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Mark Oswald (M) from
Cleves, Ohio
USA
(Comp Nr/Finish:
330 ) |
1981 - Category: TOPFUEL, Type: TN, Class: TF, Div: 3 |
| "Thomas, Oswald & Kattelman" Owned by Thomas, Mark Oswald & Tom Kattelman
from
Cleves, Ohio
USA
| Crew Chief: Tom Kattelman |
| '81 Dragster by
Don Long |
Powered by Supercharged Nitro 484 Keith Black Hemi with
2 speed manual transmission |
| 1/4 Mile ET: |
5.789 at NHRA Indianapolis IN 9/06/81 |
1/4 Mile MPH: |
246.57 at IHRA Rockingham NC 5/03/81 |
| 1000 FT ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1000 FT MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
| 1/8 Mile ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1/8 Mile MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
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Entry's 1981 Performance Ratings (0 to 100) based on comparison to average ET/MPH:
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1/4 Mile Rating: ET 68.64,
MPH 75.82 |
Entry is 0.97310 times average ET and 1.04108 times average MPH |
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1000 FT Rating: ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
| 1/8 Mile Rating:
ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
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| 1981 Records: |
1/4 Mile: 5.520 ET, 255.68 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
| 1981 Average: |
1/4 Mile: 5.949 ET, 236.84 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
| 1981 Minimum: |
1/4 Mile: 6.449 ET, 218.61 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
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Notes: The team took delivery of their new Don Long-built car the day before the NHRA Winternationals. They ran a best of 6.02 for the first alternate. Not bad, considering that 40 cars were going for the 16-car field. At the NHRA Gatornationals, they made the field with a 5.88/242.58 qualifying #12. Mark lost to Shirley Muldowney in the first round. On March 22, they were at Darlington for the IHRA Winternationals. There, a 6.02/244 qualified #5. In the first round, a 6.14/230 fell to Jody Smart's 5.98/238. A 5.91 failed to qualify for the eight-car field at the NHRA Southern Nationals on April 26, but they ran 5.82 to qualify #2 the following week at Rockingham for the IHRA Pro-Am race. Another 5.82/241.28 beat a wheelstanding Frank Bradley in the first round. In the semifinal, a 5.92/242.58 topped Smart's quicker 5.87/243. Mark faced Marvin Graham in the final and lost a close 5.84/238 to 5.85/246.57 race. At the next IHRA event, the Springnationals at Bristol, on May 17, they again qualified #2, this time with a 5.85. A first-round 5.86 beat Don Garlits' 6.01. Unfortunately, he broke an oil line in the semifinal, smoked the tires in his own oil, and lost to Jeb Allen. Oswald got a big win at the IHRA World Nationals, beating Garlits in the final with a 5.91/245. On the NHRA side, he qualified #9 at the NHRA Springnationals with a 5.94/241.93. He met low qualifier Billy Williams in the first round, and Mark's 6.14/234 advanced when Williams's car broke at half-track. In the second round, a 6.02/239 lost to Terry Capp's 5.98/238. He made the finals again at the next IHRA race, the Northern Nationals, but he had to settle for runner-up when Richard Tharp beat him this time. The team didn't run at the NHRA Mile High Nationals but showed up at the Summernationals at Englishtown. A 5.83/241.28 qualified #6. He beat Butch Osmon in the first round and Tharp in the second (with a 5.90/243.90 to Tharp's 5.92/243), a 5.99/238.72 in the semifinal beat a tire-smoking Capp. The team found themselves in another final round—this time against Gary Beck. Beck had been running strong, and his final round 6.02/221.13 beat Oswald's 6.16/236.84. Back at Bristol for the IHRA Summernationals, they didn't run as well as they had been. Mark qualified #7 in the eight-car field and a 6.18 in the first round, lost to Allen's 6.00. The team bypassed the NHRA Grandnationals before showing up at Indy for the NHRA US Nationals. Once again, they just squeaked into the field with their 5.789/245.23 getting in on the bump. A first-round 5.84 lost to Shirley Muldowney's 5.74. The team rebounded by reaching the final at the next IHRA event, the IHRA US Open, on September 13. A first-round 5.82/212 beat an off-pace Beck at 6.37. A 6.11 took care of a tire-smoking 6.42 from Tharp in the semifinal. In the final, a slow 6.27/228.42 lost to Graham's 5.98/240.00. The 245.23 at Indy was the team's best NHRA speed. |
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Submitted by Draglist Archives, Last updated on Saturday, July 9, 2022, 06:50:41 PM by
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Rankings updated: 06/10/26 03:02:26 am EDT
