The Big Go

[LKTraz]

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It's Labor Day weekend and for NHRA drag racing fans it also means the biggest event of the year......the U.S. Nationals.

After 1 round of qualifying for the pros, here's the results so far:

Top Fuel

Psn - Driver - Vehicle - ET - Speed
1. Larry Dixon Al-Anabi Racing Dragster 3.850 302.89
2. Cory McClenathan Fram Tough Guard Dragster 3.863 305.36
3. Rod Fuller Michigan Caterpillar Dragster 3.888 310.63
4. Antron Brown Matco Tools Direct TV Dragster 3.912 306.74
5. Brandon Bernstein Budweiser/Lucas Oil Dragster 3.919 299.66
6. Bruce Litton Lucas Oil/Stoops Dragster 3.931 307.02
7. Troy Buff Bill Miller Racing/Okuma Drags 4.122 224.92
8. Del Cox Jr LA King's/RG Industries DRA Dr 4.123 248.48
9. Chris Karamesines Strange/Chizler Dragster 4.169 234.94
10. Clay Millican LifeLock Dragster 4.308 201.46
11. Morgan Lucas Geico Powersport/ Lucas Oil Dr 4.473 180.26
12. Terry Haddock Dragster 4.799 150.93
--------- Not Qualified ---------
13. Doug Kalitta No. 50 Dragster 4.872 150.75
14. Spencer Massey US Smokeless Dragster 5.024 137.13
15. Luigi Novelli National Machine Repair Dragst 5.413 121.01
16. Tony Schumacher U.S. Army Dragster 5.477 124.29
17. David Grubnic DHL Dragster 6.590 96.60
18. Ron August Bexar Waste Dragster 7.214 118.44
19. T.J. Zizzo PEAK/HERCULINER/O'Reilly Drags 7.264 87.81
20. Pat Dakin Commercial Metal Fabrications 7.479 93.13
21. Shawn Langdon Lucas Oil/Dixie Chopper Dragst 17.097 68.55




Funnycar:

Psn - Driver - Vehicle - ET - Speed
1. Robert Hight AAA of So. Cal Mustang 4.107 305.36
2. Mike Neff JFR/Ford Mustang 4.113 304.60
3. Cruz Pedregon Advance Auto Parts Solara 4.124 302.35
4. Ashley Force Hood Castrol GTX Mustang 4.138 301.07
5. Bob Tasca III Motorcraft/Quick Lane Mustang 4.158 302.14
6. Matt Hagan Shelor Motor Mile Charger 4.171 299.46
7. John Force Castrol GTX Mustang 4.176 300.20
8. Jeff Arend DHL Solara 4.184 297.55
9. Brian Thiel Case Agricultural Charger 4.238 294.63
10. Tim Wilkerson Levi, Ray & Shoup Mustang 4.253 290.82
11. Jack Beckman Valvoline/MTS Charger 4.254 274.89
12. Jim Head Head Racing Solara 4.289 239.02
--------- Not Qualified ---------
13. Grant Downing Need2Speed Monte Carlo 4.310 227.27
14. Tony Pedregon Nitrofish Impala 5.340 145.38
15. Bob Bode Alard Machine Products Impala 6.066 109.28
16. Del Worsham Al-Anabi Racing Solara 6.799 89.17
17. Ron Capps NAPA Auto Parts Charger 8.130 81.06
18. Justin Schriefer Creasy Family Camaro 8.339 75.83



Pro Stock

Psn - Driver - Vehicle - ET - Speed
1. Mike Edwards A.R.T./Young Life GXP 6.624 207.66
2. Greg Anderson Summit Racing Equipment GXP 6.635 208.20
3. Jason Line Summit Racing Equipment GXP 6.639 207.05
4. Allen Johnson Mopar/J & J Racing Stratus 6.645 206.92
5. Ron Krisher Valvoline Cobalt 6.652 207.27
6. Steve Spiess Spiess Construction Cobalt 6.663 205.94
7. Vinnie Deceglie Mountain View Tire Stratus 6.668 206.35
8. Greg Stanfield Attitude Apparel GXP 6.669 206.86
9. Ryan Ondrejko Wiley X GXP 6.670 206.07
10. Jeg Coughlin Jegs.com Cobalt 6.675 207.15
11. Ronnie Humphrey Troy Humphrey GXP 6.679 206.39
12. Rodger Brogdon Charter GXP 6.684 206.26
--------- Not Qualified ---------
13. Justin Humphreys RaceRedi Motorsports GXP 6.687 205.35
14. Rickie Jones Quarter-Max/RJ Stratus 6.696 206.16
15. Matt Hartford Nickens Brothers Racing Stratu 6.696 205.98
16. Kurt Johnson AC Delco Cobalt 6.699 207.05
17. Larry Morgan Lucas Oil Stratus 6.702 206.26
18. Warren Johnson K&N Filters GXP 6.721 207.24
19. Steve Schmidt Schmidt Competition Engines Co 6.726 204.05
20. V. Gaines Kendall Oil Stratus 6.727 204.60
21. Bob Benza BNB Racing GXP 6.763 204.29
22. Kevin Lawrence Modern Carriage Werks Cobalt 6.816 202.03
23. Mark Hogan EMSI Inc. GTO 6.819 203.25
24. John Gaydosh Jr Gaydosh Performance GTO 6.822 201.01
25. Frank Gugliotta Elite Motorsports GXP 6.826 200.47
26. Erica Enders Dragstar Racing Mustang 6.843 200.83
27. Dave River River Racing Cobalt 6.973 196.53
28. Jim Cunningham Mustang 7.210 201.76
29. John Nobile Nobile Racing Stratus 7.355 144.40
30. Johnny Gray Johnny Gray Racing Stratus 12.601 67.96




Pro Stock Motorcycle

Psn - Rider - Vehicle - ET - Speed
1. Hector Arana Lucas Oil Buell 6.985 190.30
2. Andrew Hines Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines 6.989 190.75
3. Matt Smith Nitrofish Suzuki 7.018 190.65
4. Michael Phillips MPR & Damn Sport Suzuki 7.023 191.46
5. Eddie Krawiec Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines 7.054 185.84
6. Chip Ellis Chip Ellis Racing Suzuki 7.056 186.38
7. Matt Guidera Rocklin Motorsports Buell 7.069 185.66
8. Douglas Horne Horne Racing Buell 7.087 186.92
9. Craig Treble Team Scream Suzuki 7.111 186.69
10. Jim Underdahl Suzuki Extended Protection Suz 7.140 185.74
11. Steve Johnson Steve Johnson Racing Suzuki 7.150 185.33
12. Angie McBride NitroFish/MSR/Redline Oil Buel 7.157 184.22
--------- Not Qualified ---------
13. Bailey Whitaker Rum Bum Buell 7.167 181.69
14. Junior Pippin Stone Mtn & Granite Mtn HD Bue 7.240 183.87
15. Joe DeSantis Team Joey D Suzuki 7.249 184.37
16. David Hope VRoom Racing Buell 7.405 179.02
17. Redell Harris Master P/No Limit Record Buell 7.424 147.47
18. Mike Berry MB Machining/ LAT Racing Oil B 7.495 176.81
19. Katie Sullivan Susuki 7.594 174.66
20. Geoff Godfrey Zebra Racing Suzuki 7.752 164.25
21. GT Tonglet Kawasaki 7.809 133.39
22. LE Tonglet Suzuki 11.515 69.02
23. Wesley Wells Kendall Suzuki DQ
24. Karen Stoffer Geico Suzuki DQ
25. Shawn Gann Rum Bum Racing Buell DQ



A sportsman class that may be of particular interest to Twitchy is Alcohol Funnycar because the master of the class, Frank Manzo is fairly local to her being from Morganville,NJ


Alcohol Funnycar
After round two for the class:

Psn - Driver - Vehicle - ET - Speed
1. Frank Manzo Lucas Motor Oil Monte Carlo 5.581 259.96
2. Mick Snyder Powersource Transportation Mus 5.586 256.65
3. Steve Harker Monte Carlo 5.588 255.77
4. Chris Foster Foster Racing Monte Carlo 5.661 252.71
5. Tony Bartone Centre Pointe Collision Ford M 5.672 252.80
6. Vern Moats Kendall Motor Oil Mustang 5.687 253.14
7. Mickey Ferro Ryco Hydraulics Monte Carlo 5.689 253.33
8. Alexis De Joria Tequila Patron Mustang 5.716 252.57
9. Ken Webster Synoil Fluids Racing Monte Car 5.737 253.61
10. Bobby Martin Lane Automotive Charger 5.747 253.37
11. John Hart Charger 5.783 246.39
12. Jeff Burnett Mustang 5.885 210.73
13. Jason McKnight Impala 6.108 239.02
14. Fred Hagen Jr. Dark Horse Mustang 6.182 222.88
15. Kevin Newburgh The Heckler Avenger 6.601 119.20
16. Rick Cortino Lone Wolf Firebird 7.282 137.22
--------- Not Qualified ---------
17. Tim Stevens T-N-T Motorsports Stratus 8.758 99.96
18. John Bojec PAC Racing Springs Monte Carlo 24.492 34.67
19. Steve Burck ARC Speciaties Camaro DQ

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Nice, we'll be in AC tonight and who the hell knows HOW we'll be tomorrow!

What day are they racing? All weekend including Monday or it ends on Sunday?

Are they in Englishtown?

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And am I the only person left alive to call the top fuel dragsters 'rails' ?

[LKTraz]

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Final eliminations are Monday.

They're at Indianapolis Raceway Park in Clermont, IN

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Is this going to be on TV? Speed channel or Vs?

[LKTraz]

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Mac Tools U.S. Nationals
September 2-7
Indianapolis, Ind.
09/06/2009 Qualifying 11:30:00 AM - 2:00:00 PM ET (ESPN2)
09/06/2009 NHRA Race Day 11:00:00 AM - 11:30:00 AM ET (ESPN2)
09/06/2009 Qualifying 5:00:00 PM - 7:00:00 PM ET (ESPN2)
09/07/2009 NHRA Race Day 12:00:00 PM - 1:00:00 PM ET (ESPN2)
09/07/2009 Eliminations 1:00:00 PM - 6:00:00 PM ET (ESPN2)
09/11/2009 Repeat Eliminations 3:00:00 AM - 5:00:00 AM ET (ESPN2)

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Sweet - thanks! I'm awful with checking the TV guide.
They only have NASCAR on the Speed channel today too. I'm not a big fan of NASCAR, it's boring just watching them go round and round the track.

What's funny is that when I was a kid I always liked to watch the Indy car races when you would get them on TV.

[LKTraz]

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Same here. The open wheel cars are a bit more interesting than the NASCAR stuff though. I gave up on NASCAR roundy round racing when they started passing out the rule books like: OK Mr Allison, here's yours, now Mr. Busch, here's yours but it isn't the same as Mr Allison's so don't get your copies mixed up. Mr Ernhardt, if you don't like yours, how can we accommodate you? Mr Penske, which of your drivers needs theirs changed to suit them?

At least the Indy cars all play from the same book and they are allowed to be innovative within the rulebook. If somebody figures something out in NASCAR that's within the rules and they realize a performance advantage it all depends on WHO does it that will affect whether or not it's allowed. What a bunch of bullshit!

What else frosts me about those morons running NASCAR is that if something occurs that turns out to be a safety issue, it takes them forever and a day to act on it, that is if they even DO act upon it. They always go the "We're looking into it" route.

At least the Indy guys do something in a fairly timely fashion. Now NHRA does something absofuckingloutly immediately!

When it was determined that the cause of John Force smacking the wall 2 years ago was due to the newly mandated tires needing more than 4psi pressure, they mandated that all cars falling into the category mandating that tire would, from that moment on, run no less than 7psi for funnycars and 6psi for dragsters. When did they do this? Before the next pair of cars made their passes! Basically they revised the safety standards as they were clearing Force's car from the track!

Oh, no you are not the only one who still refers to top fuelers as rails or for that matter diggers or slingshots either.

Now technically diggers and slingshots are the old front engine dragsters but, it's still acceptable to refer to fuelers as such.

BTW......they still do refer to funnycars as "floppers".