Jack Beckman repairs elevators during the week. On the weekends, however, he's a NHRA Funny Car driver and, for the second straight year, has the chance to add another world title to his mantel.

Clay Millican and Rick Ware Racing feel they are NHRA Top Fuel championship-ready and, as such, should be taken seriously within the class.“I think we’ve earned that,” Millican told RACER. “It’s not a team they’re looking forward to racing in the first round.”Millican and his team were in the championship...