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N.H.R.A. FINISH LINE PREVIEW
Back in action after a week off this week we bring you the results of the running of the 29th Annual MOPAR Mile-High N.H.R.A. Nationals being held July 11th -13th, 2008 at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colorado which is just West of Denver. With this race we begin the first race of the Western Swing which is comprised of three races in as many weeks and it’s a true test for drivers and their crews. The drivers were hit with some new changes and the biggest was the fact that temporarily the nitro classes, Top Fuel and Funny Car, will only race to the 1,000-ft. mark instead of the traditional 1,320-ft. mark or quarter mile. The N.H.R.A. has established this in an effort to review all options in order to make the sport safer after the loss of Scott Kalitta. Most drivers and crews hope to return to the full quarter mile shortly. As it is for now, no new records can be established in these classes as all are based on a quarter mile run and have been since the N.H.R.A. was created. Other changes were the mandatory new frame for the Funny Car class and both Top Fuel and Funny Car must run the new Goodyear tire. In qualifying, Pro Stock Bike rider Ed Krawiec set the new Track E.T. Record with a 7.328 E.T. And in Pro Stock driver Greg Anderson set the new Track E.T. Record with a 7.010-E.T. Come race day and we have another beautiful day for racing. We managed to have another Track record set in Pro Stock as driver Greg Anderson re-set the Track MPH record with a 196.39-mph. Here are your winners;
SUPER COMP
DRIVER E.T. (W) Kyle Lawrence 9.522 (L) Terry Edwards 9.492
STOCK
DRIVER E.T. (W) Brad Burton 11.529 (L) Jim Hughes 11.596
SUPER STOCK
DRIVER E.T. (W) Justin Jenkins 10.515 (L) Neal Rhodes 10.842
COMP ELIMINATOR
DRIVER E.T. (W) Lou Ficco Jr. 7.722 (L) Steve Holloway 7.030 PRO STOCK BIKE
DRIVER E.T. MPH (W) Matt Smith 7.326 180.74 (L) Steve Johnson 7.340 180.81
PRO STOCK
DRIVER E.T. MPH (W) Greg Anderson 7.024 196.39 (L) Allen Johnson 7.028 195.79
FUNNY CAR
DRIVER E.T. MPH (W) Tim Wilkerson 4.398 262.23 (L) Jack Beckman 4.661 205.41
TOP FUEL
DRIVER E.T. MPH (W) Tony Schumacher 4.007 304.05 (L) Antron Brown 4.173 276.97
So we now have the 13th stop of the POWERade Championship season in the record books. It was the first race held under the new 1,000-ft. for the fuel categories and we hope that the N.H.R.A. returns to the quarter mile shortly and in the process comes up with ideas to make the sport safer to be a part of for them. We would like to give a big THANK YOU to all the fans for their support and for choosing the N.H.R.A. as their sport. We would like to give the N.H.R.A. Safety Safari a HUGE THANK YOU for all their hard work on and off the track to get an event in such as this. Please join us next weekend as we’ll bring you the results of the running of the 21st Annual Schuck’s Auto Supply N.H.R.A. Nationals being held July 18th-20th, 2008 at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Washington which is just East of Seattle. It’s the second stop on the Western Swing. Hope to see you there!
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