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CAPPS SETS MILE-HIGH E.T. MARK
Ron Capps and the Skoal Racing Green Camaro Funny Car reeled off four
straight four-second runs in the rarified Rocky Mountain air. Two came
during Saturday qualifying and the other pair during Sunday's eliminations.
Had all four times come on Sunday, Capps would have been an easy race
winner. But the string that included a track record 4.949 seconds ended
in a semifinal loss when the tires lost traction against John Force.
Capps was the only one to run in the four-second range on both his
Saturday qualifying runs. What's even more surprising is there had been
just one four-second run (4.990 in 2000) at this altitude track prior
to this year. His qualifying best, 4.970, came on his final pass and
could've been better because the blower belt broke about 300 feet before
the finish line. - Joe Sherk
DIXON'S WIN PUTS HIM BREATHING DOWN BERNSTEIN'S
NECK
Larry Dixon's Top Fuel win moved him a mere three points behind Winston
points leader Kenny Bernstein, who lost in the second round to Doug
Herbert. But the points didn't seem to matter as Dixon took his third
win of the season.
"The points don't matter until that final Sunday of the season," Dixon
said. "I don't care about the points right now, I am just trying to
win races. I've gone into the U.S. Nationals in Indy several times just
a few rounds out of first place and it didn't buy us jack. I just look
at the next race and try and do well and go from there. If we do better
than everybody else, we'll get the points."
Dixon drove the Miller Lite dragster to a 4.844/298.47 against Doug
Kalitta in the final, as Kalitta lost traction and slowed to a 5.364
at 257.24
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