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Saturday-Round 1 - Top Fuel -Left lane first- 1996 NHRA Pontiac Excitement Nationals by Jackie & John Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed T/F ...
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Saturday-Round 1 - Top Fuel -Left lane first- 1996 NHRA Pontiac Excitement Nationals by Jackie & John Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed T/F 399 CONNIE KALITTA 0.460 4.884 277.09W T/F 220 BOB VANDERGRIFF, JR 0.437 4.913 285.80 Vandergriff was leading but Kalitta came back mid-track and took the win. T/F 4 MIKE DUNN 0.494 7.240 109.67 T/F 303 PAT DAKIN 0.485 4.840 294.11W Dakin left first by just a little bit and Dunn smoked the tires at about the 330' mark. T/F 17 BRUCE SARVER 0.497 4.944 271.73W T/F 10 JOE AMATO 0.474 5.471 191.36 First round Sarver has ever won in Top Fuel. Amato does an AWESOME wheel stand off the line but drives out T/F 223 MIKE SMITH No show T/F 7 MIKE DUNN 0.702 5.846 153.06W Smith left before the tree was activated and Bernstein broke a rear-end at the 1000' mark. T/F 23 JIM HEAD 0.546 11.356 93.00 T/F 1 SCOTT KALITTA 0.483 4.753 308.00W Head smokes the tires off the line and Kalitta has a "mild" run. (Is it the start of anothe STREAK?) T/F 6 EDDIE HILL 0.451 4.860 294.59 T/F 2 CORY McCLENATHAN 0.508 4.766 308.32W Nice side-by-side run. Hill drove the car off the track and onto the highway. T/F 9 SHELLY ANDERSON 0.434 4.902 302.92 T/F 3 LARRY DIXON 0.452 4.805 286.71W . T/F 738 RANCE McDANIEL 0.536 6.039 1.72 T/F 5 BLAINE JOHNSON 0.492 4.826 295.08W Beautiful run for Blaine. McDaniel left late and smoked the tires at the 1/8th mile mark.
Saturday-Round 2 - Top Fuel -Left lane first-
1996 NHRA Pontiac Excitement Nationals by Jackie & John
Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed
T/F 17 BRUCE SARVER 0.509 9.040 85.17
T/F 3 LARRY DIXON 0.474 4.994 278.98W
Sarver blows the tires off on the line. Dixon makes it
into the Semi's.
T/F 7 MIKE DUNN 0.501 4.977 290.41
T/F 5 BLAINE JOHNSON 0.473 4.819 294.11W
Great clean run for Johnson. Bernstein drops a
cylinder off the line.
T/F 303 PAT DAKIN 0.500 10.958 80.69
T/F 2 CORY McCLENATHAN 0.484 4.867 288.00W
Dakin smokes the tires off the line and Cory takes the
win.
T/F 399 CONNIE KALITTA 0.510 5.026 231.24
T/F 1 SCOTT KALITTA 0.460 4.910 285.53W
Connie drops the motor at the big end and Scott takes
the win.
Saturday-Round 3 - Top Fuel -Left lane first- 1996 NHRA Pontiac Excitement Nationals by Jackie & John Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed T/F 1 SCOTT KALITTA 0.460 5.404 186.56 T/F 2 CORY McCLENATHAN 0.475 4.883 300.40W Nice run for Cory. . T/F 3 LARRY DIXON 0.517 4.935 286.71W T/F 5 BLAINE JOHNSON 0.090 10.285 90.47 Blaine smokes the tires off the line and puts Dixon in the finals with Cory Mac.
Saturday-Round 4 - Top Fuel -Left lane first-
1996 NHRA Pontiac Excitement Nationals by Jackie & John
Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed
T/F 3 LARRY DIXON 0.492 4.937 275.98
T/F 2 CORY McCLENATHAN 0.493 4.817 306.43W
Cory was leaking something majorly on the burn out, but
it didn't matter, he takes the win anyhow.
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