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WEATHER DELAY

Rain has delayed the NHRA New England Nationals Funny Car and Top Fuel Finals. They will now run on Friday of Bristol.

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Kenny Bernstein: The King of Speed

If all he ever did was become the first NHRA driver to exceed 300 mph in NHRA competition, Kenny Bernstein's name would forever be etched in the record books, but he accomplished so much more than that. Here's a photographic look at his career with images from the NHRA National Dragster library.
17 May 2020
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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After winning the Bud Shootout Sunday, the team won the U.S. Nationals Monday, and Armstrong plastered Bernstein with a victory-celebration cake.
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If all he ever did was become the first NHRA driver to exceed 300 mph in NHRA competition, Kenny Bernstein's name would forever be etched in the record books, but the Texas native accomplished so much more than that, winning six championships -- four in Funny Car and two in Top Fuel, one of the few to have won titles in both -- and scored 69 NHRA national events wins, In 2000, he was voted No. 6 on the list of Top 50 Racers in NHRA's first 50 years, but his career was far from finished.

From 2000: Kenny Bernstein, No 6 in NHRA's Top 50 Racers