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Friday
Results for Qualifying 1
GRAND BEND, Ont. - GRAND BEND - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Sunoco Race Fuels
Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 3rd annual Mopar Performance
Parts Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol listing lane, driver name, elapsed
time, top speed, and position in order following run:
Left Lane: Anthony Paone Runs 6.738/204.73, Now #1
Right Lane: Billy Huff Runs 9.517/88.67, Now #2
11:29 AM Something happened to Huff around the 330-foot mark because he
slowed abruptly. Clean opening run for Paone. It's sunny and 70 degrees today,
with high pressure dominating the weather forecasts.
Left Lane: Charlie Peppers Runs 6.591/209.83, Now #1
Right Lane: John Montecalvo Runs 6.592/208.42, Now #2
Wow! Undoubtedly a career-best run for Peppers, by about a tenth of a
second. The run didn't look that good because he spotted Montecalvo a tenth and a
half at the starting line.
Left Lane: Jason Collins No Time, Now #6
Right Lane: Dwayne Rice Runs 6.596/209.39, Now #3
Collins launched into severe shake and then the engine went silent. Nice
pass by Rice, 6.59s a very popular number in this opening round.
Left Lane: Jeff Dobbins Runs 7.927/115.13, Now #6
Right Lane: Chris Holbrook Runs 6.596/209.59, Now #3
There was a big puff of black smoke from Dobbins' car at half track after a
very soft launch.
Left Lane: Ron Miller Runs 6.632/208.67, Now #6
Right Lane: Carl Baker Runs 6.617/209.54, Now #5
Two clean runs...
Left Lane: Elijah Morton Runs 6.605/210.08, Now #5
Right Lane: Larry O'Brien Runs 6.706/206.65, Now #8
O'Brien was a tick or two slower at each incremental timer...
Left Lane: Rick Jones Runs 6.647/207.56, Now #8
Right Lane: Chuck DeMory Runs 7.299/180.97, Now #11
DeMory was slow off the line and never did come up to speed.
Left Lane: Tim Nabors Runs 6.640/207.13, Now #8
Right Lane: Wally Stroupe Runs 6.682/206.80, Now #10
Two clean runs, but well off the pace of the top cars in the field.
Left Lane: Brian Gahm Runs 6.565/211.61, Now #1
Right Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 6.662/207.80, Now #11
We have a new leader...Gahm resets both ends of the Grand Bend Pro Stock
record book on a very nice run - previous holders Gene Wilson and John Konigshofer.
It's also a season-best elapsed time for Gahm.
Left Lane: Doug Kirk Runs 6.586/210.52, Now #2
Right Lane: Frank Gugliotta Runs 7.315/150.50, Now #17
Nice run by Kirk, but he can't catch Gahm. Gugliotta was slow off the line
and never did pick it up.
Left Lane: John Bartunek Runs 6.631/208.09, Now #9
Last car and Bartunek lands it right in the middle of the pack.
Friday
Order for Qualifying 1
GRAND BEND, Ont. - SUMMIT FastNews - Order after
one round of qualifying in Sunoco
Race Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 3rd
annual Mopar
Performance Parts Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol:
Psn Driver Vehicle ET Speed
1. Brian Gahm NAPA Tools & Equip. Mustang 6.565 211.61
2. Doug Kirk Kirk Trucking Cavalier 6.586 210.52
3. Charlie Peppers Mustang 6.591 209.83
4. John Montecalvo Citgo Cavalier 6.592 208.42
5. Chris Holbrook SRI Marble & Granite Cougar 6.596 209.59
6. Dwayne Rice Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.596 209.39
7. Elijah Morton Sanders Ford Mustang 6.605 210.08
8. Carl Baker Summit Racing Cougar 6.617 209.54
9. John Bartunek Pearl River Auto Grand Am 6.631 208.09
10. Ron Miller Moser Engineering Cavalier 6.632 208.67
11. Tim Nabors Nabors Automotive Cavalier 6.640 207.13
12. Rick Jones Neon R/T 6.647 207.56
13. Steve Spiess Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.662 207.80
14. Wally Stroupe Stroupe Race Cars Grand Am 6.682 206.80
15. Larry O'Brien Avenger 6.706 206.65
16. Anthony Paone Paone Bros. Camaro 6.738 204.73
--------- Not Qualified ---------
17. Chuck DeMory DSS/Valco Probe 7.299 180.97
18. Jeff Dobbins Sanders Ford Probe 7.927 115.13
19. Billy Huff Don Smith Ford Cougar 9.517 88.67
20. Frank Gugliotta Probe DQ
Friday
Results for Qualifying 2
GRAND BEND, Ont. - GRAND BEND - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Sunoco Race Fuels
Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 3rd annual Mopar Performance
Parts Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol 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: Frank Gugliotta Runs 6.690/203.98, Now #15
No Prior Run
Right Lane: John Bartunek Runs 6.638/207.94, Now #9
Best prior run: 6.631/208.09, Was #9
6:08 PM Gugliotta made a very slow pass in the first round and bypassed the
scales. Nice run here to get in the field, but that time probably won't hold up.
Bartunek is consistent, another "63"
Left Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 9.654/92.99, Now #13
Best prior run: 6.662/207.80, Was #13
Right Lane: Doug Kirk Runs 6.593/210.28, Now #2
Best prior run: 6.586/210.52, Was #2
The bump is now a 6.706, Larry O'Brien. No help in either lane, Spiess' car
got very out of shape at the tree and he had to lift.
Left Lane: Wally Stroupe Runs 6.665/207.32, Now #14
Best prior run: 6.682/206.80, Was #14
Right Lane: Brian Gahm Runs 6.599/210.62, Now #1
Best prior run: 6.565/211.61, Was #1
Stroupe steps up a bit, but stays 14th. Gahm fails to improve on a pretty
good run.
Left Lane: Chuck DeMory Runs 6.777/204.77, Now #18
Best prior run: 7.299/180.97, Was #18
Right Lane: Anthony Paone Runs 7.078/205.43, Now #17
Best prior run: 6.738/204.73, Was #17
DeMory's car did a sidestep on the launch. Paone left early and then spun
the tires, posting a 1.388 60-foot time.
Left Lane: Larry O'Brien Runs 7.741/127.55, Now #16
Best prior run: 6.706/206.65, Was #16
Right Lane: Tim Nabors Runs 6.612/202.61, Now #8
Best prior run: 6.640/207.13, Was #11
Good run by Nabors, a 1.012 60-foot time among the quickest so far this
round. O'Brien's 1.07 short time led to an off-pace 330-foot time and a slow run.
He remained on the bubble.
Left Lane: Billy Huff Runs 6.727/183.18, Now #17
Best prior run: 9.517/88.67, Was #20
Right Lane: Ron Miller Runs 6.604/209.15, Now #7
Best prior run: 6.632/208.67, Was #11
Huff was close to 1,000 feet, then lost a bunch of ground. Nice run by
Miller to step into the top half of the field.
Left Lane: Chris Holbrook Runs 6.594/210.18, Now #5
Best prior run: 6.596/209.59, Was #5
Right Lane: Rick Jones Runs 6.643/209.01, Now #12
Best prior run: 6.647/207.56, Was #12
Both drivers almost match their first runs...
Left Lane: Dwayne Rice Runs 6.630/209.49, Now #6
Best prior run: 6.596/209.39, Was #6
Right Lane: Elijah Morton Runs 7.017/198.06, Now #8
Best prior run: 6.605/210.08, Was #8
The rear of Rice's car danced left and right for the first 400 feet. Morton
was slow off the line and never did pick it back up.
Left Lane: Carl Baker Runs 17.937/42.91, Now #10
Best prior run: 6.617/209.54, Was #10
Right Lane: Charlie Peppers Runs 9.287/93.53, Now #3
Best prior run: 6.591/209.83, Was #3
Shake in both lanes, Peppers getting very out of shape before he lifted.
Left Lane: John Montecalvo Runs 6.586/209.93, Now #3
Best prior run: 6.592/208.42, Was #4
Right Lane: Jeff Dobbins Runs 6.640/209.98, Now #12
Best prior run: 7.927/115.13, Was #20
It's 78 degrees, 45 percent relative humidity. Finally a pair of
improvements, Dobbins bumping O'Brien and Montecalvo moving one rung closer to the
top of the ladder.
Right Lane: Jason Collins Runs 6.669/209.93, Now #16
No Prior Run
Collins gets down the track this time, replacing Gugliotta on the
bubble.
Friday
Order for Qualifying 2
GRAND BEND, Ont. - SUMMIT FastNews - Order after 2 rounds of
qualifying in Sunoco
Race Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 3rd
annual Mopar
Performance Parts Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol:
Psn Driver Vehicle ET Speed
1. Brian Gahm NAPA Tools & Equip. Mustang 6.565 211.61
2. Doug Kirk Kirk Trucking Cavalier 6.586 210.52
3. John Montecalvo Citgo Cavalier 6.586 209.93
4. Charlie Peppers Mustang 6.591 209.83
5. Chris Holbrook SRI Marble & Granite Cougar 6.594 210.18
6. Dwayne Rice Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.596 209.49
7. Ron Miller Moser Engineering Cavalier 6.604 209.15
8. Elijah Morton Sanders Ford Mustang 6.605 210.08
9. Tim Nabors Nabors Automotive Cavalier 6.612 207.13
10. Carl Baker Summit Racing Cougar 6.617 209.54
11. John Bartunek Pearl River Auto Grand Am 6.631 208.09
12. Jeff Dobbins Sanders Ford Probe 6.640 209.98
13. Rick Jones Neon R/T 6.643 209.01
14. Steve Spiess Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.662 207.80
15. Wally Stroupe Stroupe Race Cars Grand Am 6.665 207.32
16. Jason Collins Cougar 6.669 209.93
--------- Not Qualified ---------
17. Frank Gugliotta Probe 6.690 203.98
18. Larry O'Brien Avenger 6.706 206.65
19. Anthony Paone Paone Bros. Camaro 6.738 205.43
20. Chuck DeMory DSS/Valco Probe 6.777 204.77
21. Billy Huff Don Smith Ford Cougar 9.517 88.67
Saturday
Results for Qualifying 3
GRAND BEND, Ont. - GRAND BEND - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Sunoco Race
Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, Third annual Mopar
Performance Parts Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol 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: John Montecalvo Runs 6.629/209.25, Now #3
Best prior run: 6.586/209.93, Was #3
Right Lane: Jason Collins Runs 6.643/210.18, Now #13
Best prior run: 6.669/209.93, Was #16
1:05 PM It's 72 degrees, relative humidity 74 percent. Montecalvo fails to
improve, Collins improves and moves off the bump spot. Now the bump spot belongs
to Wally Stroupe, at 6.665.
Left Lane: Carl Baker Runs 6.710/208.91, Now #10
Best prior run: 6.617/209.54, Was #10
Right Lane: Jeff Dobbins Runs 6.677/207.32, Now #12
Best prior run: 6.640/209.98, Was #12
Baker's car darted to the left on the launch, out of the groove, and flirted
with the wall most of the way down the track.
Left Lane: Dwayne Rice Runs 6.643/209.44, Now #6
Best prior run: 6.596/209.39, Was #6
Right Lane: Charlie Peppers Runs 6.644/206.37, Now #4
Best prior run: 6.591/209.83, Was #4
Two good-looking runs, straight and smooth, but neither improved over
yesterday.
Left Lane: Chris Holbrook No Time, Now #5
Best prior run: 6.594/210.18, Was #5
Right Lane: Brian Gahm Runs 6.654/207.90, Now #1
Best prior run: 6.565/211.61, Was #1
Holbrook's car stopped at the end of the burnout and was pushed from the
track, a small trail of fluid visible on the launch pad. It's water...Gahm took
his time and staged carefully - no improvement. So far, the cars that made good
runs yesterday are falling off a few hundredths of a second from that pace and
Collins is the only driver who has stepped up.
Left Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 6.654/207.66, Now #15
Best prior run: 0.000/210.18, Was #94
Right Lane: Ron Miller Runs 6.665/206.18, Now #7
Best prior run: 0.000/211.61, Was #65
Spiess improves slightly, stays 15th on the ladder.
Left Lane: Larry O'Brien Runs 6.700/206.99, Now #18
Best prior run: 6.706/206.65, Was #18
Right Lane: Anthony Paone Runs 6.835/201.83, Now #19
Best prior run: 6.738/204.73, Was #19
O'Brien improves slightly but remains in the second-alternate slot.
Left Lane: Wally Stroupe Runs 6.703/206.61, Now #16
Best prior run: 6.665/207.32, Was #16
Right Lane: Doug Kirk Runs 13.823/49.77, Now #2
Best prior run: 6.586/210.52, Was #2
Kirk's car broke something about 300 feet out, the car reacting violently.
Stroupe remains on the bubble...
Left Lane: Chuck DeMory Runs 6.715/206.46, Now #19
Best prior run: 6.777/204.77, Was #20
Right Lane: Rick Jones Runs 6.693/206.94, Now #14
Best prior run: 6.643/209.01, Was #14
DeMory makes a step in the right direction, but is still short of the
field.
Left Lane: Billy Huff Runs 6.794/175.84, Now #21
Best prior run: 9.517/88.67, Was #21
Right Lane: Tim Nabors Runs 6.666/207.08, Now #9
Best prior run: 6.612/202.61, Was #9
Huff logged a full pass here, but he's still got a long way to go. Like most
already in the field, Nabors loses five hundredths from yesterday and can't even
beat the bump time today.
Left Lane: Frank Gugliotta Runs 6.849/201.65, Now #17
Best prior run: 6.690/203.98, Was #17
Right Lane: Elijah Morton Runs 10.111/87.45, Now #8
Best prior run: 6.605/210.08, Was #8
Morton's car got way out of shape and scared the daylights out of the
330-foot timing reflector. His car crossed the centerline, so the run doesn't count
anyway. Gugliotta was slow off the line and off the competitive pace all the
way.
Right Lane: John Bartunek Runs 6.679/206.65, Now #11
Best prior run: 6.631/208.09, Was #11
Last car, same deal. One more round, this evening, will set the field.
Saturday
Order for Qualifying 3
GRAND BEND, Ont. - SUMMIT FastNews - Order after 3 rounds of
qualifying in Sunoco
Race Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, Third
annual Mopar
Performance Parts Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol:
Psn Driver Vehicle ET Speed
1. Brian Gahm NAPA Tools & Equip. Mustang 6.565 211.61
2. Doug Kirk Kirk Trucking Cavalier 6.586 210.52
3. John Montecalvo Citgo Cavalier 6.586 209.93
4. Charlie Peppers Mustang 6.591 209.83
5. Chris Holbrook SRI Marble & Granite Cougar 6.594 210.18
6. Dwayne Rice Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.596 209.49
7. Ron Miller Moser Engineering Cavalier 6.604 209.15
8. Elijah Morton Sanders Ford Mustang 6.605 210.08
9. Tim Nabors Nabors Automotive Cavalier 6.612 207.13
10. Carl Baker Summit Racing Cougar 6.617 209.54
11. John Bartunek Pearl River Auto Grand Am 6.631 208.09
12. Jeff Dobbins Sanders Ford Probe 6.640 209.98
13. Jason Collins Cougar 6.643 210.18
14. Rick Jones Neon R/T 6.643 209.01
15. Steve Spiess Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.654 207.80
16. Wally Stroupe Stroupe Race Cars Grand Am 6.665 207.32
--------- Not Qualified ---------
17. Frank Gugliotta Probe 6.690 203.98
18. Larry O'Brien Avenger 6.700 206.99
19. Chuck DeMory DSS/Valco Probe 6.715 206.46
20. Anthony Paone Paone Bros. Camaro 6.738 205.43
21. Billy Huff Don Smith Ford Cougar 9.517 88.67
Saturday
Results for Qualifying 4
GRAND BEND, Ont. - GRAND BEND - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Sunoco Race
Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, Third annual Mopar
Performance Parts Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol 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: John Bartunek Runs 6.642/206.84, Now #11
Best prior run: 6.631/208.09, Was #11
Right Lane: Frank Gugliotta Runs 12.512/67.19, Now #17
Best prior run: 6.690/203.98, Was #17
7:40 PM It's still 79 degrees, but the humidity is just 41 percent and the
track is being partially shaded, barometer 30.08 and steady.
Gugliotta's
car got very squirrely right off the line and he had to lift. Full pass by
Bartunek, no improvement. The bump is Wally Stroupe's 6.665.
Left Lane: Elijah Morton Runs 6.659/208.38, Now #8
Best prior run: 6.605/210.08, Was #8
Right Lane: Billy Huff Runs 8.767/107.36, Now #21
Best prior run: 9.517/88.67, Was #21
Huff is still struggling to get the Cougar down the track and comes up short
again. Clean pass by Morton, no help - he's barely in the top half of the field
and could lose lane choice for the first round, tomorrow.
Left Lane: Tim Nabors Runs 6.646/207.61, Now #9
Best prior run: 6.612/202.61, Was #9
Right Lane: Chuck DeMory Runs 7.152/152.77, Now #19
Best prior run: 6.715/206.46, Was #19
Demory's car was all over the lane and he didn't have a chance. Nabors loses
a few hundredths from his best run Friday.
Left Lane: Jeff Dobbins Runs 6.614/210.47, Now #10
Best prior run: 6.640/209.98, Was #12
Right Lane: John Montecalvo Runs 6.629/208.91, Now #3
Best prior run: 6.586/209.93, Was #3
Nice run by Dobbins to move closer to the middle of the field. Montecalvo
joins the group that lost a few hundredths from yesterday.
Left Lane: Rick Jones Runs 6.655/208.23, Now #14
Best prior run: 6.643/209.01, Was #14
Right Lane: Larry O'Brien Runs 6.713/206.09, Now #18
Best prior run: 6.700/206.99, Was #18
Ditto, O'Brien headed for home...
Left Lane: Anthony Paone Runs 6.769/204.03, Now #20
Best prior run: 6.738/204.73, Was #20
Right Lane: Chris Holbrook Runs 6.606/208.71, Now #5
Best prior run: 6.594/210.18, Was #5
Same story, Holbrook with low ET of the round so far, just a hundredth and
change slower than yesterday, all three of his runs within just over a hundredth of
a second of each other.
Left Lane: Doug Kirk Runs 11.700/74.57, Now #2
Best prior run: 6.586/210.52, Was #2
Right Lane: Wally Stroupe Runs 6.715/205.90, Now #16
Best prior run: 6.665/207.32, Was #16
Lots of hard shake for Kirk. Stroupe loses five hundredths from yesterday
and will have to sweat out the rest of the session on the bubble.
Left Lane: Jason Collins Runs 6.622/210.67, Now #12
Best prior run: 6.643/210.18, Was #13
Right Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 6.654/206.80, Now #15
Best prior run: 6.654/207.66, Was #15
Nice pass by Collins, the first real improvement this round - he was the only
one who made a substantial improvement last round also. Spiess is bracket racing,
two 6.654s today.
Left Lane: Ron Miller Runs 6.616/208.23, Now #7
Best prior run: 6.604/209.15, Was #7
Right Lane: Carl Baker Runs 11.958/92.11, Now #11
Best prior run: 6.617/209.54, Was #11
Baker chattered the tires, the front end in the air and the car headed for
the centerline. Nice run by Miller, clean and straight.
Left Lane: Brian Gahm Runs 6.603/210.52, Now #1
Best prior run: 6.565/211.61, Was #1
Right Lane: Dwayne Rice Runs 6.647/207.27, Now #6
Best prior run: 6.596/209.39, Was #6
Gahm steps up and takes low ET of the session away from Holbrook - and posts
top speed of the session to go with it. Rice lost half a tenth, a little more than
the top runners this round.
Left Lane: Charlie Peppers Runs 6.646/208.96, Now #4
Best prior run: 6.591/209.83, Was #4
Peppers closes out the session by also losing half a tenth from his best run,
but just 0.002 seconds slower than his first run today.
That's it, the field
is set for tomorrow's eliminations.
Saturday
Order for Qualifying 4
GRAND BEND, Ont. - SUMMIT FastNews - Final order after 4 rounds
of qualifying in
Sunoco Race Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing
Series, Third annual
Mopar Performance Parts Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol:
Psn Driver Vehicle ET Speed
1. Brian Gahm NAPA Tools & Equip. Mustang 6.565@ 211.61&
2. Doug Kirk Kirk Trucking Cavalier 6.586 210.52
3. John Montecalvo Citgo Cavalier 6.586 209.93
4. Charlie Peppers Mustang 6.591 209.83
5. Chris Holbrook SRI Marble & Granite Cougar 6.594 210.18
6. Dwayne Rice Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.596 209.49
7. Ron Miller Moser Engineering Cavalier 6.604 209.15
8. Elijah Morton Sanders Ford Mustang 6.605 210.08
9. Tim Nabors Nabors Automotive Cavalier 6.612 207.61
10. Jeff Dobbins Sanders Ford Probe 6.614 210.47
11. Carl Baker Summit Racing Cougar 6.617 209.54
12. Jason Collins Cougar 6.622 210.67
13. John Bartunek Pearl River Auto Grand Am 6.631 208.09
14. Rick Jones Neon R/T 6.643 209.01
15. Steve Spiess Moser Engineering Grand Am 6.654 207.80
16. Wally Stroupe Stroupe Race Cars Grand Am 6.665 207.32
--------- Not Qualified ---------
17. Frank Gugliotta Probe 6.690 203.98
18. Larry O'Brien Avenger 6.700 206.99
19. Chuck DeMory DSS/Valco Probe 6.715 206.46
20. Anthony Paone Paone Bros. Camaro 6.738 205.43
21. Billy Huff Don Smith Ford Cougar 9.517 88.67
@ = Track ET Record
& = Track Speed Record
Sunday
Results for Elimination Round 1
GRAND BEND, Ont. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 1 eliminations in
Sunoco Race Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, Third annual
Mopar Performance Parts Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) Tim Nabors (Nabors Automotive Cavalier) 0.414 6.635 208.81
(L) Elijah Morton (Sanders Ford Mustang) 0.468 7.486 139.25
11:34 AM It's sunny, 73 degrees, 64 percent relative humidity, barometer
30.18 and steady, the track temperature near 100 degrees.
We open with the
closest pair of qualifiers, just 0.007 seconds apart in qualifying. Nabors got a
huge holeshot and the race was over, Morton slowing before half track.
(W) Jeff Dobbins (Sanders Ford Probe) 0.483 6.632 210.67
(L) Ron Miller (Moser Engineering Cavalier) 0.534 6.641 207.90
Upset city! Two winners from the bottom half of the field in the first two
pairs. Miller was a bit tardy and Dobbins outran him for a surprisingly easy win.
MOV: 0.0603 seconds (approximately 18 feet).
(W) Carl Baker (Summit Racing Cougar) 0.495 6.616 210.23
(L) Dwayne Rice (Moser Engineering Grand Am) 0.521 6.663 208.33
Make that three upsets in three pairs, Baker with a better reaction time and
a better run. MOV: 0.0735 seconds (approximately 22 feet).
(W) Jason Collins (Cougar) 0.475 9.091 97.85
(L) Chris Holbrook (SRI Marble & Granite Cougar)0.281(R) 6.597 209.83
Four upsets...Holbrook was early and then Collins launched into "shake and
skate."
(W) Charlie Peppers (Mustang) 0.501 6.639 209.05
(L) John Bartunek (Pearl River Auto Grand Am) 0.483 6.698 204.91
Peppers is the first winner qualified in the top half of the field. He is
also the first to pick the left lane instead of the right. Peppers has lane choice
over Collins in round two.
(W) John Montecalvo (Citgo Cavalier) 0.501 6.609 209.64
(L) Rick Jones (Neon R/T) 0.496 9.116 101.39
Jones' Neon was all over the lane on the launch, very close to crossing the
centerline, forcing him to lift. Montecalvo has lane choice against Baker in round
two.
(W) Steve Spiess (Moser Engineering Grand Am) 0.518 6.693 205.38
(L) Doug Kirk (Kirk Trucking Cavalier) 0.503 7.722 126.90
This time it was the right lane with the "yaha run," Kirk's car fishtailing
and almost crossing the centerline. Spiess gets the fifth upset win of the round,
but loses lane choice to Dobbins in the next round.
(W) Brian Gahm (NAPA Tools & Equip. Mustang) 0.456 6.612 210.32
(L) Wally Stroupe (Stroupe Race Cars Grand Am) 0.472 6.738 205.15
Gahm was "on his game," with a good reaction time and a good run to win by a
couple car lengths. He will have lane choice against Nabors in round two.
Sunday
Results for Elimination Round 2
GRAND BEND, Ont. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 2 eliminations in
Sunoco Race Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, Third annual
Mopar Performance Parts Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) Charlie Peppers (Mustang) 0.514 6.622 209.69
(L) Jason Collins (Cougar) 0.456 6.784 199.91
1:40 PM Collins treed Peppers, but went to the left, out of the groove, and
flirted with the centerline all the way down the track, letting Peppers back in the
race.
(W) Jeff Dobbins (Sanders Ford Probe) 0.464 6.685 210.42
(L) Steve Spiess (Moser Engineering Grand Am) 0.495 6.660 207.46
Dobbins, on a holeshot! Good drag race, Dobbins making up the starting line
advantage in the first 60 feet, then skating around and losing ground, trailing
past the 990-foot marker, then edging ahead in then lights. Dobbins' incremental
margins (negative means he's behind): 60ft(0.038), 330 ft(-0.004), 660ft(-0.014),
1,000ft(-0.006). MOV: 0.0065 seconds (approximately 24 inches).
(W) Brian Gahm (NAPA Tools & Equip. Mustang) 0.464 6.575 211.16
(L) Tim Nabors (Nabors Automotive Cavalier) 0.459 6.654 209.05
Good race, Gahm taking the early lead and then stretching it to about a car
length at the line. He will have lane choice against Peppers in the
semifinals.
(W) John Montecalvo (Citgo Cavalier) 0.477 6.615 209.74
(L) Carl Baker (Summit Racing Cougar) 0.523 6.580 211.46
Holeshot win for Montecalvo, Baker eating into his lead on the top end but
coming up about three feet short. Montecalvo will have lane choice against Dobbins
in the semifinals.
Sunday
Results for Elimination Round 3
GRAND BEND, Ont. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 3 eliminations in
Sunoco Race Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, Third annual
Mopar Performance Parts Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) Jeff Dobbins (Sanders Ford Probe) 0.403 6.642 210.97
(L) John Montecalvo (Citgo Cavalier) 0.496 6.608 209.74
3:05 PM Chevy versus Ford. It's 75 degrees, 60 percent relative humidity,
the barometer 30.14 and steady, under sunny skies.
Dobbins tattooed
Montecalvo at the tree and then hung on for the holeshot victory, winning by about
a car length.
(W) Brian Gahm (NAPA Tools & Equip. Mustang) 0.476 6.602 211.06
(L) Charlie Peppers (Mustang) 0.509 6.633 206.65
Gahm all the way here, Peppers second off the line and then a bit out of
shape early in the run. Gahm meets Dobbins in the final round and will have lane
choice
Sunday
Results for Final Round
GRAND BEND, Ont. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of final, round 4 eliminations
in Sunoco Race Fuels Pro Stock at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, Third annual
Mopar Performance Parts Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) Brian Gahm (NAPA Tools & Equip. Mustang) 0.465 6.592 210.87
(L) Jeff Dobbins (Sanders Ford Probe) 0.479 6.614 211.11
4:36 PM The first Professional final round is an all-Ford affair, Gahm's
Mustang against Dobbins' Probe. Dobbins was shooting for two in a row, but Gahm
was too tough for him, cutting a better light and then running right down the
groove for a half-car-length victory. Gahm led by about 0.03 seconds by the
60-foot timer and then he held that margin the rest of the way to the line.
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