10.13.2009 - Indianapolis – Two Ringers’ teams dueled it out in NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Top Fuel finals at Virginia Motorsports Park, with one driver looking for his sixth win of 2009 and the other searching for his first win in over two years.
    Brandon Bernstein faced Mike Ashley Racing’s Antron Brown on Sunday, but Brown ended up smoking the tires, as Bernstein cruised onto a 3.84-second, 307.09 mph pass to end his two-year winless streak.  Bernstein’s win moved him from seventh to fifth in championship points, while Brown maintains fourth.
    Ringers’ supporter Mike Edwards defeated Ringers’ supporting team driver Greg Anderson for his fifth win of 2009.  Edwards’ hole shot win keeps him atop of the Countdown to One in the Pro Stock category, with a 128 point-lead.
    The Full Throttle Drag Racing Series has two weeks off before heading to Sin City and The Strip at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals, October 29 through November 1.
    The NASCAR Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series visited the sprawling two-mile Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.
    On Saturday, the Nationwide Series ran the Copart 300 and Ringers’ supporter Brendan Gaughan was the second highest-finishing rookie of the race in the seventh position.  Penske Racing’s Justin Allgaier recorded a 16th-place finish.
    Allgaier remains the highest rookie in the championship battle in fifth position, while Gaughan is three spots behind him in eighth.
    Sunday, Penske Racing’s Sprint Cup trio took to the track for the Pepsi 500.  All three drivers posted top-20 finishes with Chase contender Kurt Busch and his No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge leading the trio in eighth place; teammates Sam Hornish Jr. and David Stremme finished 12th and 16th, respectively.
    Busch’s eighth-place finish moved him up to the sixth position in championship points.
    Both series head to NASCAR’s hot bed of racing activity, the Charlotte area and Lowe’s Motor Speedway for some night racing!  The Nationwide Series hits the track on Friday night for the Dollar General 300 and Sprint Cup action on Saturday night with the NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America.
    Earlier this season, Gil de Ferran announced his retirement from driving to concentrate on his role as a team owner.  On Saturday, de Ferran ended his professional driving career in style, winning the LMP1 class in the American Le Mans Series at Laguna Seca by a half a second over the second-place driver.
    The IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights Series wrapped up their seasons on Saturday at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida.
    Even though the driver of the No. 26 ARPRO AFS/Andretti Green Racing entry had already clinched the Firestone Indy Lights title, the team was looking to finish out the season on a winning note and they almost did.  They were just a mere 19 inches shy.  His AFS/AGR teammate crossed the finish line right behind him in third in the Homestead-Miami 100.
    The Andretti Green Racing IndyCar teams competed in the Firestone Indy 300 for the season finale; the No. 11 Team 7-Eleven entry led the stable to the finish line in fourth, with the No. 27 Formula Dream team finishing sixth.  The No. 26 Team Venom Energy car exited the race early, finishing 22nd.