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The Skoal Funny Cars raced each other and both of them
had problems off the line. The car that made the wackiest run (Ron Capps'
green car) won, and then did pretty much the same thing in the final
- and won again! None of John Force's Team Castrol Fords even made it
into the semi's.
Bruce Allen and Tom Hammonds, Pro Stock finalists at Chicago,
both failed to make the field at Columbus. They weren't alone - there
were 49 cars trying to make the 16-car field! Based on e.t., if you
lined up the qualifiers there would have been less than 10 feet separating
them. Jim Yates, Warren Johnson and Ron Krisher are the only Pro Stock
drivers to make each race so far this year.
Darrell Alderman and Mark Whisnant (photo) tried to burn-down
each other on the starting line in their semifinal match-up. Starter
Rick Stewart just pulled up a chair and waited. Alderman won that particular
contest and was first to the finish line, too, but couldn't hold his
edge in the final round.
Pro athletes usually say "Hi, Mom," but every race winner
thanked his father at Columbus this year.
Weird.
PRO STOCK
ANDERSON GETS SECOND PRO STOCK WIN
Greg Anderson drove a Chevy Cavalier to the Pro Stock
championship by defeating Darrell Alderman in the finals at the 38th
annual Pontiac Excitement Nationals. It was the second win for Anderson
this season and the fourth of his career. It also marked the 100th Pro
Stock victory for Chevrolet.
"To get the 100th win for Chevrolet is too cool," said
Anderson. "To come against a Dodge in the final is even better. You
do not want to lose in the final round when you have something like
that on the line."
Anderson posted the quickest e.t. of the last qualifying
session on Saturday night running 6.882 seconds. That put the 41-year-old
Concord, N.C. resident in the No. 5 starting position on race day. After
defeating Larry Nance in round one, the hard-charging Anderson drove
his Chevy Cavalier past Ron Krisher in round two and points-leader Jim
Yates in round three before taking out Alderman in a classic Chevy-Dodge
grudge match for the event title. Anderson's numbers in the championship
round were 6.924 seconds at 199.05 mph. Alderman slowed to a 11.094
e.t. after breaking a transmission shifting into second gear.
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