The third stop of the season, found the Christlieb Race team in Pomona, California. Perhaps one of the most legendary drag strips in the United States, it boasts about being the home of the Wally Parker NHRA Museum. Anyone who watches the NHRA knows what a wally is.

 

 

 

Announcer’s booth at Pomona Raceway at the Fairplex.

 

 

Sharp, new Christlieb Racing T-Shirts were worn by the entire crew over the weekend.

 

 

Caroline,if 200 MPH tape is good enough for NASCAR why not us also?

 

Hurry up and wait. Final preparations are made on the car before 1^st round qualifying.

 

 

A few minutes of downtime before 1^st round of qualifying.

 

 

Hot enough to fry an egg. Hot enough to fry a race car driver’s brain.

 

1^st run ends at 7.51 and a chewed up motor to boot.

 

One dropped valve later leads to a head that looks like a hammer and chisel got after it.

 

 

The piston is in the same shape as the head.

 

 

All the king’s horses and all the king’s men got the dragster back together again.

 

A driver’s view our the front of an A/Fuel dragster.

 

 

There is no sweeter smell than that of burning rubber.

 

 

 

A/Fuel Dragster Christlieb, you are go for launch.

 

 

Zach polishes the wheels before eliminations.

 

 

 

Lizzie helps her dad polish the valve cover.

 

 

Scott eases the car to the line.

 

 

 

 

1^st round of elimination gets off to a good start as Scott takes the hole shot.