Torrence wins Top Fuel finals at Summernationals

Finally, Steve Torrence slowed Antron Brown in an NHRA drag race.

Torrence entered Sunday’s Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J., having lost 22 of 23 rounds to Brown, but he reversed the trend with a victory in the Top Fuel finals.

Torrence ran 3.857 seconds to Brown’s 3.932 seconds — a margin of 36 feet — to win the event for the second year in succession and the third time overall. Torrence upped his season total to three wins and his career total to 11 wins.

Jack Beckman also slowed Ron Capps’ Funny Car run, beating him in the finals. Capps has won four events and now has two runner-up finishes, and he lost this finals by a close margin — 4.1 seconds to 4.143 seconds.

Beckman scored his first win of the season and the 25th of his career.

Greg Anderson won yet another Pro Stock event, beating Vincent Nobile in the finals of this one. Nobile got off the starting line quicker, but he lost by 11 feet, or 0.0362 seconds.

Anderson has won this event eight times, including three times in a row. His career win total increased to 88, with two coming this season.

Jerry Savoie won the Pro Stock Motorcycle title after Hector Arena Jr. got a slow start (.111 seconds). The win was Savoie’s first of the season and the seventh of his career.