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Dixon took a tenth-second edge with him to the line in
the final round, but it would not be enough. Russell drilled him on
the tree (.468 to .4.90) and outran the points leader to boot, 4.63/314.90
to 4.67/316.38. So now there is another player on the Top Fuel scene.
It is still early in the season, and most of today's Top Fuel shoes
run a bit to the streaky side. Anyone can get on a roll, and right now
the potential streaker is Russell. And with crew chief Wayne Dupuy calling
the shots, Russell could be in contention the rest of the way.
FUNNY CAR
You can't really appreciate just what the funny car field
is up against, in terms of beating John Force for the championship,
until you see it all up close a few times. Force is not having, by anyone's
standards, an overpowering year so far. Yet he leads the points. In
fact, every time someone makes a move to assert themselves, they just
as quickly take a step or two backwards. It was much the same at Topeka.
At the end of qualifying, Team Force held the following
spots - Tony P at #3 (4.88), Da Boss at #7 (4.91) and Gary D at #8 (4.92).
Bruce Sarver stood atop the heap at 4.86, with Johnny Gray close with
a 4.68. Dean Skuza stood a disappointing 12 at 4.88 and early season
hotty Del Worsham possessed the bump at 5.09. Five felt the sting of
the DNQ bug: Todd Paton, Tommy Johnson Jr. (above), Terry Haddock, Bob
Gilbertson and Jack Wyatt.
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Sarver (above) started elims by being welded to the tree
by Worsham, his slightly better 4.91 losing to Del's 4.93. Team Force
took care of biz, with Densham stopping Cruz Pedregon, Tony P beating
dale Creasy Jr, and Da Boss laying one on Whit Bazemore. It's an up-and-down
world when taking on Force, and unfortunately for him, no one knows
it better than Bazemore. Other first round highlights included Dean
Skuza's upset of Ron Capps, and Tim Wilkerson's win over John Lawson.
Team Force got down to it in the second stanza. All three
TF entries advanced, with Densham ending Worsham's day, Da Boss stopping
Johnny Gray, and Tony P edging Frankie P on a holeshot. Non-Force Family
member Tim Wilkerson beat Skuza to complete the semifinal card.
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