Page Seven     In the second qualifying session went off at 11:00 a.m. Sunday. To open it up Jim Adolph carded an abbreviated 6.546 at 182.00 to end his day.     Lee Paul Jennings Jr carded a 6.104 at 239.74 which left him in the long DNQ list.           Claude LaVoie ripped off a strong 5.940 at 223.76 on only the 4th pass on a brand new car which is uniquely powered by a 392 hemi. He and Jack Harris are the only cars using the early model engine set-up.     Bob Godfrey's 6.208 at 215.41 wasn't even close.         On this pair John Hale made a hard launch and had good half-track numbers, but didn't have the muscle to carry it all the way to the line, slowing on the top end. Ed Dougan launched, shook, and pedaled for a 9.308 at 90.75.             Todd Lesenko's 6.126 at 234.61 fell over a tenth short.     Dwayne Patton's first and only run netted him a 6.285 at 227.56.   Steve Romanazzi was off his pace only managing a best of 6.461 at 191.77.       Nathan Sitko shut off after the burnout. Back to Canada for the Tachman bunch.   Jerry Kumre Jr. way off at 7.029 at 219.61. Jack Wright ran 6.154 at 227.96 which was OK but not nearly enough.         Dale Pulde did not improve nor make the show with a 15.832 at 60.18.   4.02 at 310   Jeff Bennett Runs 6.173 at 225.22 which was not even close to the bump.   Gary Densham stepped up with a 6.066 at 229.29 but that would fall short.           Jeff Utterback ran a nice 6.016 at 238.47which was close but no cigar.       Josh Crawford ripped off a 5.994 at 239.74 which put him in the quick eight. Craig Michael's 6.130 at 228.94 sent him packing.         Cruz Pedregon jumped into the #6 spot with a stout 5.964 at 247.72. John Powers carded a nice 6.056 at 243.24 but that also missed the 5.99 bump.           Dennis La Charite was also unable to break in with a best of 6.213 at 242.26.         Mike Savage really moved up with a nice 5.947 at 239.10 while Nate Bugg had all kinds of problems.             Chris Krabill improved his position with a great 5.872 at 242.52 while Mark Sanders missed getting back in with a 6.058 at 237.09.           On his second and last shot Austin racked up a 5.870, but it didn't count because he clipped the 1,000-foot timing reflector.       In his final attempt Bateman lost traction, pedaled, smoked 'em again. You think these guys may be a tad off in the can? This is one of the worst cases of tire shake ever seen on a NNFC.     Aaron 'Army' Armstrong completed his licensing runs Friday night, so this was his first qualifying attempt in the "Jungle Jim" Camaro. He went "bowling for cones" at half track, so the run does not count. It was an off-pace 6.96.         FINAL FUNNY CAR QUALIFYING ORDER   1 611 Garrett Bateman, Tacoma WA, '72 Mustang 5.848 234.37 2 732 Chris Krabill, Orange CA, '78 Arrow 5.872 242.52 3 617 Bucky Austin, Fife WA, '77 Arrow 5.889 233.40 4 6800 Claude D. LaVoie, Sherwood Park AB, '72 GTX 5.940 223.76 5 400 Mike Savage, Tucson AZ, '70 Barracuda 5.947 239.10 6 666 Tim Boychuk, Edmonton AB, '77 Firebird 5.956 247.11 7 71 Cruz Pedregon, Brownsburg IN, '78 Arrow 5.964 247.72 8 7429 Josh Crawford, Oakdale CA, '69 Mustang 5.994 239.74 ------------ Not Qualified ------------ 9 735 Jeff Utterback, Santa Monica CA, '74 Vega 6.016 238.47 10 7800 John Powers, Phoenix AZ, '76 Camaro 6.056 243.24 11 6006 Mark Sanders, Maple Valley WA, '70 Nova 6.058 237.09 12 782 Gary Densham, Bellflower CA, '69 Camaro 6.066 229.29 13 756 Nate Bugg, Orange CA, '71 Barracuda 6.093 235.84 14 724 Dale Pulde, Sylmar CA, '77 Trans Am 6.095 226.24 15 520 Dennis La Charite, Rolling Hills Estates CA, ' 6.102 218.65 16 720 Lee Paul Jennings Jr, Hilmar CA, '72 Camaro 6.104 239.74 17 7130 Todd Lesenko, Cave Creek AZ, '73 Camaro 6.126 234.61 18 7925 Craig Michael, Las Vegas NV, '72 Satellite 6.130 228.94 19 7140 Jack Wright, Oakhurst CA, '70 Challenger 6.154 227.96 20 730 Jeff Bennett, Menifee CA, '69 Camaro 6.173 225.22 21 748 Bob Godfrey, Moreno Valley CA, '69 Camaro 6.208 215.41 22 496 John Hale, Addison TX, '69 Camaro 6.276 186.48 23 256 Dwayne Patton, Visalia CA, '69 Camaro 6.285 227.56 24 797 Stephen Romanazzi, Visalia CA, '77 Firebird 6.461 191.77 25 7188 Jim Adolph, Valencia CA, '68 Camaro 6.546 182.00 26 625 Nathan Sitko, Edmonton AB, '71 Mustang 6.873 150.45 27 7571 Mike Halstead, Fontana CA, '68 Jeepster 6.931 160.65 28 713 Jerry Kumre Jr., Rohnert Park CA, '71 Mustang 7.029 219.61 29 781 Mendy Fry, Aliso Viejo CA, '72 Duster 7.131 137.09 30 739 Ed Dougan, Brea CA, '74 Camaro 9.308 90.75 31 117 Aaron 'Army' Armstrong, McClure PA, '71 Camaro DQ     2:28 p.m. - Fire the First Pair of Funny Cars   This one between Cruz Pedregon and Kris Krabill was all Krabil, first off the line and then pulled away to win by over two car lengths. His 5.907 at 243.24 sent Cruz off to Las Vegas.   In his first race in a funny car Claude LaVoie's 5.945 at 239.61 was a very good number but not good enough to better Mike Savage's 5.899 at 240.57.       Pair two in round one was Garrett Bateman and Josh Crawford the results of which were well chronacled on the first funny car page.     The other first round shocker was Bucky Austin's car jumping up in the air smoking the tires as soon as he hit the throttle. The Canadian based ride of Tim Boychuk, tuned by Roland Leong this weekend, stormed right down the lane for the 6.025 at 242.13 win.         The table turned for Boychuk in round two when Krabell left first and never looked back going to the final with a 5.921 at 243.90.         After winning the wild round one race with Garrett Bateman, Crawford carded a 5.888 at 240.83 win over Savage's game 5.936 at 241.41.     Crawford moved on to the final as covered on the previous page.   Page 1 - Top Fuel Quaifying Session 1 Page 2 - Top Fuel Quaifying Session 2 Page 3 - Top Fuel Elimination Round 1 Page 4 - Top Fuel Eliminations Round 2 Page 5 - Top Fuel Semis & Final Page 6 - Funny Cars part 1 Page 8 - Everything Else     Members Site Map || Visitors Site Map Site Copyright Ewald Enterprises, 1998-2009. All Rights Reserved. WDIFL.com is a Left Coast Graphics  Web Property. Return to Top