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Thursday
Results for Qualifying 1
CORDOVA, Ill. - SUMMIT FastNews - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the
21st annual Amalie Motor Oil Summer Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed
time, top speed, and position in order following run:
Left Lane: J.R. Todd No Time, Now #2
Right Lane: Don Reed Runs 7.002/132.49, Now #1
The high expectation of the debut for Jr Todd are really disappointing. It
looked like something mechanical maybe because when the light turn green nothing
happened. Reed labored on through the quarter mile.
Left Lane: Jim Bailey Runs 5.150/272.78, Now #1
Right Lane: Louie Allison Runs 5.396/217.46, Now #2
Bailey dropped cylinders right off the starting line, but drove it on through
the quarter mile. Allison clicked it off early.
Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.942/297.22, Now #1
Right Lane: Jim Head Runs 5.016/287.11, Now #2
This was a great looking race.
Millican launched hard and kept the candles lite all the way down the quarter mile.
Head was right there with him.
Left Lane: Bruce Litton Runs 5.069/238.30, Now #3
Right Lane: Paul Romine Runs 5.215/274.94, Now #5
Romine dropped a cylinder right off the starting line, but keep his foot in
it. Litton started to haze the tires around half track.
Thursday
Results for Qualifying 1
CORDOVA, Ill. - SUMMIT FastNews - Order after one
round of qualifying
in Top Fuel at the 21st annual Amalie Motor Oil Summer Nationals:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type---------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd
1 255 Clay Millican, Drummonds TN, McKinney-KB 4.942 297.22 297.22
2 888 Jim Head, Columbus OH, Swindahl-Rodeck 5.016 287.11 287.11
3 345 Bruce Litton, Oneida TN, Hadman-TFX 5.069 238.30 238.30
4 2 Jim Bailey, Mantua OH, McKinney-KB 5.150 272.78 272.78
5 337 Paul Romine, Indianapolis IN, McKinney-BAE 5.215 274.94 274.94
6 301 Louie Allison, Waterford MI, Swindahl-TFX 5.396 217.46 217.46
7 777 Don Reed, Kokomo IN, McKinney-McGee 7.002 132.49 132.49
Friday
Results for Qualifying 2
CORDOVA, Ill. - SUMMIT FastNews - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the
21st annual Amalie Motor Oil Summer Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed
time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed
time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Shirley MuldowneyRuns 4.741/319.22, Now #1
No Prior Run
Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 4.955/277.43, Now #3
No Prior Run Here we go with the the Kings and Queens of the sport. Shirley shows the new
kid on the block how it is done in the big leagues. Shirley with the fastest pass
in IHRA history. That was a great drag race.
Left Lane: Don Reed No Time, Now #9
Best prior run: 7.002/132.49, Was #9
Left Lane: Don Reed Runs 18.899/52.83, Now #9
Best prior run: 7.002/132.49, Was #9
Right Lane: Jim Bailey Runs 7.162/111.70, Now #6
Best prior run: 5.150/272.78, Was #6 Bailey started to haze the tires, he pedaled it around the 200-foot mark and
then blistered the Goodyears. Reed had trouble right off the stating line and
aborted it.
Left Lane: Paul Romine Runs 4.915/298.73, Now #2
Best prior run: 5.215/274.94, Was #7
Right Lane: Bruce Litton Runs 9.986/84.41, Now #6
Best prior run: 5.069/238.30, Was #5 Litton had problems right off the starting line. Romine with a clean pass to
take over the number two spot.
Left Lane: Jim Head Runs 5.061/287.17, Now #5
Best prior run: 5.016/287.11, Was #5
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.838/305.49, Now #2
Best prior run: 4.942/297.22, Was #3 Head dropped cylinders right off the starting line and never picked them up.
Millican with another good safe pass, Kloeber told me yesterday he is just running
a conservative tune up in the car.
Friday
Order for Qualifying 2
CORDOVA, Ill. - SUMMIT FastNews - Order after 2 rounds of
qualifying in Top Fuel at
the 21st annual Amalie Motor Oil Summer Nationals:
Psn Driver Vehicle ET Speed
1. Shirley Muldowney goracing.com Dragster 4.741 319.22
2. Clay Millican stealthsponsor.com Dragster 4.838 305.49
3. Paul Romine CARQUEST Racing Dragster 4.915 298.73
4. J.R. Todd Dragster 4.955 277.43
5. Jim Head Big Daddy's BBQ Dragster 5.016 287.17
6. Bruce Litton WIX Filters Dragster 5.069 238.30
7. Jim Bailey Snap-On Racing Dragster 5.150 272.78
8. Louie Allison Vista Foods Dragster 5.396 217.46
--------- Not Qualified ---------
9. Don Reed Dragster 7.002 132.49
Friday
Results for Qualifying 3
CORDOVA, Ill. - SUMMIT FastNews - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Fuel
at the 21st annual Amalie Motor Oil Summer Nationals listing lane, driver name,
elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior
elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Jim Bailey Runs 10.812/81.97, Now #8
Best prior run: 5.150/272.78, Was #7
Right Lane: Louie Allison Runs 5.067/286.38, Now #6
Best prior run: 5.396/217.46, Was #8
Bailey had problems right off the starting line, and clicked it off. Allison
with his best pass of the weekend and that puts Bailey on the bump.
Left Lane: Bruce Litton No Time, Now #7
Best prior run: 5.069/238.30, Was #7
Right Lane: Jim Head Runs 4.907/291.89, Now #3
Best prior run: 5.016/287.11, Was #5
Both cars launched hard and were side by side until about 800 feet and then
Litton had a big fishtail of smoke and oil. That will cost him the run and 15
points. He ran a 4.916 seconds at 287.05 mph.
Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.829/291.76, Now #2
Best prior run: 4.838/305.49, Was #2
Right Lane: Paul Romine Runs 5.771/162.08, Now #4
Best prior run: 4.915/298.73, Was #4
After a long clean up and Millican made his best pass of weekend in that
lane. Romine was right with him until half track and then he started mixing up
cylinders and clicked it off.
Right Lane: Shirley MuldowneyRuns 5.073/215.44, Now #1
Best prior run: 4.741/319.22, Was #1
Muldowney launched hard and had all the candles lit until about 1000 feet,
but she will hold on to the number one spot.
Friday
Order for Qualifying 3
CORDOVA, Ill. - SUMMIT FastNews - Final order after 3 rounds of
qualifying
in Top Fuel at the 21st annual Amalie Motor Oil Summer Nationals:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type---------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd
1 105 Shirley Muldowney, Armada MI, Swindahl-KB 4.741 319.22 319.22
2 255 Clay Millican, Drummonds TN, McKinney-KB 4.829 291.76 305.49
3 888 Jim Head, Columbus OH, Swindahl-Rodeck 4.907 291.89 291.89
4 337 Paul Romine, Indianapolis IN, McKinney-BAE 4.915 298.73 298.73
5 373 J.R. Todd, Lawrenceburg IN, 4.955 277.43 277.43
6 301 Louie Allison, Waterford MI, Swindahl-TFX 5.067 286.38 286.38
7 345 Bruce Litton, Oneida TN, Hadman-TFX 5.069 238.30 238.30
8 2 Jim Bailey, Mantua OH, McKinney-KB 5.150 272.78 272.78
------------ Not Qualified ------------
9 777 Don Reed, Kokomo IN, McKinney-McGee 7.002 132.49 132.49
Saturday
Results for Elimination Round 1
CORDOVA, Ill. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 1
eliminations in Top Fuel
at the 21st annual Amalie Motor Oil Summer Nationals:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) Paul Romine (CARQUEST Racing Dragster) 0.514 4.778 308.43
(L) J.R. Todd (Dragster) 0.514 4.936 293.09 They leave together, but Romine has by the 60-foot mark and then stretched
out from there. This was great side-by-side drag race.(W) Louie Allison (Vista Foods Dragster) 0.522 4.993 297.42
(L) Jim Head (Big Daddy's BBQ Dragster) 0.521 5.155 271.84 Again they leave together and are glue together until around 1000 feet and
then Head had some engine smoke like the engine was going away. Allison with his
first round win ever and the first time into the fours.(W) Jim Bailey (Snap-On Racing Dragster) 0.633 4.862 294.37
(L) Shirley Muldowney (goracing.com Dragster) 0.000(R) (Broke) Muldowney left before the tree was activated and that gave Bailey a freebie.
Bailey made the best of it running his best pass of the weekend.(W) Bruce Litton (WIX Filters Dragster) 0.501 4.840 296.44
(L) Clay Millican (stealthsponsor.com Dragster) 0.535 4.818 306.53 Litton left first, but Millican was right there with him all the way down the
quarter mile. Litton started smoking and oiling the track starting around half
track, but held on to win. That will cost Litton some more points.
Romine will have his lane choice against Bailey, and Allison will get his choice
against Litton.
Saturday
Results for Elimination Round 2
CORDOVA, Ill. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel
at the 21st annual Amalie Motor Oil Summer Nationals:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) Bruce Litton (WIX Filters Dragster) 0.493 4.793 302.55
(L) Louie Allison (Vista Foods Dragster) 0.502 5.653 173.29 Allison was thrashing as they they were pulling into the lanes. Litton
apparently found out the what has been causing him problems all weekend. Litton
was out of the gate first and clean all the way through the quarter mile. Allison
started oiling the track around 400 feet.(W) Paul Romine (CARQUEST Racing Dragster) 0.521 4.804 304.32
(L) Jim Bailey (Snap-On Racing Dragster) 0.504 4.960 282.48 After about a half an hour cleanup we are back in action. This a was a
great drag race. Bailey left first, but Romine had caught by the 330-foot mark and
just drove away from him from there.
Saturday
Results for Final Round
CORDOVA, Ill. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of final, round 3
eliminations in
Top Fuel at the 21st annual Amalie Motor Oil Summer Nationals:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) Bruce Litton (WIX Filters Dragster) 0.484 4.752 305.98
(L) Paul Romine (CARQUEST Racing Dragster) 0.523 4.747 309.20
The all Indy final and Litton is out of the gate first, and had
the power to
hold off the hard charging Romine. Litton winning his second
race of the year, he
has been in three finals this year.
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