Matter Earns Semi-Final Finish at H.R.P.

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Matter Earns Semi-Final Finish at H.R.P.

Postby F/C Girl » Wed May 21, 2008 8:35 pm

LODRS 4-3 Baytown -- Following three rounds of qualifying, Nancy Matter qualified in the seventh spot of the eight-car field.   Matter Racing had very little data to work with, as the car never performed to its potential, encountering severe tire shake on each pass.  "On our second qualifier, we shook so hard that it sheered all but one blower stud off and lifted the supercharger", noted Matter.  "We softened the car a lot for the third run just to get it down the track.  We went a little too far, however, we were still in the field, so we were pretty happy to be running on Sunday".

Mother Nature's weather conditions drastically changed from qualifying for Sunday's eliminations, creating a roll of the dice for all competitors at the third of six Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Events.  The track temp jumped from 87 degrees during qualifying to 138 degrees for race day, so it was anyone's race.  

Matter knew that Sunday would be no easy task as she was going to race her good friend and #2 qualifier Lee Callaway in the first round.  Matter had a decent .029 light and won on a hole shot with a 6.04 over the defending Div 4 champ's 6.01, after both cars were shaking and skating around their respective lanes.  

In the semi-final match up, Matter had a .059 light against opponent Steve Burke's .053 light and narrowly missed making it to her first final round appearance.  "I saw his motor eating itself up, trailing smoke and slowing,  but I short-shifted when the car started to shake and it killed enough of our time, that I was about to the back of his car when we passed the stripe".

"We'd like to thank Mark and Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian from Drag Strip Girl Apparel, as well as Karl and Marty Belt from Applied Tool Supply of Austin for their support at this race.  I also want to thank Tom Conway for his continuing educating ways and, most of all, my crew Jeremy Mitchell,  Eugene & Kelly Rowson, Jeremy Lowe and Desmond.  We all work so well together and it's such an honor to be surrounded by so much talent".

For more information about Nancy Matter Racing, log on to: www.NancyMatterRacing.com or www.MySpace.com/NancyMatterRacing 

For more information about Drag Strip Girl Apparel, log on to: www.dragstripgirldesigns.com

For more information about Applied Tool Supply, log on to: www.apptool.com
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Postby draglist » Wed May 21, 2008 8:44 pm

Congrats, Nancy. bp
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Postby Rapid Randy Baker » Wed May 21, 2008 9:44 pm

Great Job Nancy. Thanks for the report. 8)
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Scary?

Postby go300mph » Thu May 22, 2008 8:26 am

So during qualifying it blew up between your legs and that doesn't scare you?
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Postby pro70z28 » Thu May 22, 2008 8:32 am

Sounds like a good weekend. Thanks for the report Nancy.
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Postby F/C Girl » Thu May 22, 2008 11:41 am

Hi Mick, actually, the super charger is in front of me, and as long as I don't see fire, (which alcolhol is Bad Bad) then nah, it's all good.

Wierd thing was, I saw the super charger lift, but the motor kept running, so I was a little confused about burst panels going and not killing the motor, well, it wasn't the burst panels this time, so......all good and only 8 nuts and studs to fix'r'up. :-)
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Postby Jerry Gilles » Thu May 22, 2008 12:16 pm

great job Nancy

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Postby Billy Mac » Thu May 22, 2008 12:44 pm

LOL...in the off season, Nancy purposefully loads her dryer out of balance so she can sit on top of it and get a minor sensation of the track :lol: :lol:

just funnin' Nancy. :wink:
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Postby Mr. Jean » Thu May 22, 2008 1:23 pm

8) 8)
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Postby jim sanders » Thu May 22, 2008 2:08 pm

8) Great reporting and congrats Nancy !! Billy............ :lol:
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