend did not qualify. (Bruce Biegler photo)
Dean Skuza had a strong semi-final round finish at Pomona. He ran his special themed Mopar Parts/Spiderman car once during eliminations. (Bruce Biegler photo)
Angelle Savoie and her husband Nicky share a quiet moment prior to making a run. (Bruce Biegler photo)
The eight best Top Fuel racers in the world participated in Saturday's 17th Annual Budweiser Shootout. (Bruce Biegler photo)
Larry Miner gave fans a preview for 2002 when he debuted his gorgeous new '02 Camaro FMFC at Pomona. (Bruce Biegler photo)
The FMFC final saw former IHRA circuit star Von Smith (far lane) defeat Australia's Steve Harker to earn his first career NHRA title. (Bruce Biegler photo)
Jeff Taylor scored a hard fought win in Super Stock driving his feared SS/BM '01 Pontiac Grand-Am. (Bruce Biegler photo)
Washington's MaryAnn Method prevailed in Stock eliminator driving her B/SA '70 Nova. (Bruce Biegler photo)
Del Worsham was able to "out Whit" the Funny Car field and earn his fourth victory of the 2001 season. (Bruce Biegler photo)
To the drag racing victors -- go the drag racing spoils..... (Bruce Biegler photo)
