Chris was running in Super Pro today, Torri running her ’66 Tempest in Sportsman and Paul his Dodge Dakota truck also in Sportsman hoping to gather some more valuable points!
Paul was in 2nd place in Sportsman going into this race behind longtime Division 6 Pontiac racer Don “The Worm” Elgin. Paul is currently defending his 2011 Sportsman Track Championship at Pacific Raceways.
This was also the National Dragster Challenge. Up for grabs were Wally trophies for winners in Super Pro, Pro, Motorcycle and Sportsman.
Torri recording her data on 7/21/2012. Kelly Miller photo.
1st Round:
Chris won his first round in Super Pro running a 10.433 on a 10.42 dial. Next up were Torri & Paul in Sportsman where Torri got the win light in her Tempest & sadly, Paul lost in a double breakout run. For Paul the good news was that the Sportsman points leader, Don Elgin, wasn’t at this race.
2nd Round:
Chris lost in this round running a 10.422 on a 10.42 dial but was beaten in another extremely tight race against Jason Beggerly by a holeshot.
Torri also lost in the 2nd round when the Tempest slowed down, ending our team effort this weekend.
These are basics stats since I’m posting this from home as the race is underway. – Roger
It was a tough night of racing as there were a lot of close ones for sure, once again Chris & Jason Beggerly faced each other where the margin of victory for Jason was about .010 as the last time they raced it was .0088 – super tough.
Torri did a good job and I was just caught napping on the lights with my truck as I felt pretty good going into the 1st rd as I had a .037 light on the previous run and Torri had good lights in the 1st 3 passes she made too.
The last 2 races are going to be barn burners as everyone is fighting for the last spots to make the Pacific Raceways Team Finals which also is being hosted @ Pacific Raceways.