NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

Leading the pack of new winners at at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals was Top Alcohol Dragster champ Bradley Thompson, who drove Tom Conway’s injected nitro dragster to a final-round win over Shawn Cowie, who fouled. Thirty Top Alcohol Dragsters were competing for 16 spots, so just making the field was half the battle, especially after rain reduced qualifying to two sessions. Though qualifying was shortened, the end result was a record 5.352 bump spot, and Thompson was in the thick of the battle with a 14th-best 5.326.

Thompson stayed in the 5.3-second range in the first three rounds, first topping Bill Litton. He then defeated Chris Demke and Joey Severance, who have combined to win the last three TAD season titles.