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TOP
FUEL
Prior to eliminations, Spokane
put on a world class presentation of our flag. Unlike other sports,
motor racing in the USA always honors our flag and the fans never
kneel.
When the National Anthem ended,
Top Fuel began. First out was Pete Wittenberg and Phil Ruskowski.
Wittenberg left first
and never looked back.
With the race well in hand Wittenberg
took out the top end blocks handing the win to Ruskowski. This
was his first round win in NTF.
The second pair matched
Tyler Hilton and Adam Sorokin.
An epic hole shot by
Sorokin literally left Hilton waiting at the altar.
With Hilton looking at his chutes,
Sorokin clocked a 6.00 at 196 for the win. Hilton's much quicker
and faster 5.93 ET at 244 MPH was for naught.
The last pair was Jim
Murphy and Bret Williamson.
Murphy left first and
by mid track appeared to have the race in hand.
Murphy had the win, then he didn't.
At the 1000' mark the #6 piston went south and Jim was oiled
in. Williamson got him at the stripe by .040 of a second. Murphy
hasn't been able to get a break all season.
Being low qualifier,
Mendy got the first round bye.
Shelar used the free pass to
try something in the clutch can that produced the desired result
at the hit but went into severe tire shake past the tree.
FUNNY
CAR
First pair out for E1
was Kris Krabill and Dan Horan Jr.
Krabill nailed Horan
to the tree.
Thoughts of a huge upset
went out the window when Krabill had issues and shut off.
Pair two pitted the reigning
champ Bobby Cottrell and rookie, Mike Peck.
Not to be outdone, Peck
had 2 BUG's
Cottrell got a .70 jump
and never looked back.
Cottrell pulled away
to a 5.812 at 245.98. Peck ran a game 5.846 at 242.38.
Next to last pair was Nathan
Sitko and Jeff Arend. Good to see Nathan back after that bad
wreck a couple of years ago.
Sitko got a slight jump
and was giving Arend a race.
At the stripe it was Arend with
a 5.785 at 246.50 while Sitko was there with a 5.845 at 243.83.
Final pair was Tim Boychuk
and Ryan Hodgson.
Hodgson grabbed .60 at
the hit leaving Boychuk to play catch-up.
Hodgson moved to the
semis with a 5.814 at 246.17 to a losing 6.023 at 200.66.
Top Fuel & Funny Car Qualifying -
Session 1
- Page 1
Top Fuel & Funny Car Qualifying -
Session 2
- Page 2
Top Fuel & Funny Car Qualifying -
Session 3
- Page 3
Top Fuel & Funny Car - Semis &
Finals
- Page 5
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