Sun, 25 Jun 2006, 04:59 PM Nitro Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

EDMONTON, Alb. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Knoll Gas - Torco Racing Fuels Nitro Funny Car at the 2006 eMax Drag Racing Series, CARS RV & Marine & Motorsports Rocky Mountain Nationals presented by TORCO Racing Fuels:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  443 Mitch King                            302 Dale Creasy Jr.              
E2                   0.158  7.405  99.23     ****WINNER****  0.091  5.331 218.34
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D BENJAMIN  ) 0.239 13.511  74.00      (T HADDOCK   ) 0.098  5.023 284.99
 Qualified:             #8 12.945  71.04                        #6  7.121 124.68

2:49 p.m. King's engine went silent before half track, the reason not evident but Creasy started pulling ahead quickly about then. Creasy's run was not a thing of beauty, the engine silent around 1,000 feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1429 Vincent Arcadi                         34 Jack Wyatt                   
E2                   0.090  5.253 281.54     ****WINNER****  0.106  5.105 279.56
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J DUCHENE   ) 0.125  4.966 302.21      (G COOPER    ) 0.180  5.147 288.83
 Qualified:             #1  4.942 310.70                        #3  5.130 255.92

Nice drag race, Wyatt pulling away on the top half for the win and lane choice against Creasy in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink