Mendy Fry won Nostalgia Top Fuel at the Holley National Hot Rod Reunion in the “High Speed Motorsports” AA/Fuel Dragster. Fry took the final battle with 5.56 ET at 259 MPH in a close race with Jim Young who drove the “Young Guns” fueler to runner-up laurels with a 5.65 ET at 262 MPH. Both drivers pushed their machines up to the limit and beyond after running within a few hundredths of a second and miles per hour of each other throughout the event.
In the final round, Fry said she kept her foot in the “High Speed Motorsports” dragster even as her Hemi engine was coming apart. “I knew it was going to let go at 1000-foot”, said Fry. “I was not lifting. I think it pushed the head gasket out — I was oiled in. I knew I was straight, so I stopped on the track as soon as I could. I could hear him… it’s a crazy feeling, knowing something was going wrong and not lifting.”
With that victory, Fry moved ahead of March Meet winner Adam Sorokin in the NHRA Heritage Series Championship points race, who is now second after being upended in the first round by a hard-charging Tyler Hilton. Jim Murphy moved into third in the points with a semi-final finish here. Young is now fourth.
The explosive final round battle capped a hectic weekend of Nostalgia Top Fuel drag racing action at the 17th Annual Holley Hot Rod Reunion at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky as 12 AA/Fuelers fought for the trophy. Next stop for Nostalgia Top Fuel and the All American Fuel Dragsters coalition is the Nightfire Nationals at Firebird Raceway in Boise, Idaho August 8th-11th.
Head over to the AAFD website for a round-by-round Nostalgia Top Fuel roundup of the entire event with photos, results, videos and more.
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