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Safety-Kleen's Lang Wins Second Championship

Missing from the final was IHRA World Champion Kenny Lang who wrapped up his second consecutive championship on Saturday. Lang was looking for his ninth consecutive final and fourth consecutive victory, but fell short when his car wiggled against Russo in the semifinals. Despite not going to the final Lang still accomplished what he set out to do and that was win a second IHRA championship."It is great to be able to get back-to-back championships. Winning a championship is something that is so rare and we were able to accomplish twice," Lang said. All Lang needed to do to seal the title was show up and he did just that and more, taking the No. 1 qualifying spot on Friday and advancing to the semifinals on Sunday to run away from a once tight points battle with veteran Ed Hoover.