NHRA
Columbus: Whit Bazemore Saturday summary
BAZEMORE AND MATCO TOOLS TEAM CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, GRAB NO. 4 IN COLUMBUS QUALIFYING HEBRON, Ohio (May 20, 2006) - Whit Bazemore and the Matco Tools Iron Eagle Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car team continue to improve, as evidenced by Bazemore's ...
Published: May 21, 2006, 8:19 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
BAZEMORE AND MATCO TOOLS TEAM CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, GRAB NO. 4 IN COLUMBUS QUALIFYING
HEBRON, Ohio (May 20, 2006) - Whit Bazemore and the Matco Tools Iron Eagle Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car team continue to improve, as evidenced by Bazemore's earning another stout qualifying spot today at National Trail Raceway. He qualified No. 4, marking the fifth time this season he's qualified in the top half.
Bazemore's best pass of the weekend, a 4.741-second elapsed time at 327.11 mph, came in the cool Friday evening session. His other runs include a 4.847/311.49, a 6.710/126.71 and a 4.804/321.96.
"It's a really good effort all the way around," he said. "The Matco Tools team is doing a tremendous job, the car is running very competitively and we're in a good position.
"To me it shows the effort and the ability that everyone has put in and it's all good. We tuned the car that last run to finish today's earlier run, and basically it did. The car is consistently responding well to input and that's what it takes.
"You have to have a car that does what you tell it to do and our car is doing that right now. Todd (Okuhara) and Brian (Corradi) have a lot of confidence, and when the crew chiefs have a lot of confidence, the driver ends up having a lot of confidence, so we're feeling good."
Bazemore faces Bob Gilbertson in first round of eliminations on Sunday.
-dsr-
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Columbus: Gary Scelzi Saturday summary
Next article Standings after Mid-Ohio
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Whit Bazemore
Tommy Johnson Jr. aiming for big win in Las Vegas for Make-A-Wish
NASCAR Cup
NASCAR Cup
Tommy Johnson Jr. aiming for big win in Las Vegas for Make-A-Wish
Ron Capps looks to extend final round streak to five
NHRA
NHRA
Ron Capps looks to extend final round streak to five
Ford Looks For 200th NHRA Funny Car Win At Joliet
NHRA
NHRA
Ford Looks For 200th NHRA Funny Car Win At Joliet
Latest news
Alex Bowman hits out at critics in snarky post, shooting down early exit rumors
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
7 h
Alex Bowman hits out at critics in snarky post, shooting down early exit rumors
Ryan Blaney gets sweet redemption after 'nightmares' following 2024 Homestead loss
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
7 h
Ryan Blaney gets sweet redemption after 'nightmares' following 2024 Homestead loss
IndyCar 2026 season review: Dale Coyne Racing
IndyCar
Indy IndyCar 7 h
IndyCar 2026 season review: Dale Coyne Racing
Noah Gragson apologizes to Daniel Suarez for spinning him at Homestead
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
8 h
Noah Gragson apologizes to Daniel Suarez for spinning him at Homestead
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe