Fifteen drivers attempted to qualify, and the bump was a 5.58 by Trinidad's Rishi Kanick, who made his Top Alcohol Dragster debut this weekend in Sidnei Frigo's old car. "I saw the front of his wing at the 60-foot mark, and it was right there at 330 feet, half-track, and all the way through the lights," said Mercier, who took over the East Region points lead when Gainesville regional winner Richard Bourke and runner-up Rich McPhillips both surprisingly missed the cut. Meyer won by nine-thousandths of a second – the difference between his and Mercier's e.t.s – after they left with identical. "I really didn't expect him to pick up a tenth and make it that close." "I didn't get after it as hard for the final because I was afraid of smoking the tires and beating myself like I did last year," he said. Meyer set top speed in the final at 271.57 mph, eclipsing the 270.86 he had run in a semifinal win over No. "Maybe this year, we'll win the close ones." "If this was last year, I would have lost," said Meyer, who dropped all six of his final-round appearances in 2012 – three at regional events, two at national events, and one at the JEGS Allstars race. Meyer nipped Canadian Dan Mercier in the Top Alcohol Dragster final in the best race of the weekend, 5.321 to 5.330. Randy Meyer got back in the Top Alcohol Dragster winner's circle after a year of final-round futility and Dan Pomponio continued his amazing success in Top Alcohol Funny Car to take over the national points lead. ![]() The former Lucas Oil Stock national champion from Marlborough, Conn., drove his ’96 Firebird to the Super Stock win over James Antonette in 9.654 seconds then returned to the starting line to face David Ficacci for the Stock trophy where he went 10.450 seconds in his ’95 Camaro for the win and the double. – Joe Santangelo pulled the rare double-up at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Virginia Motorsports Park, taking the win in both Super Stock and Stock eliminators. For detailed results, go to Drag Race Central Investors are now looking to the upcoming quarterly earnings seasons in both the United States and Japan for trading cues amid a dearth of other strong trading factors.Results will be posted as soon as they are available. The dollar had edged down 0.1 percent against the yen in early trade to 91.32 yen “The Nikkei may well rise back up over 10,800, but whether it can hold that level depends on the yen.” “Stocks are likely to be relatively solid today after yesterday’s dip, which was a natural adjustment after sharp gains,” said Kenichi Hirano, operating officer at Tachibana Securities. A stronger yen eats into exporters’ profits when repatriated. Market players said the benchmark Nikkei was likely to edge higher but that gains could be limited should the yen strengthen against the dollar after falling broadly on Wednesday. Sony Corp 6758.T will be in focus after it said it will postpone the launch of the latest version of its blockbuster racing game series "Gran Turismo", citing production-related matters, in a potential blow to its videogame operations. ![]() A businessman looks at share prices displayed outside a brokerage in Tokyo December 11, 2009.
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