DragChamp Top 10 List – 10/16/24 Edition

Steve Collier dominates the Moser Door Car Duel to lead the DragChamp Top 10 List presented by Laris Motorsports Insurance

10/16/24 – We’ve accumulated the best performers from the past week for the Top 10 List presented by Laris Motorsports Insurance. Read below to see how they ranked.

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DragChamp Top 10 List

1 – Steve Collier

Steve Collier takes the #1 spot this week after an impressive weekend of racing at the Final Call Door Car Duel and the Halloween Hootout at National Trail Raceway. The weekend started at Muncie Dragway with a victory in the Friday Gamblers race. With 2 races on Saturday, Collier took both No-Box entries to the final where he joined the Top Bulb class. He went on to win the $10K along with the FuelTech MVP award. He also earned best losing package awards for his two losses on the day! On Sunday, Collier pulled into National Trail for the Halloween Hootout and won the $4K No-Box class to close out an outstanding weekend. On top of all this, he also won a Top Bulb race the week prior at the Boo Banger race!

2 – CW Hoefer

CW Hoefer lands in the #2 spot this week after an incredible weekend at the NHRA D7 ET Finals. Hoefer qualified his Firebird in three classes for the Race of Champions on Friday. He won the Super Pro ROC, made the semifinals in Pro, and was runner-up in Sportsman. In Sunday’s ET Final main event, Hoefer defeated his wife Sasha to claim the D7 Sportsman championship and earn another trip to the NHRA World Finals.

3 – IHRA World Champions

The IHRA crowned their 2024 World Finals on Saturday at Holly Springs with Scott Wallace winning the Top championship, Justin Minton winning MOD, Jordan Johnson winning Sportsman, and Grady Powell taking the Motorcycle championship. In addition to his World title, Jordan Johnson also won the Sportsman Race of Champions on Friday!

4 – NHRA Stampede of Speed Double Up Winners

The NHRA Stampede of Speed has quickly become a major event on the NHRA Fall tour. With 10 days of racing, bull riding, concerts, and more, racers from across the country ascended on the famed Texas Motorplex. The week began with the finals of the rain delayed Race #2 from the Tulsa LODRS double header. There was also a D4 LODRS event held on Tuesday then the National Event and JEGS Allstars later in the week. Several sportsman racers doubled up during the week with Tom Stalba winning Super Comp in the Allstars and Super Gas at the Fallnationals. He was also a member of the D1 team which won the Allstars. Vince Musolino was also part of the D1 team and he also doubled up during the weeklong event. Musolino took his Top Dragster to wins in the LODRS on Tuesday and also earned a victory in the Allstars race. Joining Stalba and Musolino was Michael Brand who doubled up in his Mustang Stocker. Brand won both the Allstars and the Fallnationals to earn a Top 10 showing.

5 – VMP Triple Threat Big $$ Winners

Virginia Motorsports Park Triple Threat race offered big money throughout the weekend which received a huge turnout. Steve Sisko claimed the first $50K victory on the weekend while Jon Corbin followed him as the Saturday $50K winner. Rick Hustwayte closed out the weekend with a $25K victory on Sunday which also secured the weekend points title.

6 – $20,000 Winners

In addition to the big money winners at VMP, Montgomery International Dragway crowned three $20K winners at the Mike Smith Memorial while Midstate Dragway put on a $20K race of their own. Caden Meuth was the star of the Mike Smith Memorial after winning a Gamblers race on Wednesday then capturing a $20K victory on Sunday. Jeremy Hancock won Saturday’s $20K while Mickey Morris took home the Friday $20K at Montgomery. Matching their feat was Joey Moore who drove his Camaro to a $20,000 payday at Midstate Dragway on Saturday.

7 – Bracket Double Up Winners

Not to be out done by all the big money winners, several bracket racers pulled off double ups of the own last week. David Myhre won the Friday Gamblers race and the Sunday D7 ET Finals at Las Vegas. Marcus King drove his Barracuda to two Gambler race wins at Norwalk last week and added a semifinal in another race. Tristyn Strouse picked up back-to-back wins in Super Pro on Friday and Saturday against a record field of cars at the Hootout at National Trail. Not to be outdone, Texas racer Jeremy Hefler won both Bracket Shootouts at the Texas Motorplex last Tuesday. Hefler earned a spot in the Super Pro and Pro Shootouts and won them both in his unique Subaru bracket car.

8 – NHRA Stampede of Speed Standouts

In addition to the double up winners at the Stampede of Speed, there were several standout performances by racers that made two finals during the weeklong event. Alan Bush drove his Super Street Nova to an Allstar victory and closed the weekend with a runner-up in the National event. Justin Picillo was the Super Stock Allstar runner-up on Saturday and the National event winner on Sunday. Jeremy Demers drove his Super Gas Corvette roadster to a win in the LODRS on Tuesday and a runner-up in the Allstars race on Saturday.

9 – Jake Howard

Texas bottom bulb superstar Jake Howard came within half a “thou” of sweeping the MOD class at the IHRA World Finals. After winning the Race of Champions Friday, Howard made it to the finals on Saturday with the world title on the line. Jake dropped it -.0003 red to earn a heartbreaking runner-up. In the weeks leading up to the World Finals, Jake was runner-up in the IHRA D4 Race of Champions (his 4th straight ROC runner-up), won the IHRA D4 ET Finals, and won a Gamblers race at the Ardmore Dragway Cow Pasture Nationals.

10 – Kholten Fuller

Kholten Fuller closes out the Top 10 List this week after making two Duck race finals at the Mike Smith Memorial. Fuller won in his grandpa’s injected Mopar and was runner-up in his dad’s dragster in the other final.

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