J.R. TODD WINS ALL-TOYOTA TOP FUEL FINAL IN SONOMA

SONOMA, CA – J.R. Todd defeated Richie Crampton in an all-Toyota final, 3.745-3.806, in front of a sell-out crowd at the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals at the Sonoma Raceway Sunday. The win is the eighth consecutive win for a Toyota Top Fuel driver at the Sonoma Raceway and it’s the 10th for a Toyota driver in NHRA competition this season.

Todd was strong throughout the day in defeating Clay Millican, Antron Brown and teammate Doug Kalitta on the way to his final-round match-up against Crampton. The win was the first of the season for Todd.

“It was a great day,” said Todd after reaching his fourth final round of the season. “Three 3.74s on Sunday in our SealMaster Toyota, that’s pretty stout from Connie (Kalitta) and all of our guys. We’ve been so close so many times this year. What better place to win than in the Toyota Sonoma Nationals, especially in front of all the Toyota guys here cheering us on. This is definitely one of the nicer tracks we go to. We just had a huge crowd all weekend. That’s a testament to Steve Page and his staff here at Sonoma Raceway. Yesterday I was a little down and out. We weren’t very good on Saturday and I was thinking we were in bad shape for race day. But you never count out Connie Kalitta and the boys. They stepped up to the plate big-time today.”

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