Nothing
But Funny Cars
With the race
being canceled on the 17th most of the remaining Funny Car field
didn't come back due a commitment in Tucson. In fact only three
cars came back to vie for the title. And because the Funny Car
program was so fractured I'll start at the end with the final
and then just post Capps wild ride and some of the best shots
of the weekend.
Funny
Car Final
The odds on favorite
was Jason Rupert in his Mert Littlefield tribute car who broke
every one's back in qualifying with a 5.693 @ 256.16. However,
that mattered not in the end when Rupert got drilled on the starting
line (0.45 to .132) by Kris Krabil who took the crown with a
5.908 at 242.41 to a much quicker 5.824 at 5.824 at 250.78.
Tuner
Cory Lee, Kris Krabil and owner, Gary Turner.
Funny Car Qualifying
1 766 Jason Rupert,
Yorba Linda CA, '69 Camaro 5.693 249.26
2 426 Ron Capps, Carlsbad CA, '77 Mustang II 5.768 248.1
3 666 Tim Boychuk, Edmonton AB, '77 Firebird 5.796 246.54
4 724 Jeff Arend, San Dimas CA, '77 Trans Am 5.824 237.96
5 114 Peter Gallen, Broomall PA, '74 Vega 5.828 243.11
6 732 Kris Krabill, Orange CA, '78 Arrow 5.849 241.02
7 6460 Tim Nemeth, Chilliwack BC, '69 Mustang 5.850 246.98
8 718 Mike Halstead, Fontana CA, '73 Duster 5.862 244.07
9 6143 Mark Hentges, Fereral Way WA, '78 Arrow 5.918 236.92
10 6006 Mark Sanders, Maple Valley WA, '70 Nova 5.920 245.45
11 520 Dennis La Charite, Rolling Hills Estates CA, ' 5.934 239.57
12 400 Mike Savage, Tucson AZ, '70 Barracuda 5.948 243.85
13 700 Steve Densham, Bellflower CA, '69 Camaro 5.982 232.91
14 256 Dwayne Patton, Visalia CA, '69 Camaro 6.009 230.49
15 736 Dan Horan Jr, Sylmar CA, '66 Mustang 6.030 211.06
16 496 John Hale, Dallas TX, '69 Camaro 6.031 230.76
------------ Not Qualified ------------
17 758 Rian Konno, Rosemead CA, '71 Mustang 6.072 240.00
18 7222 Dennis Swearingen, Rancho Palos Verdes CA, '69 6.110
233.12
19 701 Steve Rajcic, La Habra CA, '77 Arrow 6.137 240.51
20 7704 Dale Van Gundy, Anaheim CA, '70 Charger 6.221 203.58
21 792 Roger Garten, Huntington Beach CA, '73 Mustang 6.308 146.59
22 7130 Todd Lesenko, Cave Creek AZ, '69 Mustang 6.354 203.00
23 6800 Claude D. LaVoie, Sherwood Park AB, '72 GTX 6.749 170.19
24 7791 Will Martin, San Dimas CA, '69 Mustang 6.957 212.23
25 739 Ed Dougan, Brea CA, '74 Camaro 6.966 154.47
26 756 Nate Bugg, Orange CA, '75 Monza 9.862 85.52
Arguably the
top story of the weekend was the team of Worsham & Capps.
With the Big Show idle the pair brought Del's Blue Max out to
play and were doing great until round one. After qualifying #2
with a 5.768 at 248.10 Capps was paired with Dennis Swearingen
in the opener and was well on his way to a win when....
Coming off his
Top Fuel win at Gainesville, Del didn't want to screw up his
starting line routine by driving his funny car so he put Ron
in it.
Capps got off
the line first and carded a 0.995 sixty foot time. The Mustang
ran hard until near mid-track, where the blower goes BANG, big
time, and launched the body up and over the car sending Ron bouncing
to the other end.
Obviously Capps
got bounced around but other than a few minor aches and pains
recovered nicely -- the car, not so much. Worsham was none too
happy to see his toy all banged up.
More
March Meet Floppers
Mike Savage in
the Candies & Hughes Cuda. He qualified #12 with Capps wild
ride.
Page
1 - Session 1 of TF Qualifying
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2 - Sessions 2 & 3 of TF Qualifying
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3 - Round One of Top Fuel
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4 - Round Two - Final of Top Fuel
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6 - More Random Funny Cars
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7 - People N' Pits
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8 - Other Cars in Action
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