Doug Kalitta remains undefeated at Sears Point Raceway when he wins his second career title. His first career TF win came at this track in 1998. Kalitta blows by Tony Schumacher in money dash which keeps Schumacher’s final round winless streak in tact -- he is now 0 for 6 in NHRA TF finals. (You know that can’t last much longer!) Schumacher nails down top speed of the meet for 7th time in 1999 -- goes 320.74 mph (track record).

Wild incident in round one of FC sees California’s Chuck Beal beat John Force in huge upset but then blow the body off his car and then veer into Force’s lane. Force takes evasive action but still collides with Beal from behind. Both cars spin out -- Force’s Castrol Mustang suffers minor damage however Beal’s machine is tore up good.

Crash and burn fans are also treated to antics by Jim Head and Jim Epler. Head comes down hard from a wheelstand breaking off a front tire and then rides along the retaining wall in his TF car. He makes repairs and returns. Epler, who "lit it up real good" at Seattle one week before -- has huge blower explosion during a qualifying lap on Saturday. Mega expensive C-5 Corvette body is reduced to fiber slivers. That’s two Corvettes in two weeks == $$$.

Federal Mogul Dragster racing features first time victory for Nevada’s Duane Shields. Shields wins in a walk when scheduled final round opponent Darren Nicholson breaks during burnout. The nitro injected cars dominate performance wise. Rick Henkelman sets low ET at 5.641 secs while JCIT Pontiac Funny Car owner John Costanza take his dragster to top speed with a career best 261.27 mph.

Whit Bazemore get in John Force’s face while making his third consecutive final round appearance driving his new generation Kendall ‘99 Camaro. After placing runner-up at both Denver and Seattle -- Bazemore wins in dominating style with the sleek new car owned by Chuck Etchells. Bazemore wins event from the wire after qualifying low at 4.931 secs. He also sets top speed and low ET of the event (4.876 secs and 310.20 mph). His crew chief Tim Richards is named crew chief of the race. Impressive performance causes some over the shoulder looks from the dominating to this point John Force Castrol camp....

Warren Johnson and his son Kurt enter Saturday as non qualified cars in Pro Stock. But Kurt runs 6.898 secs in first Saturday session to nail down the pole. Warren does not get in until dramatic last ditch evening effort -- running 6.925 secs at the bell which is good for second. If Warren had not qualified it would have been first time in 271 consecutive races. Warren runs 200.77 which is first 200 mph Pro Stock run at the facility. But points leader loses in second round while Kurt is taken out in final by suddenly red hot Jim Yates in Splitfire/Peak Pontiac. Yates runs super consistent during eliminations.