5:09 p.m. Weather conditions: relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 29.87 inches, track temperature 81 degrees.

 

The first pair out were not in the show. Rick Rogers and Mendy Fry.

 

 

 

Rogers car left better than session one.

 

And it looked like Fry's team went too far the other way as she smoked the tire before the 60' mark. Try as she did, the car didn't recover enough to make the show. Her 7.766 at 175.88 was a mile off the pace.

 

On the other hand, Rogers stepped up to a 6.104 at 250.34 which would put him in the show.

 

 

Pair two was Jack Harris and Mark Malde and neither were in.

 

 

 

 

Both cars got off the line clean.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harris stepped up to a 5.932 at 230.65 but it cost them a bunch of parts as there was a big flash at about 1000' and the car was rolling away behind a wall of smoke. Malde vanished behind a similar wall of smoke but improved to a 6.135 at 233.03 that would temporarily (key word) put him in the show.

 

 

 

Next out to take advantage of the cooler air was Brett Harris and Troy Green (who was not qualified). Both cars were aggressive on the bottom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was a short fuse in the High Speed car but Green slotted in behind Brad Thompson with the second quick ET and second fastest MPH to this point (5.830 at 251.04). There was a lot of smoke from the engine at the stripe, but that seems par for the course on a good run these days. Harris was about a tenth behind at every mark before he clicked it just after half track to a 6.497 at 164.02.

Next up was Jim Murphy who was sitting # 3 and Rick McGee who was on the outside looking in.

 

Murphy told me they "hopped it up some" and it was sure stout on the leave.

 

 

It appeared that the boys from Exter are still having problems in the clutch can. The car was again soft at the hit.

 

Murphy never missed a lick and the green car fell just short of Thompson's # 1 number with a 5.774 at 257.43 (top speed to this point). McGee was hurting parts at the stripe but a 6.123 at 244.23 put him on the bubble.

 

Pair five pitted Pete Kaiser and Howard Haight.

 

 

 

 

 

Just after the his Haight yanked the front wheels way up in the air to about 330ft and plopped it down and coasting out.

 

Check out the distortion in the right rear tire!

 

 

Kaiser laid down another good number (5.894 at 243.83) but hurt the engine in the process.

 

 

With the bump spot at a 6.12 John Shoemaker had one last shot. Rick White was firmly in the show.

 

 

 

 

At the hit White moved hardest by far.

 

 

 

 

Shoemaker was chasing his ride all the way down as he was really getting looser and looser and he clicked it to a 7.035 at 147.20. No need to unload the car on Sunday.

 

White motored away to improve with a 5.929 at 244.16 and a berth in the top half of the field.

 

 

Before the largest crowd ever at a CHRR out came Scott Mason and Mike McClennan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

McLennan had a chute rattle out of the pack on the burnout and Blake Bowser managed to stop him before he backed up over it. He was forced to just motor on down to the first turnout.

 

 

Mason, with both chutes where they belong, left about as hard as a Chevy can.

 

 

 

Mason appeared to be on a pretty nice lap but lifted at around 1000ft. to a 6.480 at 168.09 which would not improve his position.

 

The seventh pair of session to was Jason Richey and Adam Sorokin who was not in the show.

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing was wrong with either cars leave.

 

 

 

 

Richey went right down the groove to improve with a 5.939 at 228.19.

 

But it was Sorokin who opened eyes as he jumped from # 19 to # 3 with an outstanding 5.816 at 239.61.

 

 

The next pair was another have and have not. Brendan Murry was not in and Shannon Stewart who was secured in the field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the hit it looked like Stewart was doing another burnout. Apparently Bob Richardson put his rotate the earth tune-up into action. Run scrubbed.

 

 

 

 

Murry left okay but the early numbers didn't support a time good enough to qualify.

 

 

 

Murry's Chevy was good for about 1100' and all he could muster was a 6.241 at 220.04. Nonetheless, it was great to see him back in the seat.

The final car to take a shot at the track before Cacklefest was Denver Schutz.

 

 

Schutz had a strong leave and legged it to a 5.901 at 244.03 which was a good number but didn't improve on his earlier 5.88.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st Qualifying Session - Friday & Saturday

Eliminations - Sunday

Eliminations - Sunday Part 2

Funny Cars & All Winners

Randy Walls Fire

Other Cars - Pits - People

 

 

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