Wed, May 13, 09:36 PM Romine Takes Two of Three From Muldowney

Courtesy of Matt Davis Legend's of Drag Racing

STANTON, Mich. - Reigning IHRA Top Fuel World Champion Paul Romine and his CARQUEST team won a special three round match race against Shirley Muldowney, May 9th and 10th at the Legends of Drag Racing at the Mid-Michigan Motorplex, Stanton, MI.

In the opening round of competition Saturday, Romine cut a .466 reaction time to Muldowney's .493 and stormed to a 4.856/279.15 winning time to the her 4.942/293.06.

Round two took place Saturday night under the lights and the Action Collectibles sponsored dragster of Muldowney revenged her earlier loss with a 4.889/246.30 victorious run to Romine's engine destroying 5.093/233.16.

Tied 1-1, Romine and Muldowney squared off Sunday afternoon in a Mother's Day battle. Muldowney gained a .014 hole-shot off the starting line, but the Clayton Harris power for Romine guided him past the three-time World Champion with a 4.894/288.16 to Muldowney's 4.967/288.27, a margin of victory at the finish line of .059.

Romine and Muldowney will next face each other Saturday, May 23 at the CARQUEST Fox Hunt at Norwalk Raceway Park. NHRA stars Cristen Powell and Gary Scelzi will join them at the event in a NHRA vs. IHRA two round match race that will be tape-delayed and shown at a later date on ESPN2.

Legends of Drag Racing recap

ROUND 1, Saturday, May 9,  7 p.m.
Romine  .466 .847 2.192 3.201 247.86 4.074 4.856/279.15
Muldowney .493 .889 2.255 3.288 239.87 4.179 4.942/293.06

ROUND 2, Saturday, May 9, 9:30 p.m.
Romine  .456 .842 N/A 5.093/233.16
Muldowney .461 .845 2.163 4.889/246.30

ROUND 3, Sunday, May 10, 2:32 p.m.
Romine  .516 .889 2.228 3.243 245.03 4.123 4.894/286.16
Muldowney .502 .905 2.285 3.324 240.38 4.206 4.967/288.27

CARQUEST Corporation began 24 years ago with 100 auto parts stores. Today there are over 3,400 CARQUEST Auto Parts Stores serving all 50 U.S. States and Canada. CARQUEST supplies the professional automotive service repair industry as well as do-it-yourselfers with replacement parts, tools and equipment. CARQUEST is committed to providing auto parts and services of the highest quality and greatest value to its customers. For the location of the CARQUEST Auto Parts Stores nearest you, call 1-800-492-PART or check out CARQUEST on the World Wide Web at CARQUEST.COM. CARQUEST Auto Parts is the primary sponsor of IHRA Top Fuel World Champion Paul Romine and title right sponsor of the IHRA CARQUEST Empire Nationals, July 10-12, in Rochester, NY and the IHRA CARQUEST Northern Nationals, July 31-Aug. 2, in Stanton, MI. -AEROLITE RACING-