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#StumpBob: Has any Sportsman racer won in five classes at the same event?

Has there ever been a Sportsman racer who has won the same national event in five different classes? NHRA historian and statistician Bob Frey cannot be stumped!

27 Oct 2022

Bob Frey

Stump Bob

Another good question … and another one that could be considered a “trick” question (as a lot of them seem to be!). Yes, Dan Fletcher has won in four different classes in Las Vegas, but he has done so at two different events. Fletcher won…

Stump Bob: Which drivers have scored their first round-wins against world champs?

NHRA historian and statistician Bob Frey cannot be stumped!

18 Mar 2022

Bob Frey

Stump Bob

OK ... so, here goes. When Chad Green beat Matt Hagan in Las Vegas in 2021, Hagan was the reigning champion (Hagan won in 2020), and it was the first round-win for Green. And, to date, his only round-win. Including Green, there have…

#StumpBob: Which Top Fuel driver won a national event after failing to qualify?

Which driver won an NHRA national event in Top Fuel after being a DNQ? NHRA historian and statistician Bob Frey cannot be stumped!

29 Sep 2021

Bob Frey

Stump Bob

Well, you must be talking about one of my favorite people, a Drag Racing Hall of Fame member and a guy who drove one of the baddest (if that’s a word) Top Fuel cars of his era: Clayton Harris. At the 1973 Summernationals in Englishtown,…

#StumpBob: How many drivers have competed in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock?

With “Mr. Versatility” Alex Laughlin driving a Top Fuel car at Denver, NHRA historian Bob Frey was asked, “How many people have competed in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock at an NHRA race?” Good question, so here’s what he found.

29 Jul 2021

Bob Frey

Stump Bob

Although nobody actually wrote in to “Stump Bob” with this week’s question, I did have several folks e-mail me about it, so I figure it’s fair game. With “Mr. Versatility” Alex Laughlin driving a Top Fuel car at Denver, I was asked, “How…

#StumpBob: Who holds the record for qualifying No. 1 and losing in round one?

Being the No. 1 qualifier, you're expected to win Round 1 (and many more) at every national event, and while that is often true, there are exceptions to the rule.

16 Jun 2021

Bob Frey

Stump Bob

Obviously, the No. 1 qualifier is expected to win Round 1 (and many more) at every national event, and while that is often true, there are exceptions to the rule. Let’s take a look. In Top Fuel, Tony Schumacher has the most No. 1 spots with…

Stump Bob: Has a Dodge Aspen ever won an NHRA national event eliminator?

The Dodge Aspen owned and driven by NHRA historian and statistician Bob Frey became a long-running joke over the years he served as NHRA's chief announcer, so maybe it's not surprising that fans want to know if Aspens have any on-track success, too.

27 May 2021

Bob Frey

Stump Bob

OK, so this one strikes home. Apparently, my Dodge Aspen (which had 380,000 miles on it and was, it seems, spoken about way too much at the races) is the basis for this question. So… When you think of race cars, an Aspen probably isn’t the…

#StumpBob: Which driver has the most wins at any NHRA national event?

In the latest installment of our new Stump Bob feature, NHRA historian and statistician Bob Frey answers the challenge to name which drivers have excelled at one particular event or track.

06 May 2021

Bob Frey

Stump Bob

Stop me if you’ve heard this before but this could be a trick question. You see, if you wanted to know which driver won the most races at a specific track you would have to figure in the fact that Pomona has hosted two races a year since…

#StumpBob: Which two drivers have shared the winner's circle the most?

With nearly 1,000 national events in the history book, there have been a lot of joint winner’s circles, but which two drivers have shared the most winner’s-circle celebrations?

03 May 2021

Bob Frey

Stump Bob

With nearly 1,000 national events in the history book, there have been a lot of joint winner’s circles, but which two drivers have shared the most winner’s-circle celebrations? This is one of those questions where, if you were in a…

#StumpBob: Which racer has the most low e.t. honors in the Pro Stock class?

Welcome to #StumpBob, a new NHRA.com feature where fans can challenge NHRA historian Bob Frey and his voluminous database on trivia and stats questions. Today he tackles a query about low e.t. honors in Pro Stock and other classes.

28 Apr 2021

Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor

Stump Bob

Surprisingly it's not Bob Glidden. Unsurprisingly it's Warren Johnson, but let's talk instead about Greg Anderson. When Anderson set low elapsed time at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, he moved into second place all-time in…

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