Auto Club Finals: A first for Neff; Redemption for Brown, Anderson

Here's your winners of the 2009 Auto Club Finals
Top Fuel: Antron Brown
Funny Car: Mike Neff
Pro Stock: Greg Anderson
Pro Stock Motorcycle: Eddie Krawiec

It was a thrilling weekend in Pomona, one where three first-time champions were crowned, one remained king and ended kind of anti-climatic as all finals featured three foul starts and one disqualification.
Brown scored his first win in the Top Fuel class at Pomona, winning the NHRA's elite class when Spencer Massey left early. Mike Neff, who tuned Gary Scelzi to his only Funny Car title in 2005, scored his first win as a driver when Ashley Force Hood struck the right retaining wall and was disqualified. Anderson, a former champion, who never found consistency this season, ended the year on a high note with a victory, and Krawiec, last year's Pro Stock Motorcycle series champion, recouped some of the disappointment of losing out on the championship by winning in PSM.
Antron Brown: "We got our car turned around this weekend. It was pretty strong all day, and we stepped up in the final. We ran a 4.81. I'm just blessed to be on this team. We just gave it what we thought the track would hold. We gave it all we could and came out on the right side of the fence."
Mike Neff: "I was starting to wonder if we ever we're going to get a win. But it ran good at the right time against (team owner John Force in the quarterfinals) when we needed it to and caught a break in the final. It's pretty awesome. Robert (Hight) winning the championship, Ashley finishing in second and me getting my first win. It really turned out to be a great weekend for us."
Greg Anderson: "I've come here before, after winning the championship, telling myself I don't want to stand on that stage after not winning the last race. It makes the title complete. I don't want to take anything away from (champion Mike Edwards), but there's just someting about winning the last race when you are going to be crowned. I'm the happiest guy going into tomorrow night. It says a lot when you can be the last guy to win the last race of the season."
Eddie Krawiec: "Last year, I was fortunate to come up here and not have the race win and have the championship, but this year I still am a very lucky person to be in here talking about getting the race win and not the championship. It came down to two points. It shows you how important qualifying is. We bobbled a little bit this weekend in qualifying, which ultimately could have cost us. We were trying to keep Hector from getting to that three-round deficit for us, and unfortunately for us, we didn't, and it shows in the end."