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SUNDAY RACING
Sunday's crowd proved to be a bit more manageable and
less of a "pit party" with hard-core nostalgia fans estimated at 8,500.
There was a lot more gray hair in the stands. The racing was close,
if not a bit confusing in the top fuel eliminator's final outcome, thanks
to the Goodguys "break rule" which states: "Re-insertion goes to low
ET loser of the previous round providing a non-disqualified pass." (I
thought that only happened in Monster Truck "racing.")
In the first round Jim "Holy Smokes" Murphy stunned the
crowd by running low ET and Top Speed of the meet at 5.819/255.24, defeating
Mark Malde. His pass was the quickest and fastest run ever made by a
front-motored top fuel dragster. Pulde and McDaniel were defeated in
the first round and Steiner moved into the second round where Harris
was defeated by Rick McGee driving the Tedford, McGee, & Hester dragster.
(Photo above by Tim Marshall)
Harris (above) showed up again in the semis thanks to
the Goodguys "break rule," and his time he was defeated by Kent Terry
driving the Circuit Breaker dragster. Steiner set both ends of the Goodguys
VRA record in the semi's by running 5.884/248.5 defeating Rick McGee.
The final round should have been against Kent Terry, but Terry lacked
the parts to return, so Harris was back in one more time, thanks to
the "break rule," this time versus Gerry Steiner. (Photo above by Zak
Hawthorne)
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