Brian Beaird Fiatt, IL, (near lane) Bob Lair Lake Mills, IA,
(far lane)
Up next it was the classic dragster versus Funny Car match
up with the father & son team of Mike and Troy Coker of
Carmel, IN, in their "Greenskeeper" dragster with
an injected small block on 50 percent nitro, paired against
Tracy Klingerman in he and his brother Mark's "Fuelish"
'77 Monza Funny Car with a blown BBC on alcohol. Coker won
the match up with 4.82 against the Funny Car as Klingerman
had handling troubles at the hit and came close to crossing
the center line. The final pair of round 1 found Jerry Dronenburg
of Chenoa, IL, in his "23 T" blown 440 cubic inch
altered set, to run Jim Gravitt of Saybrook, IL, in his 1971
Jerry Dawson-built FED with another SBC on 20 percent nitro.
Droneburg took the win light with a 4.83 to Gravitt's off
pace 5.45.
The semi-final round first pair found Beaird taking on the
#1 qualifier Newingham. Beaird had the advantage at the starting
line with an .045 light to Newingham's .290 but couldn't hold
on as Newingham powered on through to the win with 4.60 ET
to Beaird's 4.94. The second pair pitted the #2 qualifier
Coker against Dronenburg. Coker was caught napping at the
light as his quicker, but losing 4.75 could not make up the
difference as Dronenburg got the holeshot win with a 4.86
@ 147 mph.
In the final it was Larry Newingham in the FED over Jerry
Dronenburg's Altered for the 2005 Nostalgia Nationals A/Fuel
title.
PHOTO EXTRA
Mike Hill, Villa Ridge, MO. '53 Studebaker. Mike got out of
shape on his first pass and got into the wall!
Charlie Boyd of Virden, IL, '23 Roadster.
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