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James Hancock Jr. knew
he had a chance on the tree in his semi-final
match against Parker, but wound up redlighting
by .011 secs.
In the final, Parker left first with a .020
advantage, but quickly encountered tire shake
and veered toward the right guardwall. He still
managed to put together a respectable 4.46 at
174 mph, but it was no match for Pilcher's 4.13-secs
effort at 177.88 mph in the left lane. "I knew
Dan was going to be a tough customer," Pilcher
said. "He had been making some fast passes all
weekend long and we knew it would be tight,
so we stepped it up for the final and turned
the third stage [of nitrous] on. That was the
first time ever and actually it was a little
bit rich and the car slowed up some."
After a day of constant sunshine and 80-degree
weather, Parker said he thought the track "went
away a little bit" when darkness approached
and the temperature dropped. "The clutch locked
up two-tenths of a second sooner than it had
been all day and when it did that it just kicked
the tires out from under us," Parker explained.
"I actually had to pedal it a bit to straighten
it out and I stayed in it just in case Johnny
had problems, too."
SHOOTING GALLERY
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One of the most evil-looking
Outlaw Pro Mod rides going has to be Bob
Clifford's '67 GTO. Dig those glossy black
flames on a flat black background! Unfortunately,
the Jefferson, GA-based Goat made only one
appearance on raceday, as it fell to Jeff
Ensslin's '54 Studebaker in the opening
round. |
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| Several NMRA Pro
5.0 guys were out testing at the ORSCA event,
including David Hance, from Inwood, NY,
who entered his '02 Cobra in the Outlaw
Pro Mod race, but lost in the opening round
to Thomas "The Beast" Lee. |
Ben Ledford's day came to a premature
end when he suffered this nitrous explosion
immediately upon launching in the second
round of Outlaw Pro Mod action. |
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