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Record speed of 318.99 mph helps make Dixon the top qualifier for the season-ending NHRA Finals and gives him a one-point lead in the top-fuel standings.
He trails Jimmie Johnson by 73 points entering the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
After an unimpressive beginning, Van Nuys' Dixon is now just one point behind six-time champion Schumacher as he returns to Pomona's Auto Club Raceway this weekend.
Kyle runs out of gas after leading most of the way in the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway and Kurt wins it. Points leader Jimmie Johnson crashes but returns to race and finishes 38th.
After winning Nationwide race Saturday to go with his trucks race win on Friday, the driver will try for an unprecedented triple in Sundays Sprint Cup race.
Johnson all but clinches his fourth straight Sprint Cup season title by avoiding crashes to finish sixth in a full-contact restrictor plate race at Talladega.
Mark Webber hangs on for second place to give Red Bull a one-two finish in the final Formula One race of the season. Overall champion Jenson Button is third.
Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin will start in front as field is set on points.
Johnson's run of trips to Victory Lane ends at five, but he still leads the Chase for the Championship.
He holds off the Nationwide Series points leader on the final lap to win the Kroger On Track For the Cure 250 at Memphis Motorsports Park in Tennessee.
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