With his ninth victory, Tony Schumacher broke Don Garlits’ record for the most NHRA U.S. Nationals Top Fuel victories. Garlits had won the event eight times (1964, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1985, and 1986) before Schumacher scored his first in 2000 and then won the race nine times over the next 12 years.
