Sun, 10 Nov 2013, 22:52 PM Auto Club NHRA Finals Special Awards

Courtesy of NHRA Communications

POMONA, Calif. -- Special awards from the Auto Club NHRA Finals.

K&N Filters Horsepower Challenge award ($3,000 to the No. 1 qualifier in Pro Stock) - Mike Edwards, Interstate Batteries / I Am Second Chevy Camaro, 6.530 seconds, 212.23 mph.

Best Appearing Crew - Steve Gasparrelli, 2011 Monte Carlo, Top Alcohol Funny Car, West Covina, Calif.

Best Engineered Vehicle - Jim Greencheck, 2012 Camaro, Comp, Schofield, Wis.

NHRA Best Appearing Car - Jeff Diehl, 2011 Solara, Funny Car, Salinas, Calif.

Strange Engineering Perfectly Strange Performance Awards ($250 bonus to the first racer in Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, and Super Street who wins an elimination round by running dead-on their dial-in or index)
Super Stock: Ken Etter, Jurupa Valley, Calif.
Stock Eliminator: Seth Polvadora, Sun City, Ariz.
Super Comp: Tom McBride, Lakeside, Calif.
Super Gas: Randy Balough, Newbury Park, Calif.