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. John Force set national records for Funny Car ET at 4.79 and MPH at 324 on his way to the Funny Car title running and 
, Angel Seeling won Pro Stock Bike running and . Mark Osborn won Pro Stock Truck running . and . The victory was made sweeter by Elton Sawyer finishing second and Phil Parsons finishing third, all running . and .
and . Frank Manzo won Alcohol Funny Car running .. by defeating Larry Dixino. Dunn set a new E.T. record in qualifing at 5.03 seconds. Tony Pedregon won Nitro Funny Car running PRESTONE, and , defeating Gary Densham who also runs . Randy Daniels won Pro Stock Truck running PRESTONE. and parade to the
finish line when Elliot Sadler led Kevin Lepage 2nd,Hermie Sadler 3rd, and Kevin Grubb 4th to the checkered flag.Coming in 5th was Phillip Morris who runs .
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Filters. The Alcohol Funny Car event title went to Pat Austin who also runs Filters. and parade to the
finish line when Elliot Sadler led Kevin Lepage 2nd,Hermie Sadler 3rd, and Kevin Grubb 4th to the checkered flag.Coming in 5th was Phillip Morris who runs .
Filters and Spark Plugs. Larry Kopp won Pro Stock Truck and set a record for that class at 7.594 sec. Kopp runs Filters and Spark Plugs.
Sunday October 18,1998 Frank Kimmel has captured the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Championship
driving Larry Clements Advance Auto Parts - Vision-Aire Chevy running Filters and Spark Plugs.
and . In Pro Stock Bike it was Angel Seeling running and winning over Matt Hines who red lit. and
filters in his Atsco/Mopar Truck won his second NHRA Pro Stock Truck title at the Parts America Nationals. Mother Nature won everything else as the event was
postponed by rain till Oct. 16/17th.
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Steve Kinser maintains his lead in the WoO points championship.
and . In Nitro Funny Car it was Dean Skuza defeating John Force who maintains his lead in the Winston Points Championship over Ron Capps.
Skuza and Force run and and as Matt Kenseth led Kevin Grubb and Elton Sawyer to the checkered flag. and . Matt hines continues his dominance of Pro Stock Bike by defeating Angel Seeling to take his 9th event title. Hines also won the "event within the event" Pro Bike Dash to pocket an extra $15K. Both Hines and Seeling run Seeling runs Filters, Seeling runs Spark Plugs. and (1; 3) Filters and Spark Plugs. Filters and Spark Plugs. Craig Eaton won his first pro title in Pro Stock Truck running Filters at the NHRA Nationals. Filters. Tony Pedregon defeated Ron Capps for the Fuel Funny Car crown running and Filters. Filters and Spark Plugs
| NASCAR WINSTON CUP | JEREMY MAYFIELD | |
| NASCAR BUSCH GRAND NATIONAL | MATT KENSETH | |
| ARCA SUPER CAR SERIES | FRANK KIMMEL | |
| WORLD of OUTLAWS SPRINT CARS | MARK KINSER | |
| IHRA TOP FUEL DRAGSTER | TOMMY JOHNSON JR. | |
| NHRA TOP FUEL FUNNY CAR | JOHN FORCE | |
| NHRA PRO STOCK TRUCK | LARRY KOPP | |
| NHRA PRO STOCK BIKE | MATT HINES | |
| NHRA ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR | FRANK MANZO | |
| HOOTERS PRO CUP | MARIO GOSSELIN |
Spark Plugs. Filters. Frank Kimmel, the series points leader finnished second. Kimmel runs and . Filters and Spark Plugs. Kimmel leads the ARCA Super Car points . Filters and Spark Plugs. and final, Frank Pedregon driving the Jim Dunn owned and tuned nitro funny car defeated Dean Skuza to take his first national event title.
Matt Hines won his fifth Pro Stock Bike title of the year running Filters.
Frank Manzo won the Federal Mogul Alcohol Funny Car title running the banner.
Rick Santos won the Federal Mogul Alcohol Dragster title running Spark Plugs. Route 66 Nationals was a smashing success, not in terms of smashing speed records as was Englishtown, but in terms of reaction to the facility. All the comments could be boilded down to this "this is the Best dragracing facility in the country.". As for performance it was a Pro Stock sweep for the home team. or teams were victorious in all three Pro Stock classes. Pro Stock was won by Mike Thomas (7.024/196.39mph) running over Warren Johnson (7.075/194.80mph). When you get left at the line by Warren its usually over but Mike found the performance to overtake him. In Pro Stock Truck it was Larry Kopp (7.772/174.37mph) running over Bill Henderson (7.887/171.55mph) giving Larry his third victory in four outing for the trucks. Pro Stock Bike was won by Matt Hines (7.296/184.02mph) running over Angelle Seeling (7.389/181.37mph) with a red light start. This is Hines third victory of the year. filters and spark plugs. Filters, domminated Sundays eliminations by setting low et for each round, 7.282; 7.292; 7.284 and 7.286 in the final to win over Greg Underdahl and take her first Pro Stock Bike event Championship of the 98 season. Angelle also set a track speed record of 188.73 MPH in the process. Larry Kopp won his second Pro Stock Truck title and extended his points lead by defeating John Lingenfelter. Larrys engine builder Bill "GRUMPY" Jenkins uses Spark plugs to make the horse power for Larrys performance. 
May 17, 1998... Englishtown NJ... NHRA Mopar Parts Nationals, John Force and Joe Amato powered by filters and spark plugs rewrote the record books. In the cool of the New Jersey shore Friday evening Force surprised everyone by blasting the Top Fuel and Funny Car speed record off the record books with a 323.35 MPH run. Force's comment "it scared me". The question was, could he back it up, within 1% as the rules require, with the remaining rounds of the event to be run in the heat of the day? First round Sunday provided the answer when Force ran 323.27 MPH. In the battle of which cars are the "KINGS" of the sport, Joe Amato responded by setting the Top Fuel speed record at 323.50 MPH and ultimately went on to defeat Cory McClenathan in the final round to capture his second in a row Top Fuel event Championship. John Force and the crew chief dream team of Austin Coil; Bernie Fedderly and John Medlen had the final say as Force defeated Jim Epler to take the Funny Car title and set the record at 323.89 MPH with and on board. and . The finish, 2nd Steve Kinser; 3rd Tyler Walker; 4th Stevie Smith; 5th Sammy Swindell; 6th Andy Hillenburg; 7th Dale Blaney; 8th Jeff Swindell. Stevie Smith is currently leading the WoO points with Mark Kinser a close second. and powered Joe Bessey and Casey Atwood to front row starting positions in the Gumout 200. and were used by 26 of the 43 competitors in the race, won by Buckshot Jones using Filters. will sponsor a second NHRA national event. The inaugural Route 66 Nationals will be held May 28 - 31 just outside of Chicago Ill. and can be seen on TNN. For ticket info call 815-722-5500 Filters and Spark Plugs Spark Plugs
May 3 1998... Ennis Tx... NHRA Lone Star Nationals.... John Force a top and performer, took over the points lead in the NHRA Funny Car Championship. Force was runner-up this weekend to Ron Capps at the Lone Star Nationals but captured enough points to take the lead in his quest for his eight NHRA Funny Car Championship Title.
May 3 1998... Ennis Tx.... NHRA Lone Star Nationals.. It was an all final round in Top Fuel when Joe Amato took on Doug Kalitta in a great drag race with Amato winning by virtue of a quicker reaction time of .468 sec. to Kalittas .495 sec. Amato ran a 4.695 sec. e.t. @ 313.58mph against Kalittas 4.686 sec. e.t. @ 312.82mph. Both cars run Filters. Amato runs performers captured two of the pro categories at the NHRA Pennzoil Nationals. Chuck Etchells out peddled Tim Wilkerson in a tire smoking battle for the Nitro Funny Car title, both cars were running Filters. Matt Hines won his third straight Pro Stock Bike title with on board by defeating Angell Seeling. Frank Manzo set a new national record for Alcohol Funny Car of 5.612 sec. e.t. on his way to winning the Federal-Mogul Funny Car title running the banner. Nationals elimination rounds were run on Monday with performers grabbing the glory in three professional categories. Mark Osborne, the number one qualifier, was victorious over Bruce Allen in the final round to take Pro Stock. Larry Kopp set a new national speed record and dominated every round with low E.T. on his way to the Pro Stock Truck title running Filters and Spark Plugs. Matt Hines won the Pro Stock Bike title, his second of the year, running Filters. Filters and spark plugs. powered Jeremy Mayfield to the pole position for the Interstate Batteries 500 at Texas Motor Speedway last weekend. powered 3 of the top 5 qualifiers and 5 of the top 10. Here is how they started.
Jeremy Mayfield 1st
Ward Burton 3rd
Kenny Irwin 4th
Robert Pressley 8th
Gary Bradberry 10th spark plugs and protected by filters.