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>From the Prodigy Auto Racing BB and Newsgroup. Sunday-Round 1 - Top Fuel -Left lane first- 1997 NHRA Slick 50 Nationals by Glenn & Theresa Number ...
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>From the Prodigy Auto Racing BB and Newsgroup.
Sunday-Round 1 - Top Fuel -Left lane first-
1997 NHRA Slick 50 Nationals by Glenn & Theresa
Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed
T/F 303 PAT DAKIN 0.488 10.974 82.51
T/F 2 SCOTT KALITTA 0.504 4.768 296.54W
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T/F 1 KENNY BERNSTEIN 0.504 8.823 77.82
T/F 8 SHELLY ANDERSON 0.572 4.624 305.39W
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T/F 503 TOMMY JOHNSON, JR. 0.512 9.429 82.84
T/F 12 BOB VANDERGRIFF 0.511 4.658 302.11W
Left lane up in smoke at half track.
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T/F 757 DAVID GRUBNIC No show
T/F 6 JOE AMATO 0.516 4.629 314.79W
Left lane kept on truckin' on burn out, easy for Joe
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T/F 4 LARRY DIXON 0.535 4.768 287.17
T/F 3 CORY McCLENATHAN 0.491 4.782 298.21W
Good runs by both cars.
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T/F 18 CRISTEN POWELL 0.527 9.747 79.66
T/F 5 GARY SCELZI 0.568 4.646 309.49W
Left lane up in smoke about 100 feet out.
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T/F 7 MIKE DUNN 0.518 4.686 302.01W
T/F 888 JIM HEAD 0.485 7.965 92.46
Right lane up in smoke about 330ft
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T/F 17 BRUCE SARVER 0.004 4.802 300.50
T/F 9 CONNIE KALITTA 0.549 4.710 308.95W
Sunday-Round 2 - Top Fuel -Left lane first-
1997 NHRA Slick 50 Nationals by Glenn & Theresa
Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed
T/F 9 CONNIE KALITTA 0.529 4.864 229.65
T/F 12 BOB VANDERGRIFF 0.488 4.594 310.55W
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T/F 7 MIKE DUNN 0.488 5.038 221.13
T/F 5 GARY SCELZI 0.513 4.637 312.17W
Dunn drives through two wheelstands on that one.
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T/F 3 CORY McCLENATHAN 0.514 4.723 304.98
T/F 8 SHELLY ANDERSON 0.547 4.634 317.46W
Good runs by both cars.
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T/F 6 JOE AMATO 0.514 4.625 315.12W
T/F 2 SCOTT KALITTA 0.498 4.716 308.85
Good runs by both cars.
Sunday-Round 3 - Top Fuel -Left lane first-
1997 NHRA Slick 50 Nationals by Glenn & Theresa
Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed
T/F 5 GARY SCELZI 0.480 4.785 297.52
T/F 6 JOE AMATO 0.490 4.599 317.57W
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T/F 8 SHELLY ANDERSON 0.576 4.823 250.34
T/F 12 BOB VANDERGRIFF 0.491 4.669 287.72W
WOW!!!!
Sunday-Round 4 - Top Fuel -Left lane first-
1997 NHRA Slick 50 Nationals by Glenn & Theresa
Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed
T/F 12 BOB VANDERGRIFF 0.503 4.694 302.62
T/F 6 JOE AMATO 0.456 4.653 312.17W
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