Goodguys 7th Fuel and Gas Finals - Part 1
By Robert Briggs
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| Top Fuel Howard Haight qualified 9th and went on to win the event beating Rick White in the Final Round. |
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| Top Fuel Winner -- Howard Haight |
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| Funny Car Steve Nichols qualified 6th with a 6.312 sec 217.86 mph pass. Its a long haul from Delaware for this team and we sure are happy to see this beautiful car. |
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| Junior Fuel Final Round J.D. Zink does a dramatic blowover followed by several barrel rolls before coming to a rest. Thankfully JD appears to be okay. |
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| Larry Pettit made the first VRA 5-second pass with a super 5.928 sec 245.16 mph and took the Funny Car title. Larry backed it up with an even quicker elapsed time for the record with a 5.927 sec pass. Larry was also the 2005 Funny Car Class Champion. |
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| Funny Car Winner & Class Champion -- Larry Pettit |
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| B/Gas winner Red McGuiness' '70 Mustang qualified 7th on his final attempt. McGuiness had an easy Final Round when Jim Teague red lighted. |
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| B/Gas Winner -- Red McGuiness |
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| Mike Boyd in the Winged Express passes with the wheels up. |
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| Mike Boyd is approaching the center line while coming down from the wheelstand. |
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| The Winged Express hits the track and the left wheel breaks lose from the car. |
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| The Winged Express' chassis hits the track while the wheel shoots away. Mike Boyd slammed into the left concrete barrier, popped the chutes and ended up on its side. Mike is okay. |
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| Steve Castelli qualified #1, won A/Gas event and the 2005 Championship. Not a bad way to wrap up the year! |
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| A/Gas Winner & Class Champion -- Steve Castelli |
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| A/Fuel winner Claude Lavoie ran the quickest pass in class history with a 6.179 sec but wasn't able to back it up for a record. Claude was the 2005 A/Fuel Class Champion. |
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| A/Fuel Winner & Class Champion -- Claude Lavoie |
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| AA/GS Chris Abbey not only took the title but also the class Championship. Chris won two events during the year and had low E.T. and Top Speed at each event. |
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| AA/GS Winner & Class Champion -- Chris Abbey |
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| A/Gas Mike Ward's '33 Willys qualified 10th with a pass of 7.725 sec for the 7.60 Index. |
Robert Briggs
rbriggs6@charter.net
