Other Winners - Bonus Photos

 

 

Kin Bates dominated the A-Fuel program besting Gerry Wheeler in the final 6.358 at 223.32 to a shut off 7.710 at 122.96.

 

 

 

 

 

Bud Hammer raced up another win the Jr. Fuel defeating Bob Lander in the final with a 7.082 at 185.87 to a shut off 8.255 at 137.93.

 

 

 

 

Mike Smith captured the first win in the newly established 7.0 Pro class by defeating Ken Rappaport 7.106 at 175.74 to a game 7.161 at 191.48.

 

 

AA/Gas saw another repeat winner in Sean Renteria who got the best of an out of shape Mike Leonard in the final 6.772 at 209.20 to a losing 9.201 at 96.94.

 

 

 

The old vet Jess Sturgeon captured the NE-1 crown by defeating Dan Schrokosch with a perfect 7.600 to a losing 7.603. Can't get no better than that!

 

 

 

The NE-2 champ was Dan See who defeated Jay Huckleberry who ran to quick in the final.

 

 

 

The lone female champ was Linsey Lister in NE-3 who got the best of Mike Brock in the final.

 

 

 

Brad Chafee took all the marbles in A-Gas by defeating Ray Martin in the final 7.799 0.199 to 8.104 0.504.

 

 

This was obviously a good weekend for red cars as the B-Gas winner was another Chevy II driven by Jerry Jahnsen who got the win early when Jim Teague went red.

 

 

 

Jessie Wooton won C-Gas over Doug Petrosky.

 

 

D-Gas winner Mike Williams who got the best of Ed Carey in the final.

 

 

Mike Lawless won Hot Rod in his '65 Karman Ghia over Stacey Staab.

 

 

A good look at the rocker arms on Brendan Murry's new Arias "hemi". Ya think the exhaust arms are long enough?

 

 

Driver Garry Wheeler is out of Wagoner, OK, and this A-Fuel car is out of Grand Prix Auto Parts in Tulsa. Car owner is John Brooks. Garry always puts on a crowd pleasing, furious burnout and ran hard all weekend, going through rounds and racing in the final against Kin Bates.

 

 

Chuck Neal and Rick White

 

Wes VanDusen came down from Edmonton, Canada to spend the weekend with his old friend and partner Terry Capp who was in the seat of the Bubble Up flopper. Wes was with Terry and Bernie Fedderly when they had the Wheeler Dealer Top Fuel and Funny Car.

 

 

 

It was good to see James Warren and Roger Coburn out together with this NE-2 car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The tireless Bob Brown,

 

John Ewald and Dan Kaplain brought you all the great overhead shots on these pages.

 

 

Famoso was packed...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very trick gas powered bumper car.

 

 

 

 

Rick High lived up to his name with this wheelstand in his 7.0 Pro dragster during qualifying.

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a first - backup girl in a mink coat?

 

 

 

 

 

Birky's Bunch lived up to their cowl art the weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page 1 - Session One of Qualifying

Page 2 - Sessions 3 & 4 Qualifying

Page 3 - Round One of Top Fuel

Page 4 - Round Two thru Final

Page 5 - Funny Car Fever