Schumacher, Wilkerson, Anderson, & Smith win at Mopar Mile-High Nationals

Thanks to the genius idea of the Bandimere family, there was good racing action at the 29th Annual Mopar Mile-High Nationals in Denver, Colorado thanks to a new cooling system that lowers the track temperatures a good 40 degrees at the start of the drag strip.

If you hadn't heard, the Nitro categories (Top Fuel and Funny Car) were only running to 1,000 feet instead of the normal 1/4 Mile (1,320 Ft.) due to the untimely death of Scott Kalitta a few weeks ago in Englishtown, New Jersey.

Road to the Final Round (Pro Stock Motorcycle)

Matt Smith
Round 1: Def. Hector Arana 7.349 @ 181.54 to 7.532 @ 173.56
Round 2: Def. Matt Guidera 7.386 @ 179.25 to 7.419 @ 176.14
Round 3: Def. Peggy Llewellyn 7.370 @ 181.06 to 7.529 @ 176.1

Steve Johnson
Round 1: Def. Junior Pippin 7.352 @ 180.28 to 7.592 @ 171.16
Round 2: Def. Andrew Hines 7.390 @ 178.90 to 7.432 @ 178.17
Round 3: Def. Eddie Krawiec 7.853 @ 169.66 to Broke

Road to the Final Round (Pro Stock)

Greg Anderson
Round 1: Def. V Gaines 7.020 @ 195.87 to 7.075 @ 193.88
Round 2: Def. Jeg Coughlin 7.046 @ 195.70 to 7.065 @ 194.07
Round 3: Def. Kurt Johnson 7.031 @ 196.10 to 7.052 @ 195.36

Allen Johnson
Round 1: Def. Warren Johnson 7.030 @ 195.45 to 7.073 @ 195.90
Round 2: Def. Larry Morgan 7.043 @ 195.70 to 7.062 @ 194.86
Round 3: Def. Ron Krisher 7.050 @ 195.17 to 7.069 @ 194.60

Road to the Final Found (Funny Car)

Tim Wilkerson
Round 1: Def. Ashley Force 4.261 @ 285.35 to 5.082 @ 155.67
Round 2: Def. Mike Neff 4.322 @ 285.47 to 4.410 @ 273.00
Round 3: Def. Robert Hight 4.260 @ 280.84 to 4.316 @ 284.03

Jack Beckman
Round 1: Def. Tommy Johnson Jr. 4.296 @ 292.33 to 4.487 @ 254.57
Round 2: Def. Gary Densham 4.362 @ 281.77 to 4.345 @ 285.71
Round 3: Def. Cruz Pedregon 4.334 @ 290.82 to 4.474 @ 278.46

Road to the Final Round (Top Fuel)

Tony Schumacher
Round 1: Def. Steve Chrisman 4.032 @ 299.53 to 4.353 @ 262.23
Round 2: Def. Doug Herbert 4.041 @ 300.46 to 4.290 @ 231.40
Round 3: Def. Larry Dixon 4.039 @ 300.46 to 4.146 @ 288.95

Antron Brown
Round 1: Def. Rod Fuller 3.995 @ 298.21 to 4.115 @ 277.43
Round 2: Def. Bob Vandergriff 4.259 @ 268.92 to 4.282 @ 261.12
Round 3: Def. Cory McClenathan 4.245 @ 257.73 to 4.236 @ 246.12

Final Round (Pro Stock Motorcycle)

Matt Smith Def. Steve Johnson 7.326 @ 180.74 to 7.340 @ 180.81

Final Round (Pro Stock)

Greg Anderson Def. Allen Johnson 7.024 @ 196.39 to 7.028 @ 195.79

Final Round (Funny Car)

Tim Wilkerson Def. Jack Beckman 4.398 @ 262.23 to 4.661 @ 205.41

Final Round (Top Fuel)

Tony Schumacher Def. Antron Brown 4.007 @ 304.05 to 4.137 @ 276.97