NHRA

Seattle: Larry Dixon Friday summary

DIXON RACES TO NO. 8 SPOT ON FRIDAY AT SEATTLE KENT, Wash. (July 21, 2006) Larry Dixon raced his Don "the Snake" Prudhomme-owned Miller Lite dragster to the provisional No. 8 qualifying position Friday at Pacific Raceways to open qualifying at ...

Edited: Jul 23, 2006, 12:12 AM

Copy link

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on WhatsApp

Share on Linkedin

Share on Pinterest

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

DIXON RACES TO NO. 8 SPOT ON FRIDAY AT SEATTLE

KENT, Wash. (July 21, 2006) Larry Dixon raced his Don "the Snake" Prudhomme-owned Miller Lite dragster to the provisional No. 8 qualifying position Friday at Pacific Raceways to open qualifying at the 19th annual Schuck's Auto Supply Nationals.

The two-time NHRA Top Fuel champion kicked-off qualifying at a hot Pacific Raceways by using a tune-up from the tuning brain trust of Don Bender and Todd Smith to blast the Miller Lite/Lucas Oil dragster to a run of 4.720 seconds at 318.02 mph to card the second quickest run of the first qualifying session. On Friday's second attempt, Dixon's rail overpowered the track and coasted to an 8.777-second elapsed time to place him eighth in the Top Fuel order.

"Our first run on Friday was nice," Dixon said. "Donnie (Bender) and the team made the right adjustments and the car ran what they thought it would and we were second quick of the session. That put us in a good position for the night run, but we obviously spun the tires and weren't able to capitalize."

The 38-time NHRA winner hopes to move higher in the 16-car Top Fuel field when qualifying continues with sessions scheduled for noon and 3 p.m. (PT) on Saturday afternoon at Pacific Raceways. Dixon qualified No. 1 at the Seattle race last year.

-www.snakeracing.com

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 Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on WhatsApp

Share on Linkedin

Share on Pinterest

Share on Viber

Previous article Seattle: Tommy Johnson Jr Friday summary

Next article Seattle: GM Racing Saturday summary

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

More from

Larry Dixon



Three-time NHRA Top Fuel champion Dixon suspended indefinitely

NHRA

NHRA

Three-time NHRA Top Fuel champion Dixon suspended indefinitely



Good, bad and ugly dominate Gatornationals memories

NHRA

NHRA

Good, bad and ugly dominate Gatornationals memories



Force swaps teams; Dixon returns at Gainesville

NHRA

NHRA

Force swaps teams; Dixon returns at Gainesville

Latest news



Lewis Hamilton demands “serious talks” at Ferrari after Charles Leclerc clash

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Mexican GP

21 min

Lewis Hamilton demands “serious talks” at Ferrari after Charles Leclerc clash



The seven moments that defined Kimi Antonelli's F1 title win in 2026

Formula 1

Mexican GP

The seven moments that defined Kimi Antonelli's F1 title win in 2026



Official race results: NASCAR Cup Martinsville Chase race

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Martinsville II

33 min

Official race results: NASCAR Cup Martinsville Chase race



Emotional Kimi Antonelli left "speechless" by maiden F1 world title in Mexico

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Mexican GP

35 min

Emotional Kimi Antonelli left "speechless" by maiden F1 world title in Mexico

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:

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts

Subscribe