Rain delays at Bristol
Written by Sheila Scarborough · May 18, 2008
Updates below, following the rain delay….
Well, I can tell you the Top Fuel results — Tony Schumacher goes from the low qualifier position to his third win this season, beating Larry Dixon with a 4.555 at 306.81 mph at the Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tennessee.
In Funny Car, we’ll have a first-time winner; either Mike Neff or Melanie Troxel.
In Pro Stock, it’s Dave Connolly vs. Greg Stanfield (looking for his first win.)
Unfortunately, there’s a rain delay, so we’ll just have to hang out until the skies clear and the track is dry.
As for that Circle Track Challenge for 25 laps last night (I mean circular laps, not runs down the strip;) it was won by Doug Kalitta and Jeff Counts.
Update, live in Bristol: Wow, some major drama in Funny Car. Mike Neff’s flopper couldn’t flop; the crew couldn’t get the carbon fiber car cover/body to raise to set up the air and arm the engine switches in his final against Melanie Troxel.
They staged and took off together (in fact Neff was ahead) but without the engine properly set up, it blew in a big fireball. Troxel had problems and had to pedal, but she recovered, took off and got her first win in Funny Car (she’s a previous Top Fuel winner.)
In Pro Stock, Dave Connolly is back with a vengeance from his temporary hiatus off the track; he beat Greg Stanfield pretty handily in the final.
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