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ADRL at Huntsville
Burton Auxier's
hot-and-cold 2006 season got downright frigid in the Huntsville heat; the battle-scarred St. Louis-winning '53 'Vette only barely qualified for the Pro Nitrous field with a 4.41/166 and then stumbled against Jamie Hancock in the opening round. Words and Photos by Bret Kepner
6/19/06 When it's 99 degrees
and the sun doesn't set until after 9:00 p.m., it must be
summertime in Alabama. However, the brutal conditions at George
Howard's Huntsville Dragway didn't deter great racing, some
massive upsets and 58 entries during two days of action at
the American Drag Racing League's fifth stop of the 2006 Flowmaster
tour. While performances were stifled by the air, the diversity
of the assembled contestants made up for the lack of world
records seen at early-season ADRL events. Here, then, are
a few of the machines which comprised "The Rest of the
Story" at Huntsville.
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Josh Hernandez's
weekend started with a great 4.13/183 timed trial in the heat
but late chutes nearly renamed the car Dr. Moon's Maize; only
deft driving kept the '68 Camaro out of the cornfield at the
end of Huntsville Dragway. After telling ESPN cameraman Steve
Upshaw the car was fine, Moon and Hernandez returned with
a 3.98/186.13 for Top Speed of the Meet!
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