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Topeka Saturday qualifying (T/F)
Top Fuel Qualifying List After Session 2, Saturday 1996 NHRA Topeka 1 by Bob & David Pos Name Number E.T. Speed When 1 BLAINE JOHNSON T/F 5 4.592 310.02 Sat2 2 JOE AMATO ...
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Top Fuel Qualifying List After Session 2, Saturday 1996 NHRA Topeka 1 by Bob & David Pos Name Number E.T. Speed When 1 BLAINE JOHNSON T/F 5 4.592 310.02 Sat2 2 JOE AMATO T/F 10 4.595 314.13 Sat2 3 KENNY BERNSTEIN T/F 7 4.623 308.74 Sat2 4 SCOTT KALITTA T/F 1 4.639 315.67 Fri1 5 LARRY DIXON T/F 3 4.652 302.82 Fri2 6 CORY McCLENATHAN T/F 2 4.669 310.02 Sat2 7 MIKE DUNN T/F 4 4.718 301.20 Fri1 8 BOB VANDERGRIFF, JR T/F 220 4.733 298.11 Fri2 9 CONNIE KALITTA T/F 399 4.762 305.29 Sat2 10 EDDIE HILL T/F 6 4.766 303.54 Fri1 11 RON CAPPS T/F 769 4.786 291.26 Sat2 12 ANDY WOODS T/F 411 4.789 293.54 Sat2 13 JIM HEAD T/F 23 4.807 293.82 Fri2 14 SHELLY ANDERSON T/F 9 4.817 296.93 Fri1 15 BRUCE SARVER T/F 17 4.833 292.58 Fri1 16 GORDIE BONIN T/F 600 4.846 N/A Sat2 17 DOUG FOXWORTH T/F 405 4.889 299.90 Sat2
Sunday-Round 1 - Top Fuel -Left lane first- 1996 NHRA Topeka 1 by David & Bob Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed T/F 220 BOB VANDERGRIFF, JR 0.468 5.805 155.11 T/F 399 CONNIE KALITTA 0.491 4.701 309.59W Flames out of Bob' car at half track. Nice, fast run for Connie. T/F 4 MIKE DUNN 0.487 4.707 303.64W T/F 6 EDDIE HILL 0.519 4.783 298.70 Good runs by both cars. . T/F 7 KENNY BERNSTEIN 0.482 4.824 291.73W T/F 9 SHELLY ANDERSON 0.254 4.714 298.60 An unfortunate red light for Shelly. Kenny broke loose a couple times during the run, but held on for the win. T/F 10 JOE AMATO 0.491 4.751 302.01W T/F 17 BRUCE SARVER 0.496 4.856 291.07 Joe smokes 'em a little at the start, but otherwise, good runs by both cars. T/F 5 BLAINE JOHNSON 0.491 4.628 313.15W T/F 600 GORDIE BONIN 0.536 10.332 81.51 Blaine backs up the 4.592 for a new national record! Gordie smoked the tires bad, early, and shut it off. T/F 1 SCOTT KALITTA 0.478 4.736 312.60W T/F 23 JIM HEAD 0.489 4.930 281.16 Scott backs up his 315.67 for a new national record! Jim lost the engine about 1000 feet out. T/F 3 LARRY DIXON 0.510 4.928 281.86 T/F 411 ANDY WOODS 0.463 4.853 288.36W Andy left on Larry, and proceeded to pull an upset. Andy's engine blew at the finish, might not be back.... T/F 2 CORY McCLENATHAN 0.503 4.750 300.80 T/F 769 RON CAPPS 0.460 4.766 299.60W Good runs by both cars, Ron wins with a hole shot. Another upset!
Sunday-Round 2 - Top Fuel -Left lane first- 1996 NHRA Topeka 1 by David & Bob Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed T/F 769 RON CAPPS 0.475 7.654 106.77 T/F 7 KENNY BERNSTEIN 0.485 4.836 261.09W Capps smokes the tires about 100 feet out. Kenny's engine is on fire at about 1000'. T/F 1 SCOTT KALITTA 0.459 4.765 297.71W T/F 411 ANDY WOODS 0.481 5.816 161.20 Woods did an imitation of Kenny's previous run, a fire ball engine at about 1000'. T/F 4 MIKE DUNN 0.480 5.997 141.04 T/F 10 JOE AMATO 0.491 5.021 279.85W Dunn blew a head gasket about 100 feet out, riding a fireball down the track. Joe smoked 'em most of the way T/F 5 BLAINE JOHNSON 0.512 7.477 108.42 T/F 399 CONNIE KALITTA 0.489 5.739 240.25W Connie pedalled it all the way down the track. Blaine shut it off about 300' out.
Sunday-Round 3 - Top Fuel -Left lane first- 1996 NHRA Topeka 1 by David & Bob Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed T/F 10 JOE AMATO 0.482 4.747 303.64 T/F 7 KENNY BERNSTEIN 0.480 4.743 285.26W Great runs by both drivers, MOV .006 . T/F 1 SCOTT KALITTA 0.490 4.693 314.90W T/F 399 CONNIE KALITTA 0.477 5.847 147.95 A quick, fast one for Scott. .
Sunday-Round 4 - Top Fuel -Left lane first- 1996 NHRA Topeka 1 by David & Bob Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed T/F 1 SCOTT KALITTA 0.468 4.664 314.68W T/F 7 KENNY BERNSTEIN 0.481 14.146 77.03 Kenny went up in smoke about 100 feet out. Scott had a great run for the win!
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