TOP
FUEL - SEMI FINALS
Too many cars,
not enough daylight. After several delays and a drastic drop
in air temp the plug was pulled on Sunday and the final two rounds
of racing would kick off at 11 AM on Monday. Thompson was suppose
to race Adam Sorokin but both cars ended up being towed back
to the pits {by way of the grandstand}. The other two cars towed
back from the staging lanes.
Monday was cloudy
and cool. With less than 100 cars left to run, the pits were
pretty barren. Most everybody who didn't need to be there had
gone home including most of the photographers.
The first
pair was Howard Haight and Denver Schutz.
For Schutz it
was an exercise in futility when he hit the throttle and nobody
was home. The throttle linkage had broken and all Denver could
do is watch Haight motor on down the track.
Not knowing
Schutz was dead in the water Haight legged it to a 5.974 at 230.47.
It was between
Adam Sorokin and Brad Thompson to see who would meet Haight in
the final.
Sorokin
went in deep and Thompson went off red. In an instant the final
was set.
TOP
FUEL - FINAL
Sorokin was out
first and had all the race car he needed to just drive away from
Haight.
We
don't need no stinking pistons.... a stout 5.764 at 241.61 was
more than enough to cash all the chips.
FUNNY
CAR - FINAL
The 32 car funny
car field boiled down to Leah Pruett-LeDuc and long time vet
Gary Densham.
LeDuc had a slight
advantage at the hit and from then on it was Plueger horespower.
Leah
Pruett-LeDuc and Adam Sorokin both put on quite a show at The
Patch - congrats to both.
SPEAKING
OF FUNNY CAR
Our funny car
coverage is extensive (a lot of photos) and consists of random
shots from random sessions and rounds. I ended up with way too
many photos and too little information to do them in any chronological
order. Besides, nobody seems to care.
Page
1 - Session 1 of TF Qualifying
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2 - Session 2 of TF Qualifying
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3 - Round One of Top Fuel
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4 - Round Two of Top Fuel
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5 - Semis & Finals - Random Funny Cars
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6 - More Random Funny Cars
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7 - People, Pits N' Other Cars
