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Larry Dixon had lost lane choice by .001 in his semi-final
race with Tony Schumacher. In the final round Dixon would be racing
Cory Mac, who defeated a "tire challenged" Kenny Bernstein. (photo by
Tim Marshall)
Larry would now get the right lane and crew chief Dick
LaHaie was out checking that lane after each Sportsman car left the
line, he consulted with teammates "Ace" McCulloch and Larry Meyer (above
photo) as both Snake Racing cars had the same lane. But first, it was
time for the Funny Car final pitting Gary Densham and Tommy Johnson
Jr. in the battle of the braintrusts in nitro racing -- Coil, Fedderly,
Medlin, & Prock versus the Prudhomme wizards. Densham left on TJ as
both cars smoked the tires, Densham dropped the blower belt, and TJ
recovered but couldn't catch the Mustang in the lights. Densham picked-up
his third career win, and as he put it, "I've only got 97 more to go,
to beat John Force!" (photo by Zak Hawthorne)
After Don Prudhomme picked up his dropped toothpick from
Johnson's loss, he moved out of the way for the Top Fuel final. The
number one and two qualified cars staged and they left together, but
on the top end Dixon and LaHaie saved the best for last in running low
ET of eliminations 4.639 at 319.29 to McClenathan's 4.738 at 313.88.
Elvis is back and has won Las Vegas, making it three wins for Dixon
and four final rounds this season.
A much more consistent Ron Krisher took on Gatornationals
winner Darrell Alderman in the Pro Stock final. In a tight race Krisher
picked up his fourth career win running a 7.016 to the Dodge's 7.026.
(photo by Tim Marshall)
The NHRA show returns to Vegas in October in what should
be a tight points race this season, but now we know that Elvis is alive,
at least in Las Vegas!
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