 
Sunday - Eliminations
- Round 1
The first pair
of the first round matched up Brad Thompson with fellow Californian,
Brendan Murry.
Contrary to the
huge crowd on Saturday, the stands were not so full on Sunday
Next year the NHRR will be held Thu, Fri Sat for a shot at better
eliminations attendance.
Both
cars had good launches....
Early
on Murry held his own and continued to give Thompson a race.
In spite of carding
his best time of the weekend, Murry's 6.11 was no match for Thompson's
5.909 at a whopping 255.82 (top speed of the meet).
Next
out was Rick Rogers and Denver Schutz.
Schutz
left first leaving Rogers to play catch-up.
At half
track Rogers got loose and had to pedal.
With Schutz heading
for a sure win it was his engine that didn't do its job losing
a rod at the 800' mark allowin Rogers to pass and card a 6.006
at 243.50.
Pair
three matched Roger Lechtenberg and Ernest McClain.
Radar
left first and never looked back.
Lechtenberg's
5.959 at 244.16 was more than good enough to move on.
The final
pair of the opening staza pitted Howard Haight and Troy Green.
Haight
left first and had the better early numbers.
This was all
Haight who carded a nice 5.913 at 250.13. Green's 6.064 at 239.95
left him a few car lengths short.
Sunday - Round
2
With the relentless
sun getting hotter by the minute, shade was at a premium and
everyone was at the point of just wanting to get the race over.
Towards that end, the first pair in round two was Lechtenberg
vs Rogers to see who would go to the final.
Both
drivers left together on their way to one of the closest TF races
of the meet.
Radar maintained
a short lead to score a 6.014 at 239.95 win over Rogers' game
6.097 at 235.80.
In the other
round two pairing Thompson had to face the always tough Howard
Haight. Thompson had lane choice.
At the
green both cars left as one.
At the
330' mark both cars were virtually welded together.
Sacrificing some
aluminum in the process, Thompson's 5.959 at 255.63 edged out
Haight's game 6.028 at 240.81.
Top
Fuel Final
In line for yet
another final at Bowling Green. In the other lane would be Roger
"Radar" Lechtenberg in Dale & Kat Surh's "Orange
Crate". Roger is the only non-HSMS driver to win a NHRR
(2003).
This is the way
a race should end with the #1 and #2 qualifiers meeting for the
title.
Lechtenberg
was away first and had some strong early numbers.
The Next
out was Brad Thompson.
With still a
nose in the lead, the Orange Crate did the one thing nobody expected
-- it smoked the tires and in spite of a nice pedal job, Radar
could not come close to catching Thompson.
Thompson carded
yet another five second run (5.921 at 250.23) to rack up the
teams 6th NHRR championship. Lechtenberg stopped the clocks with
a 6.306 at 237.00.
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In
no particular order, here are some random shots from the weekend.
Friday
Qualifying - Page 1
Sunday
Eliminations & Other Cars - Page 3
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