5:03 p.m. Saturday. Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 14 percent, barometer 29.90 inches, track temperature 84 degrees. The other difference between the March Meet and CHRR is that the first round of eliminations is run Saturday evening prior to the Cacklefest program.

 

 

Before a packed house and under rapidly cooling skies, the first pair up to see who would advance to Sunday were Terry Cox and Rick White.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Both drivers had horrid reaction times but it didn't really matter. White was long gone by the 60' clocks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Cox in another zip code White went to round two with a nice 5.776 at 255.53.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A very rare sight - pulling the front wheels on the burnout.

 

 

 

 

Both drivers left together with Rogers carrying the front wheels past the tree.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fugowie experienced yet another case of serious chunking. The center of both tires eaten right out. Scary!

 

 

At the finish line it was Green with a fine 5.783 at 252.59 and he needed every bit of it as Rogers was right there with a 5.823 at 240.64. Green's MOV: 0.0406 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

 

The next pair was as close to a David vs Goliath deal as you can get. #2 qualifier Brett Harris and the #15 Chevy car of Brendan Murry.

 

 

 

Harris had a full tenth in the bank at the hit. To make matter worse for Murry, his car simply didn't react and could only muster a 1.264 60ft time.

 

 

 

By the 330' mark Harris was a train length ahead and pouring it on.

 

 

 

 

A sterling 5.746 at 261.02 was way more than enough to move ahead. Murry gave up way early and coasted through with a 10.316 at 76.01.

Brendan's a super nice guy and he flat out loves drag racing. It would be a treat for all if he could figure out how to make his combination competitive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This race was over by the 60' clocks. Harris moved first by a tad but could not hold off Murphy's incremental times: 60ft-1.049 sec., 330ft-2.650, 660ft-3.880/202.61mph, 1,000ft-4.911.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the lights Murphy's 5.781 at 257.80 was more than enough to hold off Harris' game 5.912 at 219.24.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next pair pitted Rick Williamson and Mike McClennan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Williamson lost fire as the car was backing to the starting line. He's hustled out of the car and over the wall as McLennan is given the 'single' indication.

 

 

 

 

 

McLennan was on a decent pass until the car started to walk around on him and he decided that enough was enough. Incremental times: 60ft-1.031 sec., 330ft-2.676, 660ft-4.114/153.66mph, 1,000ft-5.755.

 

 

 

Pulling the chute at the 1000' mark slowed McLennan to a 7.573 at 108.22.

 

 

 

 

With the sun rapidly setting in the West, Ed Schwartz and Pete Kaiser did their burnouts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schwartz and Kaiser left at about the same time but Schwartz lost traction early and a pedal job couldn't save the run. Kaiser hiked a right side tire and the car started to wander the lane but for him a slap got control back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kaiser's 5.974 at 250.48 didn't come without a price. If you note the right bank, a piston is already being eaten before the 1000' mark.

 

 

Eaten and digested.

 

OUCH!

 

 

 

The next to last pair in the first stanza was Adam Sorokin and Shannon Stewart.

 

 

 

 

 

Sorokin left first and never looked back (which was a good thing).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By half track Stewart started collecting timing blocks like they were precious gems... orange everywhere!

 

As Styrofoam rained on the Famoso track, the RB Entertainment car followed Kaiser's lead and started eating aluminum like it was Alaska King Crab.

 

 

 

 

 

This race was certainly not pretty but Sorokin got the win with a 6.158 at 177.51. Stewart coasted through with a bent front wing and a big orange block married to the left canard wing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After another clean up the final pair of round one pitted Denver Schutz and Mark Malde. Just when you thought things couldn't get any weirder.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Both drivers had identical reaction times but Schutz was first to the 60' clock as Malde struck the tires before the tree.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schutz was on a great pass when inexplicably he darted to the center line and collected as many timing blocks as Stewart. In two runs the body count was 6 timing blocks that would never see another light beam.

 

 

Schutz was obviously DQed while Malde coasted through thinking - damn, what just happened? I won the race and there's not a drop of oil on my visor!

 

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