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 SUPER COMP
In the Super Comp final, the odds of a Team-Hoosier winner were
not as good as the previous two finals had been. But with the
combination of Mike Ferderer and Hoosier tires, the odds were good
that another Hoosier-clad winner was just a few seconds away.
Ferderer used a .407 RT
over his competition's .416 RT to get the early jump at the light. Both drivers had
nearly identical ET's with only .001 of a second separating the
two at the line. But it was Ferderer with an 8.912 ET on the 8.90 dial
taking the win by approximately 2 feet and giving Team-Hoosier its
third class win of the weekend. SUPER GAS
Todd Stewart took runner-up honors after breaking-out against his
opponent in the Super Gas finals of the 42nd annual K&N Filters
NHRA Winternationals. Both Hoosier Drag Racing Product
Managers Steve Hudspeth and Faron Lubbers were in Pomona to evaluate
the early season performance of the many Hoosier tires used in the NHRA
season opener. Lubbers commented after the
weekend, "It was a great opening event for Team-Hoosier, six
drivers in four class finals with three class victories. Not a bad way
to start the season!" Next up for the NHRA series is the 18th
annual Checker Schuck's Kragen Nationals, February 21-24, in Phoenix,
Arizona.
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POMONA,
CA (February 7-10) -- The 2002 NHRA season kicked off in Pomona,
California, with the 42nd annual K&N Filters NHRA Winternationals.
And while it is a new season of drag racing, one thing remained the
same: Hoosier-shod drivers were making their presence known. Six drivers
using USA-made Hoosier tires made it into the final round of their
respective classes. Those drivers making it to the class finals were:
Steve Federlin and Mark Hentges in Top Alcohol Dragster, Pat Austin
and Bucky Austin in the Top Alcohol Funny Car, Mike Ferderer in
Super Comp and Todd Stewart in Super Gas. 
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
TOP ALCOHOL
FUNNY CAR