Densham wins US Nationals

— -- CLERMONT, Ind. -- Gary Densham won the 50th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals on Monday, his second win of the season and eighth of his career. Densham also won the Skoal Showdown bonus event on Sunday. By winning both events, Densham earned a $50,000 double-up bonus on top of the nearly $200,000 he pockets for the two victories. "To be able to win both the race and the Skoal Showdown is just incredible," Densham said. "I'll probably get thrown out of the NHRA for picking their pocket, but it was worth it. I came to the 25th U.S. Nationals without a lot of money, but I just had to be here. It was the biggest race and now it's even bigger." Densham's Ford covered the quarter-mile in 4.890 seconds at 317.64 mph. He beat Cruz Pedregon's Chevy Monte Carlo, which smoked the tires before halftrack and slowed to 6.479 seconds at 147.15 mph. Tony Schumacher, Greg Anderson and Antron Brown also won. Schumacher's Top Fuel beat Doug Kalitta to earn his seventh victory this season and 18th of his career in the U.S. Army dragster. Schumacher went 4.597 at 323.66 to beat Kalitta's 4.621 at 316.45. Anderson earned his 13th win of season and 29th of his career by beating Kenny Koretsky in the Pro Stock final. He turned in a 6.839 pass at 202.09 to cover Koretsky's 6.870 at 201.37 in a Dodge Stratus. Brown went 7.213 at 185.77 on a Suzuki to earn his second Pro Stock Bike victory of the season. He beat Shawn Gann's 7.238 at 185.74 on a Suzuki.