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Schumacher wrecks Friday at Memphis

Friday, for the third event in a row Tony Schumacher stole the show. He won at Indy a few weeks back and made the fastest run in history last week, but unfortunately Tony got the wrong kind of attention on Friday. The streak was bound to end. He emerged unscathed from a classic massive blow over Friday at the 16th annual O’Reilly Mid-South Nationals at Memphis Motorsports Park. Doubly sad was that the wreck stole attention from the seven of eight professional-level track marks that were broken…

NHRA.com: Friday Recap
DragRaceCentral.com: Baca Leads O’Reilly Mid-South Nationals Qualifying in Top Fuel
RPM.ESPN: Schumacher escapes crash unhurt

Schumacher’s wreck wasn’t the only hair raiser on Friday. Additional off-track action ensued when the season long feud between John Force and Whit Bazemore’s crew chief, Lee Beard also “blew over” and the two had a screaming match at the top end of the track with Force pinning Beard against a support vehicle….

“The Force camp has contended for some time that Beard intentionally slows Bazemore’s staging procedure to throw Force off-balance, a charge the Matco team vehemently denies.”

Force was clearly the aggressor and Beard looked pretty scared.

Friday Summary

Top Fuel 1. David Baca, 4.533 seconds, 319.75 mph. 2. Doug Kalitta, 4.542, 327.90. 3. Tony Schumacher, 4.551, 321.65. 4. Cory McClenathan, 4.570, 316.60. 5. Clay Millican, 4.587, 315.34. 6. Kenny Bernstein, 4.592, 323.43. 7. Larry Dixon, 4.592, 322.27. 8. Darrell Russell, 4.604, 321.04. 9. Doug Herbert, 4.679, 310.98. 10. Paul Romine, 4.681, 296.89. 11. Scott Weis, 4.728, 315.78. 12. Scott Palmer, 4.745, 304.74. 13. David Grubnic, 4.763, 306.12. 14. John Smith, 4.770, 290.19. 15. Chris Karamesines, 4.888, 267.06. 16. Rhonda Hartman-Smith, 5.435, 175.91.

Funny Car 1. Whit Bazemore, Dodge Stratus, 4.826, 316.67. 2. John Force, Ford Mustang, 4.826, 313.37. 3. Gary Scelzi, Stratus, 4.837, 322.42. 4. Gary Densham, Mustang, 4.856, 311.99. 5. Ron Capps, Chevy Camaro, 4.857, 313.15. 6. Tony Pedregon, Mustang, 4.892, 312.57. 7. Del Worsham, Pontiac Firebird, 4.909, 314.17. 8. Tim Wilkerson, Firebird, 4.912, 311.70. 9. Cory Lee, Firebird, 4.915, 315.71. 10. Phil Burkart, Firebird, 4.918, 311.05. 11. Tommy Johnson Jr., Camaro, 4.938, 249.67. 12. Cruz Pedregon, Firebird, 4.984, 286.25. 13. Frank Pedregon, Firebird, 4.987, 296.37. 14. Jack Wyatt, Camaro, 5.090, 291.45. 15. Dean Skuza, Firebird, 5.097, 262.44. 16. Bob Gilbertson, Firebird, 5.117, 293.15.

Pro Stock 1. Jeg Coughlin, Chevy Cavalier, 6.748, 202.94. 2. Jim Yates, Pontiac Grand Am, 6.780, 201.97. 3. Larry Morgan, Dodge Stratus, 6.782, 203.61. 4. Greg Anderson, Grand Am, 6.783, 203.46. 5. Ron Krisher, Cavalier, 6.784, 202.58. 6. Kurt Johnson, Cavalier, 6.787, 203.71. 7. Darrell Alderman, Stratus, 6.797, 202.48. 8. Mike Edwards, Grand Am, 6.800, 202.03. 9. Gene Wilson, Stratus, 6.801, 202.85. 10. Dave Connolly, Cavalier, 6.804, 202.67. 11. Allen Johnson, Stratus, 6.807, 202.33. 12. Bruce Allen, Grand Am, 6.810, 202.94. 13. Steve Schmidt, Cavalier, 6.813, 202.27. 14. Warren Johnson, Grand Am, 6.814, 203.25. 15. Taylor Lastor, Cavalier, 6.816, 201.67. 16. Scott Geoffrion, Ford Escort, 6.817, 203.12.

Pro Stock Bike 1. Geno Scali, Suzuki, 7.119, 187.13. 2. Angelle Savoie, Suzuki, 7.120, 186.82. 3. Shawn Gann, Suzuki, 7.133, 187.81. 4. Fred Collis, Suzuki, 7.163, 185.05. 5. Mike Berry, Suzuki, 7.164, 185.95. 6. Reggie Showers, Suzuki, 7.186, 188.46. 7. Karen Stoffer, Suzuki, 7.197, 183.79. 8. Craig Treble, Suzuki, 7.211, 185.61. 9. Michael Phillips, Suzuki, 7.212, 182.97. 10. Andrew Hines, Harley-Davidson, 7.217, 180.50. 11. Sean Conner, Suzuki, 7.223, 185.26. 12. Antron Brown, Suzuki, 7.231, 184.95. 13. Steve Johnson, Suzuki, 7.245, 183.29. 14. Blaine Hale, Suzuki, 7.258, 179.49. 15. Tommy Grimes Jr, Suzuki, 7.270, 180.52. 16. Fred Camarena, Suzuki, 7.276, 181.54.

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