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2010 PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE WORLD CHAMPION LE TONGLET

  • Second-generation rider scored first championship
  • Also named 2010 NHRA Rookie of the Year
  • Collected five wins and two runner-ups in season
  • Scored four of those wins in Countdown to the Championship playoffs
  • Compiled 32-12 win-loss record

Top Fuel world champion
Larry Dixon

Funny Car world champion
John Force

Pro Stock world champion
Greg Anderson

Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion
LE Tonglet

Pro Mod world champion
Von Smith

Top Alcohol Dragster world champion
Bill Reichert

Top Alcohol Funny Car world champion
Frank Manzo

Comp eliminator world champion
Al Ackerman

Super Stock world champion
Ryan McClanahan

Stock eliminator world champion
Brad Burton

Super Comp world champion
Gary Stinnett

Super Gas world champion
David Tatum III

2010

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

FOUR-WIDE BECOMES REALITY

NHRA drag racers ran four-wide for the first time in official points-earning competition at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte in March.

GLIDDEN MAKES SURPRISE RETURN

Pro Stock icon Bob Glidden, NHRA’s first 10-time champion and 80-event winner, returned to the cockpit at the NHRA U.S. Nationals after a seven-year absence.

PRO MOD JOINS THE FRAY

After several years of running as an exhibition series, Pro Mod racers were given an NHRA series with a 10-race championship schedule. Class veteran Rickie Smith won the inaugural championship.

‘SNAKE’ ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

After more than 30 years and four championships as a driver and 16 more as a race- and championship-winning car owner, NHRA legend Don “the Snake” Prudhomme announced his retirement from the sport.

2010

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

2010 rookie

LE Tonglet

Louisiana native Tonglet became the third rookie driver to win a championship in NHRA history, joining Frank Hawley (Funny Car, 1982) and Gary Scelzi (Top Fuel, 1997).

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