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FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR

Friday's 1st Session

Kent, WA - RIS - Order after one round of qualifying in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the 10th Annual NHRA Northwest Nationals: 



 Psn  Driver                       ET     Speed

   1  Steve Sommer                5.837  242.71
   2  Larry Miner                 5.853  244.16
   3  Bucky Austin                5.853  243.37
   4  Mitch Myers                 5.968  234.25
   5  Brian Hough                 5.979  239.74
   6  Bernie Harrington           6.064  236.77
   7  John Weaver                 6.156  227.15
   8  Dan McGlone                 6.175  233.52
   9  Jason Rupert                6.269  228.71
  10  Craig Peterson              6.275  211.06
  11  Roger Bateman               6.832  146.67
  12  Pat Austin                  7.419  132.78
  13  Russ Parker                 9.611   92.10
  14  Forrest Le Blanc           10.276   84.13
  15  Sam Blue                   10.365    0.00
  16  Mike Giuliani               0.000    0.00

        RIS/WA-Mike Jex



FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR

Friday's 2nd Session

Kent, WA - RIS - Order after 2 rounds of qualifying in Federal- Mogul Funny Car at the 10th Annual NHRA Northwest Nationals: 



 Psn  Driver                       ET     Speed

   1  Bucky Austin                5.805  244.63
   2  Steve Sommer                5.837  242.71
   3  Bernie Harrington           5.842  242.78
   4  Larry Miner                 5.853  244.16
   5  Russ Parker                 5.867  238.41
   6  Pat Austin                  5.913  243.57
   7  Mitch Myers                 5.968  234.25
   8  Brian Hough                 5.979  239.74
   9  Dan McGlone                 6.000  240.38
  10  Craig Peterson              6.069  232.13
  11  John Weaver                 6.156  227.15
  12  Jason Rupert                6.269  228.71
  13  Forrest Le Blanc            6.279  230.94
  14  Roger Bateman               6.832  146.67
  15  Sam Blue                   10.365    0.00
  16  Mike Giuliani               No Time

        RIS/WA-Mike Jex



FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR

Saturday's 3rd Session

Kent, WA - RIS - Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Federal- Mogul Funny Car at the 10th Annual NHRA Northwest Nationals: 



 Psn  Driver                       ET     Speed

   1  Bucky Austin                5.796  243.11
   2  Steve Sommer                5.815  241.74
   3  Bernie Harrington           5.842  242.78
   4  Larry Miner                 5.853  244.16
   5  Russ Parker                 5.867  238.41
   6  Pat Austin                  5.899  239.04
   7  Sam Blue                    5.900  238.60
   8  Mitch Myers                 5.968  234.25
   9  Roger Bateman               5.972  243.17
  10  Brian Hough                 5.979  239.74
  11  Dan McGlone                 6.000  240.38
  12  Craig Peterson              6.069  232.13
  13  Forrest Le Blanc            6.130  233.16
  14  John Weaver                 6.156  227.15
  15  Jason Rupert                6.269  228.71
  16  Mike Giuliani               6.365  230.82

        RIS/WA-Mike Jex



FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR

Saturday's 1st Round

Kent, WA - RIS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the 10th Annual NHRA Northwest Nationals: 



 W/L  Driver                  RT        ET    Speed

 (W)  Roger Bateman         0.476     6.035  232.37
 (L)  Mitch Myers           0.334(R)  6.102  229.29

     We start with our traditional number 8 and 9
qualifiers. Both drivers are Division Six regulars, and
know this track quite well.  Bateman is from Calgary
Alberta, and Myers hails from Hermiston Oregon.

 Myers redlights, and Bateman pedals it and smokes the
tires a bit at the top end.

 (W)  Brian Hough           0.484     5.955  239.61
 (L)  Sam Blue              0.489     6.128  235.97

     Brian has run well, then had trouble  during a good portion
of the season, but he gets back to  his winning ways.  Margin
 of victory is 61 feet.

 (W)  Steve Sommer          0.481     5.907  241.41
 (L)  Jason Rupert          0.490     6.245  227.61

     If Jason gets past Sommer perhaps we should call him
 David the rest of the event.  That run will give Sommer
lane choice against Brian Hough next round.

 (W)  Bernie Harrington     0.532     6.415  211.26
 (L)  John Weaver           0.460    11.274   70.43

     A pair of Division Seven racers to battle it out here.
 Harrington pedals it to the next round, moving all over
the track.

 Couldn't see why Weaver had trouble.

 (W)  Larry Miner           0.525     5.885  244.03
 (L)  Forrest Le Blanc      0.528     6.066  233.64

     Evidently Harrington or Weaver drop oil on the
 track, so we are down for a cleanup.  It's the right lane,
so Weaver was the culprit.

 After a brief jet dryer activity, we are ready to resume.
Le Blanc has a basic 6.1x setup, so Miner SHOULD be ready
to move to round two.

 (W)  Dan McGlone           0.495     6.051  234.86
 (L)  Pat Austin            0.538     6.018  239.17

     Winner here will run Harrington next round.  McGlone
 takes out Goliath with a big hole shot to win by three
feet. Wow.

 (W)  Bucky Austin          0.519     5.819  243.17
 (L)  Mike Giuliani         0.508     5.992  237.59

     The winner will face Roger Bateman next round, and a
6.05 is the magic lane choice number.

 (W)  Russ Parker           0.707     5.901  235.04
 (L)  Craig Peterson        0.556     7.933  121.75

     Russ Parker is sponsored by The Dairy Farmers of
Oregon organization.  His brother Randy drove last year,
and won this event several years ago.

 Nice pass for Parker, but he loses lane choice against
Larry Miner next round.

   (R) = Red light foul

        RIS/WA-Mike Jex



FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR

Sunday's 2nd Round

Kent, WA - RIS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the 10th Annual NHRA Northwest Nationals: 



 W/L  Driver                  RT        ET    Speed

 (W)  Brian Hough           0.479     5.969  239.93
 (L)  Steve Sommer          0.473     8.050  119.95

     Steve Sommer goes past half track on the burnout,
which is pretty unusual for him.  Both teams are major
players in Division Six, and have raced each other several
times.  The Hough Racing Team is tough, they have the
equipment and talent to beat you.

 Sommer goes 1500 feet plus, and gets so close to the
 centerline Larry and I thought he took out the cones.
The replay shows he missed them, but all the Rollin and
Shakin cost him any chance of a win.  An upset?  Nope.  As
I said the Hough team is always tough.

 (W)  Bernie Harrington     0.530     6.058  236.15
 (L)  Dan McGlone           0.480     6.306  182.81

     The talk of the FMFC pits last night was Dan's
holeshot victory over Pat Austin in Round one.  McGlone
didn't have his car staged correctly, he makes a very hard
right turn towards the wall, pedals and corrects it, then
kicks the rods out about 1000 foot out.  No chutes
appeared, so we have oil all the way through the shutdown
area.  Big cleanup this time folks.

 Harrington will face Brian Hough in the Semi's with Hough
 having lane choice.

 (W)  Larry Miner           0.482     5.799  243.44
 (L)  Russ Parker           0.427     6.579  221.34

     Larry Minor decides to swap lanes after watching
McGlones oil down.  That complete, we are ready to go.
Great light for Parker, but he has a tire shaking 1 second
plus 60 foot time, and watches Larry Miner run his best ET
of the weekend.

 Miner will face the winner of the Bucky Austin - vs -
Roger Bateman pair.

 (W)  Roger Bateman         0.419     5.922  241.28
 (L)  Bucky Austin          0.608     5.766  243.70

     Bucky "Mr. Butterbean" Austin has been on a roll with
his Havoline Firebird.  He last won this race in 1989.
Roger Bateman hails from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

 Roger knew he needed a great light, and he got one in
spades. As an added bonus Bucky is dead late at the tree,
and Bateman puts away the number one qualifier by eleven
feet.  Bateman will face Larry Miner in the Semi's with
Minor having lane choice.



FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR

Sunday's 3rd Round

Kent, WA - RIS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the 10th Annual NHRA Northwest Nationals: 



 W/L  Driver                  RT        ET    Speed

 (W)  Brian Hough           0.535     5.905  240.57
 (L)  Bernie Harrington     0.495     6.029  237.15

     Bernie used up a lot of extra real estate till
midtrack, then Hough moves ahead to win by 30 feet.  See
what I mean about Brian Hough?  These guys are alway tough,
and have had their share of bad luck this year, perhaps
a lot of hard work and a little luck are paying off.

 (W)  Larry Miner           0.497     5.795  242.78
 (L)  Roger Bateman         0.388(R)  5.809  241.22

     Bateman gets his best pass of the event, but gets the
ol' Red Eye.... Miner makes a pretty pass down the left
lane, and will face Brian Hough in the Final.  Larry will
have lane choice.

   (R) = Red light foul



FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR

Sunday's Fth Round

Kent, WA - RIS - Results of final round eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the 10th Annual NHRA Northwest Nationals: 



 W/L  Driver                  RT        ET    Speed

 (W)  Brian Hough           0.458     5.947  240.32
 (L)  Larry Miner           0.484     6.870  119.47

     Larry Miner selects the left lane for his Fontana powered
Avenger.  This is the second final round appearance for Brian
Hough, he was a runner-up at the 96 Autolites.

Larry Minor bangs the blower, launching the body at least 50
feet in the air, higher than I've ever seen in Federal Mogul
Funny Car.  The blower is hanging off kilter on the engine, and
the body lands in Brian's lane as Larry comes to a stop.

Brian "Mr. Excitement" Hough goes  all the way down the
quarter mile for the win light.

Congrats to Brian Hough, who just won his very first National
Event.