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Sayonara TNN
Television viewers of the Topeka show were undoubtedly moved a tad when announcers Eli Gold, Frank Hawley, and Steve Evans bid adieu to that network's coverage of NHRA drag racing. Evans said that, in his case, after 700 races (18 years), the chutes have been pulled at TNN. NHRA race coverage will now be seen on ESPN. All three of these guys belong in drag racing coverage, somehow, someway.

How About Them Ramblers?
Would you believe that both Super Stock and Stock went to AMC products? Scott Pearson's Super Stock AMX defeated past Federal-Mogul champ Dan Fletcher to notch his second NHRA event win of 2000 (he won Brainerd) and first-time winner Bub Miller's Spirit bopped James Paul's Plymouth to grab Stock. It's been a long time since two Ramblers have carted off "Wallys" at an NHRA national event.

Taken Aback? Cory Mac?
According to a very reliable source, the MBNA/Cory McClenathan Top Fuel deal is over at the end of the year. This same source found out that MBNA wanted to back a NASCAR car and went to team owner Joe Gibbs. Gibbs was flattered that they asked, but he told the potential sponsors that given the fact that team driver Bobby LaBonte was No. 1 in NASCAR points and Tony Stewart was right up there in the top five, that MBNA could not be accommodated. Gibbs offered them an associate sponsorship, but from what we hear, MBNA was not satisfied with that. Ohhhh, drag racing ... whatever are we gonna do?

AHRA Beats NHRA
A couple of legendary Midwest doorslammer racers met in the final of Super Gas-Bryan Folk versus Bill Mitchell. In the days of AHRA, Mitchell was a certifiable hitter in Stock Eliminator and was even a World Champion. Folk, of course, is a member of the legendary Folk family of racers who got their start in big-time bracket racing at Byron (Ill.) Dragway's Bracket Nationals.

In the final, Mitchell was inexplicably late and could only manage a .406 to Folk's blistering .405. Mitchell ran a pedestrian 9.909 but won anyway when Folk broke out with a ridiculous 9.891. Kind of makes you wonder how either one of these guys ever won a race, doesn't it?

BLOWER OVERDRIVE
IHRA Top Fuel points contender Paul Romine and tuner Clayton Harris made the show at Topeka in the number 14 spot with a 4.816/299.36. The only reason that effort is worth a note is that they did it with 25% overdrive on the supercharger, when most of the other Top Fuel teams were at 40% or higher. The team was getting ready for the upcoming IHRA events where they are restricted to just 25% overdrive by the rules.

"It's a two race deal there for the championship and we used this race to get a better tune-up," said Romine.

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