ESPN.com · Feb 12, 2019
Doug Kalitta, Robert Hight, Bo Butner winners at Winternationals
POMONA, Calif. -- Doug Kalitta, Robert Hight and Bo Butner were victorious at the NHRA season opener.
Kalitta took home the Top Fuel victory with a 4.014-second pass at 269.29 mph in his Mac Tools dragster, defeating defending series champion Steve Torrence in the final round Monday. The finale was postponed a day because of rain.
After qualifying in the seventh position, Kalitta took down Scott Palmer, Billy Torrence and Terry McMillen on the road to victory.
Hight powered to the Funny Car win with a run of 3.881 at 329.75 in his Auto Club of Southern California Chevrolet, taking down Jack Beckman.