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Clawin' and Scratchin'!
Sat, 17 Oct 2009, 07:52 AM
This weekend it's a Fiberglass Forest at Famoso Raceway! A Plethora of
Plastic Fantastics! A Carbon Fiber Cotillion! With thirty-two (32!)
nitro-burning coupes entered in competition, never has the battle for
Funny Car Eliminator at the California Hot Rod Reunion been so
cut-throat: Indeed, on the eve of the event's 18th running, all of
these wicked machines will vie for a mere eight spots, with these
quickest contestants participating in Sunday's final showdown. To that
end, "Nitro Kitty" Mendy Fry - shoeing McCain's Bomb Squad '73 Duster
- will have to claw and scratch her way through the field when time
trials begin on Saturday at 4 pm.
Indeed, qualifying will be ruthless! Among the legion of fuel floppers
duking it out with Fry in what is the last race this year in the NHRA
Heritage Points Series: "Northwest Hitter" Bucky Austin, Kris Krabill
in the Pedaler, and Mark Sanders' Mr. Explosive Nova.
In addition to those stalwarts, former NHRA Funny Car champ Cruz
Pedregon has entered his just-finished Joe Pisano '77 Arrow tribute
funny car. The last-minute details behind Pedregon's late entry
underscore the camaraderie amongst otherwise pitiless competitors..
Indeed, because of scheduling conflicts last weekend Pedregon was
racing in Virginia and not able to leak-down and warm-up his brand
spankin' new machine, so in preparation for its debut at this
weekend's drag race, Joe Pisano crew chief Donnie Couch enjoined Fry
to light off the untested Hemi-powered Nitro Coupe last Sunday. Upon
ignition, everything appeared buttoned-up properly and no leaks were
to be found, so Fry signed off on the systems-check and handed the
steering yoke back to Couch to give to Pedregon, its righful owner -
just in time to fight it out on the drag strip this weekend in
Bakersfield.
Courtesy of Cole Coonce
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