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Friday
Results for Qualifying 1
LEICESTER, N.Y. - LEICESTER - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the
Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 14th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts Empire Nationals
listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following
run:
Left Lane: Bobby Lagana Jr Runs 5.258/284.62, Now #2
Right Lane: Grant Flowers Runs 5.197/282.13, Now #1
8:40 PM - Temperature was 66 degrees, humidity was 100 percent and the
barometric pressure was 30.02 and steady. The temperature has dropped 15 degrees
since the start of the pro session at 7:15 pm. Two pretty good runs for these two
drivers. They were clean, down the middle of the track, and under power the whole
way.
Left Lane: Donald Reed Runs 10.644/75.44, Now #4
Right Lane: Josh Starcher Runs 9.575/82.91, Now #3
Starcher shook the tires for the first 200 feet and shut it down. Reed smoked
the tires for 200 feet and shut it down too.
Left Lane: Roger Dean Runs 5.621/169.01, Now #4
Right Lane: John Sipple Runs 5.607/216.81, Now #3
These were a pair of clean, but soft-looking runs. Both had 60-foot times
greater than one second.
Left Lane: Bruce Litton Runs 4.884/292.11, Now #1
Right Lane: Louie Allison Runs 5.058/286.53, Now #2
Two clean, strong runs. Right down the middle of the track with no tire
shake. Litton had some smoke at the end of the run.
Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.810/299.50, Now #1
Right Lane: Paul Romine Runs 4.885/281.16, Now #3
Millican has been the number one qualifier in 16 of the past 25 IHRA events
and four of the five races this year. He had the quickest run of the first
qualifying session with a straight and strong run. Romine also had a strong run and
was not very far behind Millican. At the end of the first round, Millican is in the
first spot and Romine is in third, with Bruce Litton in between.
Friday
Order for Qualifying 1
LEICESTER, N.Y. - SUMMIT FastNews - Order after one round of
qualifying in Top Fuel
at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 14th annual CARQUEST Auto
Parts Empire
Nationals:
Psn Driver Vehicle ET Speed
1. Clay Millican Werner Dragster 4.810 299.50
2. Bruce Litton Lucas Oil Dragster 4.884 292.11
3. Paul Romine CARQUEST Auto Parts Dragster 4.885 281.16
4. Louie Allison Vista Foods Dragster 5.058 286.53
5. Grant Flowers Amalie Oil Dragster 5.197 282.13
6. Bobby Lagana Jr Dragster 5.258 284.62
7. John Sipple Wellness Group Dragster 5.607 216.81
8. Roger Dean Rupert Oil Dragster 5.621 169.01
--------- Not Qualified ---------
9. Josh Starcher WIX Filters Dragster 9.575 82.91
10. Donald Reed Dragster 10.644 75.44
Saturday
Results for Qualifying 2
LEICESTER, N.Y. - LEICESTER - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the
Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 14th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts Empire 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: Josh Starcher Runs 12.478/80.72, Now #9
Best prior run: 9.575/82.91, Was #9
Right Lane: Donald Reed Runs 14.852/58.42, Now #10
Best prior run: 10.644/75.44, Was #10
2:19 PM - At the start of Top Fuel qualifying round two, the temperature was
84 degrees, humidity 56 percent and the barometric pressure was 29.98 and falling.
Starcher and Reed came into this round in the ninth and 10th positions for the
eight-car field. Both drivers spun and smoked their tires as they came off the
starting line and both shut down by 330 feet. Both will need good runs in the last
qualifying session tonight if they want to race tomorrow.
Left Lane: John Sipple Runs 5.469/261.62, Now #7
Best prior run: 5.607/216.81, Was #7
Right Lane: Roger Dean Runs 5.523/259.29, Now #8
Best prior run: 5.621/169.01, Was #8
Dean was on the bubble with a bump time of 5.621 seconds and Sipple was in
7th, so both drivers wanted to improve their times. Both drivers had good, clean
runs and both improved their times from last night but not enough to move up in the
order. However, Dean's quicker ET did move the bump time to 5.523 seconds. Dean
lost a couple of cylinders at the end of this run.
Left Lane: Jack Ostrander Runs 7.767/103.75, Now #9
No Prior Run
Right Lane: Bruce Litton Runs 14.832/70.26, Now #2
Best prior run: 4.884/292.11, Was #2
Ostrander did not make a qualifying run last night. He had to beat Dean's
time of 5.523 seconds to make it into the field. Litton was in the number two spot
coming into this round of qualifying. Litton smoked the tires at 60 feet and backed
off right away. Ostrander made it to the 660-foot mark before he smoked the tires
and he got out of his run too. The ET was quick enough to put Ostrander into the
number nine spot for now but not quick enough to get into the field.
Left Lane: Paul Romine Runs 13.738/71.73, Now #3
Best prior run: 4.885/281.16, Was #3
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 12.522/73.86, Now #1
Best prior run: 4.810/299.50, Was #1
Millican and crew were unable to fire the car for the first round of
eliminations in the NHRA event at St. Louis last week. They tried to find the
problem on Monday but were unable to identify the cause, so they removed the new
ignition electronics they were trying and went back to their basic IHRA setup. The
move seems to have worked as Millican is in the number one qualifying spot after
his run last night. This time, both Romine and Millican smoked the tires for the
first 330 feet and shut it down.
Saturday
Order for Qualifying 2
LEICESTER, N.Y. - SUMMIT FastNews - Revised order after 2
rounds of qualifying in
Top Fuel at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 14th annual
CARQUEST Auto Parts
Empire Nationals:
Psn Driver Vehicle ET Speed
1. Clay Millican Werner Dragster 4.810 299.50
2. Bruce Litton Lucas Oil Dragster 4.884 292.11
3. Paul Romine CARQUEST Auto Parts Dragster 4.885 281.16
4. Louie Allison Vista Foods Dragster 5.058 286.53
5. Grant Flowers Amalie Oil Dragster 5.197 282.13
6. Bobby Lagana Jr Dragster 5.258 284.62
7. John Sipple Wellness Group Dragster 5.469 261.62
8. Roger Dean Rupert Oil Dragster 5.523 259.29
--------- Not Qualified ---------
9. Jack Ostrander Dragster 7.677 103.75
10. Josh Starcher WIX Filters Dragster 9.575 82.91
11. Donald Reed Dragster 10.644 75.44
Saturday
Results for Qualifying 3
LEICESTER, N.Y. - LEICESTER - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Fuel at
the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 14th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts Empire
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: Donald Reed Runs 10.889/81.24, Now #11
Best prior run: 10.644/75.44, Was #11
Right Lane: Josh Starcher Runs 5.218/247.32, Now #6
Best prior run: 9.575/82.91, Was #10
9:11 PM - At the start of this round, it was 70 degrees at 100 percent
humidity. The barometric pressure was 29.98 and steady. Neither Reed nor Starcher
were in the field going into the final round of qualifying. Roger Dean was on the
bubble with a bump time of 5.523 seconds. Reed shook the tires as he came off the
starting line and shut it down right away. Starcher had a clean run and put himself
into the number six spot for now.
Left Lane: Roger Dean No Time, Now #9
Best prior run: 5.523/259.29, Was #9
Right Lane: John Sipple Runs 5.384/267.37, Now #8
Best prior run: 5.469/261.62, Was #8
Starcher bumped Dean from the field so Dean needed a good run to get back
into the field. John Sipple was on the bubble and the bump time was 5.469 seconds.
Both cars made their burnouts but Dean started to leak and shut down. Sipple had a
good run and improved his bump time to 5.384 seconds. Jack Ostrander is the only
car yet to run that is not in the field so Sipple will have to wait to see if his
time will survive.
Right Lane: Grant Flowers Runs 5.272/268.41, Now #5
Best prior run: 5.197/282.13, Was #5
Flowers had a clean run but was not able to improve on his ET from last
night.
Left Lane: Bruce Litton Runs 5.808/157.83, Now #2
Best prior run: 4.884/292.11, Was #2
Right Lane: Jack Ostrander Runs 5.112/258.91, Now #5
Best prior run: 7.677/103.75, Was #10
Ostrander was outside looking in and needed to beat the bump time of 5.384
seconds to make the field and push Sipple out. Litton was in the second spot,
behind Millican, prior to this round. Ostrander got the run he needed to get into
the field. As he crossed the finish line, the car popped. Litton started getting
loose at mid-track and shut it down.
Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.889/291.07, Now #1
Best prior run: 4.810/299.50, Was #1
Right Lane: Paul Romine Runs 4.848/282.30, Now #2
Best prior run: 4.885/281.16, Was #3
Millican and Romine pulled to the staging lanes in the first and third spots
respectively. Both drivers had good, clean runs in the fourth round. Romine was
able to move up one spot in the order to second and drop Bruce Litton to third.
Millican ran 79-thousandths of a second slower than his best time of the weekend
but with no one left to run, he stays in the number one spot.
Saturday
Order for Qualifying 3
LEICESTER, N.Y. - SUMMIT FastNews - Final order after 3 rounds
of qualifying in Top
Fuel at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 14th annual CARQUEST
Auto Parts Empire
Nationals:
Psn Driver Vehicle ET Speed
1. Clay Millican Werner Dragster 4.810 299.50
2. Paul Romine CARQUEST Auto Parts Dragster 4.848 282.30
3. Bruce Litton Lucas Oil Dragster 4.884 292.11
4. Louie Allison Vista Foods Dragster 5.058 286.53
5. Jack Ostrander Dragster 5.112 258.91
6. Grant Flowers Amalie Oil Dragster 5.197 282.13
7. Josh Starcher WIX Filters Dragster 5.218 247.32
8. Bobby Lagana Jr Dragster 5.258 284.62
--------- Not Qualified ---------
9. John Sipple Wellness Group Dragster 5.384 267.37
10. Roger Dean Rupert Oil Dragster 5.523 259.29
11. Donald Reed Dragster 10.644 81.24
Sunday
Results for Elimination Round 1
LEICESTER, N.Y. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top
Fuel at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 14th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts Empire
Nationals:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) Louie Allison (Vista Foods Dragster) 0.586 7.452 110.57
(L) Jack Ostrander (Dragster) 0.619 10.840 84.49
1:12 PM - The temperature is 82 degrees, barometric pressure was 30.00 and
steady at 73 percent humidity. Top Fuel eliminations opened with a race between two
teammates in cars that look almost identical. Allison made it into the field on his
first round time and did not complete runs in rounds two or three. Ostrander
skipped round one and got into the field on the basis of his third round time.
Ostrander smoked the tires for the first 330 feet and shut it down. Allison shut it
down shortly afterward and coasted to the win.
(W) Bruce Litton (Lucas Oil Dragster) 0.541 12.180 78.13
(L) Grant Flowers (Amalie Oil Dragster) 0.000(R) (Broke)
Flowers' crew found crank damage in his engine and he did not have any spare
engines, so he did not answer the call. Litton smoked the tires for the first 60
feet and coasted the rest of the way.
(W) Paul Romine (CARQUEST Auto Parts Dragster) 0.478 5.081 275.98
(L) Josh Starcher (WIX Filters Dragster) 0.478 7.356 114.79
Starcher had problems in the first two rounds of qualifying this weekend and
did not make it into the field until the final round. Romine was second quickest in
qualifying. Romine and Starcher had identical reaction times but Starcher started
smoking the tires at 330 feet and backed off. Romine had a clean, straight run and
will have lane choice over Litton in the next round.
(W) Clay Millican (Werner Dragster) 0.530 5.013 286.44
(L) Bobby Lagana Jr (Dragster) 0.726 7.598 108.35
Millican was the top qualifer and Lagana did not complete runs in the second
and third rounds of qualifying. Lagana was slow at the tree, shook the tires and
backed off by 330 feet. Millican had a strong run going but smoked the engine and
dumped oil on the track at 1,100 feet.
Sunday
Results for Elimination Round 2
LEICESTER, N.Y. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top
Fuel at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 14th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts Empire
Nationals:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) Bruce Litton (Lucas Oil Dragster) 0.504 5.183 275.56
(L) Paul Romine (CARQUEST Auto Parts Dragster) 0.545 12.673 92.13
3:41 PM - The air temperature is 84 degrees, humidity is 67 percent and the
barometric pressure is 29.97 and steady. Litton had a solo run into the second
round when Grant Flowers did not make the call. Romine Beat Josh Starcher in round
one. Romine came off the starting line, the engine did not accelerate and the car
shut down right away. Litton had a clean run but his car was smoking at the end of
the run.
(W) Clay Millican (Werner Dragster) 0.538 5.037 274.22
(L) Louie Allison (Vista Foods Dragster) 0.514 5.518 256.33
Allison had the better tree but Millican made it up right away. Allison
smoked the tires from half track to the end of the track. Millican's car smoked at
the end of the run and he oiled the track far down the shutdown area.. Millican
will have lane choice over Litton in the final round. This was the 17th consecutive
winning round for Millican in the IHRA this season.
Sunday
Results for Final Round
LEICESTER, N.Y. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of final, round 3 eliminations in
Top Fuel at the Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, 14th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts
Empire Nationals:
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) Clay Millican (Werner Dragster) 0.495 4.954 246.03
(L) Bruce Litton (Lucas Oil Dragster) 0.489 11.522 80.78
6:31 PM - The temperature remained hot at 83 degrees, with 75 percent
humidity. Barometric pressure was 29.95 and steady. Prior to this race, Millican
had won Top Fuel in all five IHRA national events this year. With his round one and
round two wins here this weekend, he had already extended his 2002 winning streak
to 17 straight winning rounds in eliminations. Litton had the better light but
started smoking the tires almost immediately. Millican had a clean run that was
about as straight as it could be. With this win, Millican made it six IHRA Top Fuel
wins this year and 18 consecutive winning elimination rounds. Millican's speed
dropped seven miles per hour between the eighth mile mark and the end of the track.
He oiled the track on two of his three elimination runs, so he'll lose a total of
30 points in penalties today.
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