Schumacher, Medlen, Anderson And Hines Are Qualifying Leaders At Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals
Written by Josh Katinger · August 13, 2005
BRAINERD, Minn. — Two-time and defending POWERade World Champion Tony Schumacher led all Top Fuel competitors Friday at the 24th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway, where drivers set all eight of the track’s records.
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Eric Medlen (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock), and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were the provisional qualifying leaders of their classes after two qualifying rounds at the $1.6 million event, the 16th of 23 races on the $50 million NHRA POWERade drag racing series’ schedule. Professional qualifying continues Saturday.
Schumacher powered his U.S. Army dragster down the quarter-mile track in 4.508 seconds, a track record for elapsed time, at 327.27 mph.
“That was fun,” Schumacher said. “Alan (Johnson, crew chief) told me to hold on and I did. God forbid we have some fun doing our jobs, but I certainly did just now. That was great. The points race is so tight and every run is important. It’s big for us to gain even one point in the standings.”
Medlen piloted his Castrol Syntec Ford Mustang to a track record elapsed time of 4.766 seconds at 324.59 mph.
“We’re entirely happy with a 4.76,” Medlen said. “Will it hold? I don’t know. (John) Force, Robert (Hight) and some of the others might go quicker if it’s cool tomorrow. But if they go quicker, so can we. It’s so good to have my hot rod back.”
Ladders
Top Fuel
Funny Car
Pro Stock
Pro Stock Motorcycle
Friday Qualifying Results
Top Fuel
1. Tony Schumacher, 4.508 seconds, 327.27 mph
2. Cory McClenathan, 4.536, 324.20
3. Scott Kalitta, 4.554, 329.58
4. David Grubnic, 4.564, 321.88
5. Doug Kalitta, 4.565, 326.40
6. Brandon Bernstein, 4.593, 326.79
7. Doug Herbert, 4.615, 317.27
8. Larry Dixon, 4.624, 320.66
9. Melanie Troxel, 4.626, 295.34
10. Scott Weis, 4.702, 310.98
11. Morgan Lucas, 4.740, 305.29
12. Mitch King, 4.981, 243.33
13. Joe Hartley, 5.573, 174.55
14. John Smith, 5.911, 172.43
15. Tim Gibson, 6.262, 131.72
16. Jack Beckman, 6.315, 135.16
Funny Car
1. Eric Medlen, Ford Mustang, 4.766, 324.59
2. Tony Pedregon, Chevy Monte Carlo, 4.791, 323.74
3. Tommy Johnson Jr., Monte Carlo, 4.802, 324.59
4. Ron Capps, Dodge Stratus, 4.811, 317.19
5. Robert Hight, Mustang, 4.813, 323.81
6. Cruz Pedregon, Monte Carlo, 4.824, 322.19
7. Tim Wilkerson, Monte Carlo, 4.830, 324.20
8. John Force, Mustang, 4.845, 317.34
9. Gary Densham, Monte Carlo, 4.855, 316.82
10. Tony Bartone, Monte Carlo, 4.878, 313.73
11. Del Worsham, Monte Carlo, 4.884, 314.46
12. Whit Bazemore, Stratus, 4.887, 312.35
13. Phil Burkart, Toyota Celica, 4.905, 309.13
14. Bob Bode, Pontiac Firebird, 4.973, 288.46
15. John Lawson, Chevy Camaro, 5.092, 292.46
16. Gary Scelzi, Stratus, 5.758, 170.51
Pro Stock
1. Greg Anderson, Pontiac GTO, 6.715, 205.72
2. Jeg Coughlin, Dodge Stratus, 6.739, 204.82
3. Richie Stevens, Stratus, 6.749, 204.39
4. Rickie Smith, Chevy Cavalier, 6.750, 204.26
5. Kenny Koretsky, Stratus, 6.751, 204.29
6. Larry Morgan, Stratus, 6.757, 204.23
7. Allen Johnson, Stratus, 6.761, 204.60
8. Warren Johnson, GTO, 6.762, 204.85
9. Ron Krisher, Cavalier, 6.762, 204.66
10. Kurt Johnson, Chevy Cobalt, 6.763, 204.23
11. Jim Yates, Pontiac Grand Am, 6.763, 203.98
12. Jason Line, Grand Am, 6.772, 204.20
13. Dave Howard, Cobalt, 6.779, 203.89
14. V. Gaines, Stratus, 6.783, 204.57
15. Dave Connolly, Cobalt, 6.784, 204.11
16. Erica Enders, Cobalt, 6.786, 203.86
Pro Stock Motorcycle
1. Andrew Hines, Harley-Davidson, 7.024, 191.92
2. GT Tonglet, Harley-Davidson, 7.034, 192.96
3. Chip Ellis, Buell, 7.090, 192.55
4. Karen Stoffer, Suzuki, 7.117, 188.04
5. Angelle Sampey, Suzuki, 7.146, 187.11
6. Geno Scali, Suzuki, 7.151, 192.08
7. Shawn Gann, Suzuki, 7.161, 184.77
8. Matt Smith, Suzuki, 7.166, 187.99
9. Steve Johnson, Suzuki, 7.176, 186.74
10. Chris Rivas, Buell, 7.178
11. David Feazell, Harley-Davidson, 7.241, 183.42
13. Antron Brown, Suzuki, 7.248, 184.25
14. Hector Arana, Suzuki, 7.255, 188.28
15. Michael Phillips, Suzuki, 7.270, 189.26
16. Mike Berry, Suzuki, 7.275, 184.50
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