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Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals
Pomona, CA
(November 9-12)

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Tony Schumacher U.S. Army dragster

Pomona, Thursday:  Tony "The Sarge" Schumacher, who drives the U.S. Army Top Fuel dragster, landed the provisional number one starting position here Thursday after the first day of qualifying for the Auto Club Finals at Auto Club Raceway.

Schumacher banked a 4.490-second run at 328.54 mph in the only qualifying session of the day and in the process jumped to the pole position.

"We were a little soft in the middle during that run, so there should be more left in my U.S. Army car," said the defending NHRA POWERade Top Fuel world champion.

"Our intention remains to set the new national elapsed time record for the extra 20 bonus points. We need every point possible if we're going to win the title this weekend."

The Chicago native came into the season finale trailing Doug Kalitta in the standings by 45 points.

"I'm as relaxed as I can be," he added. "We're going to give it our best shot in the coming days, so we'll just have to see how it all ends up."

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