

2 qualifier, and by the conclusion of Sunday’s action, he had extended his points lead by two rounds. Ultimately, Anderson raked in more bonus points than anyone else and was the No. In-coming points leader Anderson was clearly having none of that, though, and he started the weekend at Maple Grove Raceway, the first race of the Countdown, by claiming seven bonus points as one of the fastest cars in qualifying. It’s a fresh page, a clean slate, and it’s an opportunity for anyone to emerge as a leader. The points are reset, bringing the top competitors into a tight bunch and erasing any sizable lead that one may have over the other. It was a great day today, and to get and Hendrick Automotive Group the win was really special.”Įveryone knows that the Countdown to the Championship can change everything.

You have to keep doing what you’re doing, and you can’t give up. “I kept dropping the ball after winning Atlanta earlier this year, I couldn’t seem to get the job done, but you have to keep going. A lot of things happened today, and we tied Warren Johnson, how about that? I respect the heck out of him I learned a ton from Warren, and to be tied now – this just feels fantastic. “I don’t know where to start,” said Anderson, who claimed the 97th win of his Pro Stock career with a final-round defeat of Erica Enders. This weekend, though, all of that changed as Anderson won the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway to tie Warren Johnson as the most winning Pro Stock driver in NHRA history.
