The Goodguys 17th Nitro Nationals - Part 1
By Robert Briggs
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| Top Fuel Rick White powered his way to the T/F crown after qualifying 15th. Rick defeated Bill Dunlap in the 1st round by outpedaling him, then layed down three sub-5.83 runs to take the crown. A new T/F power has emerged! |
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| Rick White wins Top Fuel in convincing fashion. |
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| Mike Ward wins A/Gas. |
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| Ken Moitoza ran some big times to capture A/Fuel title with 6.425 sec 214.48 mph (Semi-Final) & 6.453 sec 216.20 mph (Final). |
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| Ken Moitoza took home the A/Fuel trophy. |
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| C/Gas Steve Galileo's consistency for the first four rounds ranged from 9.615 to 9.646 for the 9.60 Index. Final round Steve layed down a super 9.609 for the win. |
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| C/Gas Winner Steve Galileo's '64 Ford. |
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| J.D. Zink wins Junior Fuel with three 6-second runs in eliminations. Incredible. Zink set another new low E.T. with a 6.898 run in Round Two. |
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| J.D. Zink wins Junior Fuel again. |
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| Dan Horan Jr. '66 Mustang qualified 2nd and then ran a 6.05 and two 6.14s to win the Funny Car crown. |
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| Dan Horan wins Funny Car at the 17th Nitro Nationals. |
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| Steve Woods qualified in the middle of a very quick AA/GS field and progressively posted quicker times each round to win the event in a thrilling Final Round over Howard Anderson by 18 inches! |
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| AA/GS winner Steve Woods returns to the Winner's Circle. |
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| Bret Pilcher's '69 Camaro qualified 16th and took home the B/Gas trophy with a giant holeshot in the final round. |
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| Bret Pilcher B/Gas winner. |
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| John Rasmussen ran away with the Junior Fuel B title beating the competition with super sub-7.32 runs. |
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| John Rasmussen wins Junior Fuel B-side. |
Robert Briggs
rbriggs6@charter.net
