NHRA

National: Goodyear Racing final report

LAMB, VANDER MEER WINNERS IN VEGAS ON GOODYEAR TIRES LAS VEGAS, Nev. (April19, 2010) -- Justin Lamb is no stranger to winning drag races. The youthful college student won his seventh NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series national event Sunday when ...

Edited: Apr 21, 2010, 7:19 AM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

LAMB, VANDER MEER WINNERS IN VEGAS ON GOODYEAR TIRES

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (April19, 2010) -- Justin Lamb is no stranger to winning drag races. The youthful college student won his seventh NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series national event Sunday when he captured the Super Stock category victory in the SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Lamb was one of five drivers to race to victory on Goodyear tires at Las Vegas. The others included Dick Vander Meer (in Super Comp), Larry Dixon (Top Fuel), John Force (Funny Car) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock).

The victory was Lamb's first national win at the facility the Henderson, Nev. resident considers his home track and he was thrilled to get the job done. He called the win one of the biggest of his career.

"It's definitely one of the better ones," Lamb said with a deadpan look.

Lamb (Nampa, Idaho) won the race in his Chevrolet Cobalt, a car he has raced in several categories.

"It was really consistent all weekend," Lamb said of his tire package.

Vander Meer's win was his first in national competition. He won in his fifth final round appearance. He has been racing since 1992 and earned his first final round berth in 1998. In all that time, Vander Meer has always raced on Goodyear tires.

Vander Meer summed up his feelings after the victory with two words: "It's awesome." His dragster was a scene of celebration after the race. Family and friends crowded around the popular winner.

"They were perfect," Vander Meer said of his tires. "The car was deadly, the tires were consistent...The 60-foot times never varied."

The racing surface was hot and slick most of the weekend, which is not unusual for Las Vegas.But both Lamb and Vander Meer overcame the conditions with help from their Goodyear tires.

-source: goodyear racing

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Viber

Previous article Las Vegas: Final top 16 finish order

Next article National: Phoenix events make-up schedule announced

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

Latest news

F1 United States GP live commentary and updates - qualifying

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

United States GP

27 min

F1 United States GP live commentary and updates - qualifying

Colton Herta savours "super special" Austin homecoming as 2027 uncertainty remains

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

United States GP

52 min

Colton Herta savours "super special" Austin homecoming as 2027 uncertainty remains

NASCAR Cup Talladega starting lineup: Chase Briscoe beats Austin Hill for pole

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Talladega II

2 h

NASCAR Cup Talladega starting lineup: Chase Briscoe beats Austin Hill for pole

F1 United States GP: Lewis Hamilton pips Max Verstappen in FP3

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

United States GP

2 h

F1 United States GP: Lewis Hamilton pips Max Verstappen in FP3

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Become a subscriber.
Disable your adblocker.

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts