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Once Glidden was eliminated, he turned his attention to
tuning Derrick Smith's 2001 Holcomb Motorsports Mustang, which uses
a Glidden-prepared engine between its Jerry Haas-built chassis rails.
Smith went to his first career final at Silver Dollar last season, but
the Georgia-based driver was still looking for his first event win.
He started off by trailering Chuck Samuel in the opening round, then
took out Floyd in the semis to reach his third career final round.
On the other side of the ladder, Michigan native Don Walsh
Jr. used a holeshot to get his turbocharged entry past Brandon Switzer
and enjoyed a bye run in the semis when Mangrum's car had an oil-pressure
problem on the starting line. In the final round, Walsh laid a .050
holeshot on Smith, but was forced to momentarily lift before reaching
half-track, which slowed him to 7.111 secs at 193.09 mph and allowed
Smith to barely scoot past at 7.005 secs and 197.06 mph for the win.
"The left lane has a pretty big bump in it right where
the concrete ends and it really got loose," Walsh explained after making
his first pass in that lane all day.
"That was my worst light of the whole weekend," Smith
complained about his .501 reaction. "But that's why lane choice was
real important here. I knew Don (Walsh) would be quick on the start
-- he always is -- and it just seemed like the right lane was just a
little better all day."
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| Georgia's Derrick Smith said he was thrilled
to win his first NMRA Pro 5.0 race in front of so many friends and
family members at Silver Dollar Raceway and thanked new sponsor
Jackie Jones Ford and Pennzoil for their support in 2002. |
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| Five-time MSD Super Street Outlaw champion
Mike Murillo, who was runner-up at the NMRA's first 2002 race a
month earlier at Bradenton, FL, bettered his finishing position
by one at Reynolds, GA. Murillo marched through a strong 16-car
field to meet up with James Blair in the SSO final, where he ran
8.011 secs at 176.22 mph, while Blair had to shut down early. |
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Super Street Outlaw runner-up Jim Blair said
he hears one of just two reactions from die-hard Ford fanatics when
they learn he's drag racing a genuine 1995 Mustang Cobra R: "That's
awesome!" or "Are you f***ing crazy?!" Blair said his car is one
of only about 220 produced that year and explained the "R" stands
for "race," so for $45,000 from the factory it came with no back
seat, no radio, no power accessories, and no warranty. It took about
two years and many more dollars to convert it to race-ready, Blair
said, and at Reynolds -- in only its third outing -- the rare beast
established a new NMRA SSO elapsed time record. Blair went 7.806
secs at 180.86 mph in qualifying, then officially backed it up with
a 7.879 at 179.03 in the second round of eliminations.
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