2008 Funny Car Fever

The Race

Dale Pulde was the event Grand Marshall. Lee Paul and Lisa honored him with a honorary war eagle metal trophy. They also gave a smaller version to all class of cars except funnies for first place trophies.

Before 1st round the qualified cars were paraded down and staged in front of the stands to let the fans have a close look at the cars... great idea.

Great crowed - a reported 5,000+ paid spectators.

Mike Adams day was over early when Bucky Austin ran a 6.087 to his 6.808.

Veteran Canadian shoe Terry Capp got a single when the “Speed Sport” Barracuda lost fire after the burnout.

By some accounts the Lee Jennings, Leah Pruett match up was the best race of the day.

Pruett drilled Jennings with a .035 reaction time to a way off .328 to get a holeshot win 6.408 to a much quicker 6.183.

Kris Krabill got a single when Sean Dale’s "Shaky Situation" failed to fire.

Round two paired Bucky Austin and crowd favorite Leah Pruett.

This was all Austin when his 5.893 at 232.96 soundly tromped Pruett’s 6.326.

The other semi pair was Kris Krabill and Terry Capp.

In one of the closest races of the event Krabill’s 6.020 at 237.00 nipped Capp's 6.094 at 239.05.

With the sun nowhere in sight, heavily favored Bucky Austin squared off with Kris Krabell for all the marbles.

What promised to be a great drag race was over just after the hit for Austin when he blazed the tires. Krabill legged the “Pedler” to a nice 6.068 at 236.15.

Bonus Shots

On Friday Mike Fuller and Jim Murphy took advantage of a prepped track to do some testing. Mike McClennan was in Fuller's car. They both made two passes, gathered their data, and headed home.