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A bent adjuster on Will Stevenson's torque arm had Dan and Kevin making the trip up to the shop for some late night repairs. Rob Wells and crew were also hard at it last night repairing a burned piston in his top qualifiers OL 10.5 Mustang. They got it fired up around 1 AM, he will have a bye in round one.
Real street has Ronnie Wilson on a rail this morning with a 5.19 @ 134 on his earned bye. Eugene Rodriguez did his job on the tree to take out Chris Owens turbo powered ride, Owens is sporting fresh paint here this weekend. James Binns made repairs to his broken driveshaft but fell to John Fernandez's 5.36. Aaron Gramer pedaled it to a 5.41 after getting into a wheel stand on a single.
Tony C had a nice 4.03 on an easy first round win. Hill had low ET with a 4.01
Hutson ran a 3.92 to take the win over Eric Edelmann. Careccia laid down another stellar pass with a 3.79 @ 192 Gilmore shut off early in a loss to Steve Bush's 4.36 @ 161
Tony Johnson had a opponent broke bye and ran a 4.56 @ 174.
Round Two Notes
Ronnie Wilson ran a 5.25 in a win over Rodriguez who smoked the tires. Troy Fredrickson put up a 5.29 @ 132 to get around John Fernandez. Aaron Gramer lost to Shearin’s .008 light sending the truck on the meet Rick Losee in the semi.
Christians 4.05 @ 185 kept him out front of Kenny Burgess. Halvor Hansen Jr. went red handing the round to local racer Jon Adams. Mike Hill went red as well in an upset win for Chris Mendola. Anthony Russo had a bye after brushing the wall after the finish line in round one.
Careccia had another single after his first round over Ron Logal, this one was a 3.76 @ 193. Alberigi ripped off a 3.97 to take out Tom Wirth and Hutson drove right by Steve Bush with a 3.92 @ 187.
In Outlaw 10.5 Rob Wells just got around Bill Futch with a 4.34 to Futch’s loosing 4.37. Danny Lowery got lucky as Jake Carlton slept on the tree winning with a 4.61 to the quicker 4.49. Lynch ran a 4.32 on a single and will match with Johnson in round three after taking out Conrad Scarry with a 4.39 @ 183.
Mike Schmidt put up a 4.73 to get around Meiring’s .015 light and will have a bye into the final. Rodney Cambell did his job but they have been fighting tire shake and Newell got the win with a 4,81 to 4.91. Eddie Whitlow took down Jimmy Hall with a 4,79.
Mel Nelson has slowed in todays heat but is going rounds, beating Archie Marasco 4.69 to 4.99 in Archies first 4 secind pass and personal best. Opaleski got the win over Big Lo Graham in a red light for him. Both cars rana 4.96 and Et seperated by .001. Husted took down Pirez in a close race, 4.83 to 4.90 with Pirez getting the holeshot. Markcwhich went red as well against Stevenson by .001 throwing away his quicker 4.83 @ 154.
Round three of Real Street Ronnie Wilson getting the win over Troy Fredrickson but he lost a driveshaft and passed up the scales giving troy the win. Shearin didn't make the call with Losee giving him a bye to the final. Troy Fredrickson gets the Real Street win with a 5.52 to Losee's 5.79 pedal job.
Mel Nelson took down the last nitrous car with a 4.78 @ 162 to Opaleski's 4.92 @ 151. chad's father Andrew has been tuningthe car for a while now and the consistancy is showing now. Husted and Stevenson were the other pair left but husted didn't make the call and Stevenson went down easy to save parts. In the final Stevenson would get away forst with a .062 light but it wasn't enough to hold off the turbos 169 MPH top end charge. 4.74 for Nelson, 4.78 for Stevenson in a close race.
Top Qualifier Mike Schmidt had a bye to the final running a 6.27. Eddie Whitlow drove around Newell with a 4.77 to the loosing 4.84. The final had eddie out first with a .026 light but that wasn't good enough to hold off Schmitd's 4.71 @ 154 MPH run.
Tim Lynch put up a 4.32 @ 182 in the semis to get by Tony Johnson's roots blown Camaro despite his perfect .000 light. Wells and Lowery faced off in the other pair with Wells running a 4.51 to Lowery's off pace 7.60 shut down run. Nearly identical reaction times for Wells and Lynch in the final with Lynch having a .002 advantage. Lynch ran another 4.32 @ 183 while Wells lost traction at half track slowing to a 4.79.
Tony Christian ran a nice 4.07 @ 183 to beat Jon Adams' 4.29 @ 169. Anthony Russo left first on Mendola with a .012 but his 4.57 was not enough to hold of the Sipple power in chris Mendola's Camaro. In the final Mendola would be out first with a .091, Tony had significant ET advantage going in and his 4.20 @ 176 was enough to take the win.
Eddie Careccia had a close race with Alberigi in the semis driving by with a 3.92 @ 91 to 3.98 @ 188 despite loosing the wing early in the run. Hutson red lit on her single and ran a nice 3.85 @ 189. The final would get interesting as Careccia had no wing to aid in planting the tires ont he top end. Melissa would get away first with a nice .025 and running a 3.82 @ 189, her light was enough to hold off Careccia's 3.79 @ 196 for top MPH of the event.
