Steve Torrence Wins Top Fuel NHRA Traxxas Nitro Shootout

Steve Torrence pockets $100,000

Steve Torrence piloted his Capco Contractors dragster to the Top Fuel NHRA Traxxas Nitro Shootout victory Saturday at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, the world's biggest drag race, at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.

Torrence ran a 3.673-second pass at 329.50 mph to defeat Tony Schumacher's 3.680 pass at 330.31 in his U.S. Army dragster during the specialty event final round to win the $100,000 prize. It was Torrence's third Traxxas Shootout finals appearance and first win.

"This is just the icing on the cake; to go to Indy and be able to race in the Traxxas Shootout," Torrence said. "Thanks to Mike Jenkins and all those guys at Traxxas that put this on. This is an unbelievable deal. When you come out here and you race for 100,000 grand and it's a race-within-a-race, the competition level is at its highest. It's the baddest eight guys in drag racing and when you go up there you have to bring you're a-game every lap and we were able to come out with a win."