12 Down, 6 to Go in CD10
 

Two-thirds of the way through the regular season the seat is starting to get awfully hot for a couple of drivers on the bubble, most notably Funny Car’s Robert Hight and Cruz Pedregon.

Hight, a perennial championship contender from the John Force Racing stable, has yet to get any semblance of traction this season and he finds himself 55 points off the playoff pace with six races to go.

Cruz Pedregon, the defending NHRA Full Throttle Series champion, got on a mini-run to get inside the Top 10, but with six races left he finds himself in a tie for 10th with rookie Matt Hagan.

Two drivers with championship aspirations at the Auto Club NHRA Finals last November are now, just six short months later, in the fight of their lives just to get in the playoffs.

Hight would like to follow the lead of teammate Mike Neff, who is coming off of a No. 1 qualifier at the Summit Racing NHRA Nationals and consecutive quarterfinals after a semifinal run at the United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals to move all the way up to ninth place.

The situation is much less precarious for JFR teammate Ashley Force Hood, who took over first place with her semifinal finish at the Summit Racing NHRA Nationals.

In Top Fuel, Larry Dixon moved into second place with his third win in four races and Clay Millican maintained a two-round cushion over Joe Hartley for the 10th and final playoff berth in TF.

In Pro Stock, Jeg Coughlin became the first driver to clinch a playoff berth and Warren Johnson inched up to ninth place.

In PSM, Andrew Hines won for the first time in ’09 to move up to second place.

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Top ten points earners advance to the Countdown to 1
Drivers whose names are grayed out have been eliminated.
   
 
Top Fuel
Pos.  Driver Change Points
1 Antron Brown - 938
2 Larry Dixon +1 885
3 Tony Schumacher -1 882
4 Brandon Bernstein - 848
5 Cory McClenathan - 702
6 Spencer Massey +2 669
7 Shawn Langdon - 666
8 Morgan Lucas -2 664
9 Doug Kalitta - 540
10 Clay Millican - 502
11 Joe Hartley  -
460
12 Terry Haddock  -
280
13 Troy Buff  -
240
14 Steven Chrisman  -
184
15 David Baca  -
127
16 Urs Erbacher  -
124
16 Del Cox Jr.  -
124
18 Bobby Lagana Jr.  -
122
19 Chris Karamesines  -
102
20 Mike Strasburg  -
92
21 Rod Fuller  +4
88
22 Terry McMillen  -1
63
23 Todd Simpson  -1
62
23 Pat Dakin  +8
62
23 Michael Gunderson  -1
62
26 Luigi Novelli  -
61
27 Bob Vandergriff Jr.  -3
54
28 Scott Palmer  -
52
29 Steve Faria  -2
50
30 T.J. Zizzo  -2
42
30 Tim Cullinan  +6
42
32 Doug Herbert  -2
33
33 J.R. Todd  -2
31
33 Kevin Jones  -2
31
35 Andy Carter  -1
30
36 Rob Passey  -1
20
37 Tim Boychuk  -1
10
37 Arley Langlo  -1
10
37 Todd Paton  -1
10
 
 
 
Pro Stock
Pos.  Driver Change Points
1 Jeg Coughlin - 1072
2 Mike Edwards - 1004
3 Jason Line +1 896
4 Greg Anderson -1 861
5 Allen Johnson - 738
6 Greg Stanfield - 660
7 Ron Krisher +1 594
8 Kurt Johnson -1 585
9 Warren Johnson +1 492
10 Richard Jones -1 484
11 Johnny Gray  -
442
12 Larry Morgan  -
400
13 Rodger Brogdon  +1
282
14 Justin Humphreys  +1
270
15 Steven Spiess  -2
267
16 David Beckley  +1
262
17 V. Gaines  -1
247
18 Tom Hammonds  -
200
19 Jim Yates  -
189
20 Ronnie Humphrey  -
133
21 Dave Northrop  -
122
22 Erica Enders  -
100
23 Ryan Ondrejko  -
72
24 Bob Benza  +1
50
25 Dave Connolly  -2
41
26 John Gaydosh Jr.  -1
40
26 Mark Hogan  +2
40
28 Tom Martino  -1
31
29 Jerry Haas  -1
30
29 Gordie Rivera  -1
30
29 David River  -1
30
32 Steve Schmidt  -
20
32 Mark Buehring  -
20
32 Bob Panella  -
20
35 Ben Watson  -
10
35 Kevin Lawrence  -
10
35 Frank Gugliotta  -
10
35 Joe Swindoll  -
10
 
 
   
 
Funny Car
Pos.  Driver Change Points
1 Ashley Force +1 872
2 Tony Pedregon -1 854
3 Ron Capps - 847
4 Jack Beckman +2 729
5 Del Worsham -1 727
6 Bob Tasca III +1 680
7 Tim Wilkerson -2 657
8 John Force - 631
9 Mike Neff +2 595
10 Matt Hagan - 577
10 Cruz Pedregon  -1
577
12 Robert Hight  -
522
13 Jim Head  +2
385
14 Jeff Arend  -1
376
15 Jerry Toliver  -1
375
16 Bob Bode  -
212
17 Gary Densham  -
167
18 Mike Smith  -
62
19 Brian Thiel  -
42
20 Terry Haddock  -
41
20 Andy Kelley  -
41
22 Daniel Wilkerson  -
33
23 Cory Lee  -
31
23 Jack Wyatt  -
31
25 Justin Schriefer  -
20
26 John Lawson  -1
10
 
 
 
Pro Stock Motorcycle
Pos.  Driver Change Points
1 Ed Krawiec - 624
2 Andrew Hines +1 554
3 Matt Smith -1 506
4 Craig Treble - 459
5 Douglas Horne - 454
6 Matt Guidera +1 412
7 Hector Arana -1 394
8 Shawn Gann +1 325
9 Karen Stoffer +1 319
10 Steve Johnson -2 307
11 Michael Phillips  -
245
12 Angie McBride  +2
231
13 Junior Pippin  -1
201
14 Wesley Wells  -2
179
15 Mike Berry  -
175
16 David Hope  +2
137
17 Joe Desantis  -1
134
18 Bailey Whitaker  -1
132
19 Louis Tonglet  -
62
20 Katie Sullivan  -
61
20 Redell Harris  -
61
22 Ryan Schnitz  -
51
23 James Underdahl  +2
41
24 James Surber  -1
20
24 Darin McCurdy  -1
20
26 Fred Camarena  -1
10
26 Kenneth Van Buren  -1
10
26 John Sachs Jr.  -1
10