POMONA — It took Doug Kalitta 26 years to win his first NHRA championship. But it only took two years for him to score his second Top Fuel title.

The 61-year-old from Ann Arbor, Michigan, did not even need to pull his dragster out of the team hauler at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip at Fairplex Saturday to claim the title. For the second consecutive day, rain prevented racers from running down the strip at the 60th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.

“This is a dream come true,” Kalitta said. “This is definitely a lot easier. I’ve never had a relaxing Pomona at the end of the year. We always seems to come down to the last race on the last day, but my guys had a nice string of runs throughout the Countdown.

“It’s a huge major deal to win the championship before the last round and before the l

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