Instead
of qualifying eight cars as was done in the
Top Fuel division, only the quickest four
fuel alts made the "A" main. Three
of those top four qualifiers made five-second
laps to qualify, led by Ron Fassl's New Age
altered which torched the competition by
setting Top Speed and Low ET at 5.505/269.78.
He then went on to win the four-car elimination
beating Gary Read in the final with a 5.472/267
lap that buried Read's troubled 10-second
pass.
Also different from the Top Fuel field was
the fact that the Fuel Altered class actually
offered three races. In addition to the "A" main
for the four quickest cars there were two
more consolation races.
Randy Eakins, driving his '37 Fiat Topolino
from Nevada won the "B" main over
Las Vegas racer James Generalas's '23 T-Bucket,
6.376/240 to a 6.46/213.32. [Ed. Note: We're
not sure but we think these were "real" fuel
altered cars not "transformers."]
The "C" Main winner was Texan
Mitch King who drove his "Transformer" to
a 5.906/235.23 win over Oregonian Dave Hix,
who ran a 6.092/235.78. This was actually
a closer race than it shows on paper as King
cut a .227 light and Hix a .090.
| AA/FA
QUALIFYING |
| 1 |
Ron Fassl |
23-T |
5.505 |
269.78 |
win |
| 2 |
Gary
Read |
|
5.539 |
264.00 |
RU |
| 3 |
Greg
Daebelliehn |
48 Fiat |
5.914 |
245.49 |
1rd |
| 4 |
Jeff Diehl |
48 Fiat |
6.046 |
246.84 |
1rd |
| 5 |
Dave Hix |
32 Bantam |
6.128 |
227.84 |
|
| 6 |
Stephen
Neese |
34 Ford |
6.227 |
194.84 |
|
| 7 |
Mitch King |
23 T |
6.292 |
175.19 |
win B main |
| 8 |
James
Generalos Jr. |
23 T |
6.379 |
209.10 |
|
| 9 |
Randy Eakins |
37 Fiat |
7.047 |
165.07 |
win C main |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top Speed |
Ron Fassl |
267.41 |
|
|
|
Low E.T. |
Ron Fassl |
5.447 |
|
|
PRO MODIFIED
The Pro Mod eliminator program had just
eight cars entered but, with the field evenly
divided between nitrous cars and blown cars
and featuring NHRA Pro Mod regulars Wayne
Torkelson, Dennis Radford and John Scialpi,
it offered plenty of entertainment for the
'slammer fans in the stands.
