Sun, 5 Nov 2006, 05:39 PM Nostalgia Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Nostalgia Funny Car at the Goodguys, 8th Annual Fuel and Gas Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  520 Dennis La Charite                     732 Chris Krabill                
E2                   0.123  9.036 103.24     ****WINNER****  0.073  6.241 234.37
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Romanazzi ) 0.158  6.137 239.93      (D Worsham   ) 0.163  6.341 232.13
 Qualified:             #9  6.269 239.96                        #5  6.054 239.29

2:27 p.m. This is #1 and #2 in the points meeting in the semis. La Charite shook the tires and had to pedal. That was all she wrote for La Charite. That win just about clinches the championship for that team.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  720 Lee Paul Jennings Jr                  706 Larry Pettit                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.142  5.995 222.16                     0.097  6.172 235.47
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Horan Jr  ) 0.191  6.063 227.15      (M Savage    ) 0.138  6.133 222.05
 Qualified:             #2  5.978 234.92                        #4  6.053 234.68

Jennings was second at the hit but passed Pettit pretty early in the run. He meets Krabill, the Reunion winner in 2006, in the finals in about two hours.




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