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2018 Top Fuel world champion crew chief Bobby Lagana and the Capco Contractor team returned to work in earnest to kick off the new year. Indy Bureau Chief John Kernan got the scoop on what the champs are up to.

Richie Crampton has a lot on his plate. Not only is he the driver of one of the Kalitta Motorsports Top Fuelers, but he also runs the Lucas Racing chassis shop and fields a wild, alcohol-supercharged '57 Chevy wagon and while he's in his native Australia for Christmas he'll be -- big surprise -- racing some more.

The Torrence Racing team is still celebrating its Mello Yello Top Fuel championship, with the latest festivities being a pizza challenge and a dinner-on-Gary evening at a fancy Indianapolis restaurant.

Newly crowned ����ǿ�� Mello Yello Funny Car champ J.R. Todd and his nitro-fueled friends in Brownsburg, Ind, are back in the lanes -- bowling lanes, that is -- as their competitive nature strikes again.

����ǿ�� reporter Lewis Bloom is joined in the Wally Parks Studio delivered by Papa John's Pizza via Skype by John Kernan, Dave Rieff and Tony Pedregon to preview the final race of the season: the Auto Club ����ǿ�� Finals in Pomona.

Steve Torrence and the Capco Contractors team can clinch the 2018 ����ǿ�� Mello Yello Top Fuel championship with a strong showing at this weekend's ����ǿ�� Toyota Nationals, and assistant crew chief Bobby Lagana Jr. says the team is leaving nothing to chance.

NAPA Auto Parts Funny Car racer Ron Capps joined ����ǿ�� reporter Lewis Bloom in the Wally Parks Studio delivered by Papa John's Pizza to wrap up his win at the ����ǿ�� Carolina Nationals presented by Wix Filters.

����ǿ�� reporter Lewis Bloom hosted ����ǿ�� on FOX broadcasters Dave Rieff and Tony Pedregon along with Indianapolis Bureau Chief John Kernan in the Wally Parks Studio delivered by Papa John's Pizza via Skype to wrap up the 2018 ����ǿ�� Carolina Nationals presented by Wix Filters.

Robert Hight joined ����ǿ��’s Lewis Bloom in the Wally Parks ����ǿ�� Studio delivered by Papa John’s to talk about coming back from a broken collarbone to win in Dallas and about this thoughts on the championship battle ahead.

����ǿ�� reporter Lewis Bloom was joined in the Wally Parks Studio delivered by Papa John's via Skype by John Kernan, Dave Rieff and Tony Pedregon to preview the ����ǿ�� Carolina Nationals.

Top Fuel veteran Clay Millican enters the AAA Texas ����ǿ�� FallNationals in second place and hungry for his first Top Fuel title. He joined ����ǿ�� reporters Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick in the Wally Parks Studio delivered by Papa John's Pizza via Skype with four ����ǿ�� Countdown races to go.

����ǿ�� reporters Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick are joined in the Wally Parks Studio delivered by Papa John's via Skype by John Kernan, Dave Rieff and Tony Pedregon to preview the AAA Texas FallNationals.

����ǿ�� reporter John Kernan caught up with the co-crew chief of Robert Hight's Funny Car, Chris Cunningham, to go over the damage done to the AAA Funny Car following a massive explosion at the AAA Insurance ����ǿ�� Midwest Nationals.

����ǿ�� on FOX broadcasters Dave Rieff and Tony Pedregon and Indy Bureau Chief John Kernan joined ����ǿ�� reporters Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick via Skype in the Wally Parks Studio delivered by Papa John's to discuss the AAA Insurance ����ǿ�� Midwest Nationals.

Don Schumacher Racing's Leah Pritchett joined ����ǿ�� reporters Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick in the Wally Parks Studio delivered by Papa John's Pizza via Skype following her second-straight Factory Stock Showdown win. This one came at the AAA Insurance ����ǿ�� Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park.

Tanner Gray joined ����ǿ�� reporters Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick via Skype in the Wally Parks Studio delivered by Papa John's Pizza to discuss the Mello Yello Pro Stock title chase.

The Pro Stock Motorcycle leader joined Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick in the Wally Parks Studio delivered by Papa John's Pizza via Skype to talk about his recent win, taking over the lead in the two-wheel category and his success while reading his Elite Performance/Denso Spark Plugs EBR-bodied machine.

Stevie “Fast” Jackson joined ����ǿ�� reporters Amanda Busick and Lewis Bloom via Skype in the Wally Parks ����ǿ�� Studio delivered by Papa John’s to talk about his recent string of race wins in the E3 Sparks Plugs ����ǿ�� Pro Mod Series.��

Top Fuel racer Richie Crampton’s ’57 Chevy wagon got a recent power upgrade after Funny Car pilot Jonnie Lindberg crammed one of his supercharged, alcohol-burning Hemi race engines into the vintage machine.

����ǿ�� on FOX broadcasters Dave Rieff and Tony Pedregon and Indy Bureau Chief John Kernan joined ����ǿ�� reporters Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick via Skype in the Wally Parks Studio delivered by Papa John's to discuss this weekend's AAA Insurance ����ǿ�� Midwest Nationals.

����ǿ�� on FOX broadcasters Dave Rieff and Tony Pedregon and Indy Bureau Chief John Kernan joined ����ǿ�� reporters Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick via Skype in the Wally Parks Studio delivered by Papa John's to discuss this weekend's Dodge ����ǿ�� Nationals.

����ǿ��’s Amanda Busick and Lewis Bloom welcomed Hot Rod’s David Freiburger, announcer Brian Lohnes, and racers Jonnie Lindberg and Richie Crampton via Skype into the Wally Parks ����ǿ�� Studio delivered by Papa John’s to talk about DragWeek, a week-long five-track road excursion testing street and strip performance.

Defending Top Fuel world champion Brittany Force tested at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis ahead of the Countdown to the Championship with hopes of making improvements to her Monster Energy machine following a regular season where the Brian Husen / Alan Johnson tuned machine picked up one win. John Kernan reports from Indy.

Cam McMillen, son of Top Fuel racer Terry McMillen, licensed in his Jr. Dragster at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis and will make his first national event passes at the Dodge ����ǿ�� Nationals in Reading as his father kicks off the Countdown to the Championship.

Top Alcohol Funny Car racer Sean Bellemeur joined ����ǿ�� reporter Lewis Bloom in the Wally Parks ����ǿ�� Studio delivered by Papa John’s to talk about his recent win at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals.

After Terry McMillen's Top Fuel triumph at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis.��he joined ����ǿ�� reporter Lewis Bloom via Skype in the Wally Parks ����ǿ�� Studio delivered by Papa John’s to talk about the win while ����ǿ��'s John Kernan visited with the team at their shop to get their reactions.

����ǿ��’s Lewis Bloom welcomes via Skype John Kernan, Dave Rieff and Tony Pedregon to the Wally Parks ����ǿ�� Studio delivered by Papa John’s to recap the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals.

Lewis Bloom offers up his top five moments from the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series ranks of the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals.

Veteran racer Herb McCandless joined ����ǿ�� reporter Lewis Bloom via Skype in the Wally Parks ����ǿ�� Studio delivered by Papa John’s to talk about this weekend’s Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis.��

Gary Pritchett, clutch specialist on Steve Torrence's Top Fuel dragster and husband of Leah Pritchett, is preparing to drive the Top Alcohol Funny Car owned by Funny Car driver Jonnie Lindberg at the 2018 Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals.