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VIDEO NOTEBOOK: SPENCER MASSEY WINS DENVER

126 views · Published 25 July 2011 · 2:37 · Indexed 29 September 2026

Channel: CompetitionPlusTV · 2011 · Sports

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When Spencer Massey replaced Cory McClenathan in the Fram Top Fuel dragster at Don Schumacher this season, it turned some heads.

After all, McClenathan was an established NHRA star. Massey has not succumbed to the pressure.

The young driver is carving out his own successful path in 2011 as he has won three national events, the latest being the Mopar NHRA Mile-High Nationals Sunday at Bandimere Speedway.

Massey beat his teammate Tony Schumacher, a seven-time world champ, with a 4.150-second lap at 269.67 mph. Schumacher came in at 4.255 seconds at 266.95 mph. Both drivers smoked the tires just past half track.

"I'm just ecstatic," said Massey, who now has five career NHRA Top Fuel wins. "The final round was just kind of crazy because it went out just past the eighth-mile and it started smoking the tires. I was sitting there going through my head, do I pedal it? Do I grab the brake? I thought no, I will just keep my foot in it, and hopefully that belt will stay on and that Gates belt did. It must have put out a cylinder or two, but it actually started hooking back up and I never saw Tony and the win light came on and I started going crazy."

This was Massey's third win of the season as he also scored victories at Topeka, Kan., and Englishtown.

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