While Connie Kalitta's talented NHRA Top Fuel team once again left town with unfinished business, it was business as usual for Tony Schumacher and the U.S. Army Dragster.

Like Schumacher in Top Fuel, Pro Stock's business-like Greg Anderson tightened the grip he has had on the points lead all year (and for that matter, for the last 17 races, since last June 15). He beat nemesis Kurt Johnson in the final round for his third victory in four races this season and his sixth in the last seven.

And Phil Burkart showed that the Checker Schucks Kragen Funny Car team really means business this year. He helped preserve teammate Del Worsham's edge by knocking off three of his four closest competitors while earning just his second career victory and giving GM's new Monte Carlo body its first trip to the winners circle.

This rain-delayed fourth of 23 races in the POWERade Drag Racing Series might be most memorable for Doug Kalitta's desperation dash into the Top Fuel field with drag racing's fastest speed ever recorded at 335.57 miles an hour. He was 17th on the list after Saturday's first qualifying session and had just one more chance to make the field of 16 with the Mac Tools Dragster.

"The car left real strong. I was just trying to keep it in the center of the lane," Doug Kalitta said of his milestone run. "It even sounded good from where I was sitting."

He said the stress of being off the grid after the first and potentially last opportunity of the weekend had him concentrating solely on cracking the lineup. "My knees were shaking," he said. "I was waiting for something to happen -- a 50-cent part could fall off. I was kicking myself for that first run (when he smoked the tires)."

As for the 335.57-mph mark, Kalitta, a Lear jet pilot who owns his own charter airline, said, "There is definitely no airplane that gives you that sensation. It's a good ride. The new Goodyear tire held up. It was like going through the clouds."