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3rd SummitRacing.com Nationals
Las Vegas, NV. (April 4-7th, 2002)

Notes | Results | Photos

Larry Dixon made his fourth straight NHRA Top Fuel final round of the season and won for the third time. (Bruce Biegler photo)

The Funny Car final saw Gary Densham (near lane) pedal his way past Tommy Johnson in a tire-smoking battle. (Bruce Biegler photo)

Tony DeFrank powered by the Super Stock program driving his GT/FA '98 Pontiac. (Bruce Biegler photo)

Todd Paton's great looking "Nitro Fish" Camaro was a big fan favourite at Las Vegas. (Bruce Biegler photo)

The Competition eliminator final saw Brett Brown's Jeep-powered Altered (far lane) hold off Wayne Ramay's A/ND. (Bruce Biegler photo)

Larry Miner upset the TAFC field driving his brand new 2002 Chevy Camaro. (Bruce Biegler photo)

Darren Nicholson drove Larry Edgecombe's Red Line Oil dragster to a convincing victory in TAD. (Bruce Biegler photo)

Easily one of the coolest cars on the Las Vegas premises was the '61 Impala Super Gas car of Tom Hall. (Bruce Biegler photo)

Drag racing at "The Strip at Las Vegas" included an European presence with Sweden's Leif Andreasson competing in TAFC. (Bruce Biegler photo)

Whit Bazemore debuted new Matco Tools corporate colours on the Schumacher Racing Firebird FC. (Bruce Biegler photo)

Utah's Mike Strasburg made his Top Fuel class debut at Las Vegas and just missed qualifying. (Bruce Biegler photo)

Legendary Chris "Greek" Karamasines ran his career best times at Las Vegas but suffered a narrow first round defeat. (Bruce Biegler photo)

Ron Krisher clobbered the Pro Stock field with a dominating event performance driving the Eagle One Chevy Cavalier. (Photo by: "Nitro Nick" Licata)

Lady racer Melanie Troxel returned to the NHRA Top Fuel circuit at Las Vegas and ran well her first race back. (Photo by: "Nitro Nick" Licata)

John Force ran a special edition 25th Anniversary Elvis Presley car at Las Vegas but missed out on his 100th career win. (Photo by: "Nitro Nick" Licata)