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Fry. However, she had to pedal at the weekend had rewarded him TOP FUEL QUALIFIERS
half-track, if only for a moment, with #1 qualifier, Low ET, and Top 1. James Young, Salem, WI.
and that was enough for the ‘new Speed, and Murphy’s Santa Rosa- ‘07 FED 5.618 260.36
Hawaiian’ to punch in, clocking based west coast operation and a 2. Jim Murphy, Santa Rosa, CA.
a 5.73 to Fry’s fast-closing 5.81 chance to shed his losing streak ‘13 Neil & Parks 5.692 239.61
and 260 mph trap speed. Based plus grab the points lead that Fry
on the previous round’s times, had held most of the year. The 3. Mendy Fry, Los Angeles, CA.
Bartone chose the right lane, with Young Guns car was first off the ‘16 Hadman 5.697 244.65
Young ready for him. Then the line, with a cloud of clutch dust 4. Tony Bartone, Long Island City, NY.
unthinkable happened – Bartone trailing. Murphy may have been
doubled-stepped the tree to get a late, .147 to Young’s .102 reaction, ‘16 Mckinney 5.727 243.68
.033 light but lifted thinking he was but the engine thundered in piston- 5. Adam Sorokin, Glendale, CA.
red and Young fired away to a 5.89 eating power to pass Young and ‘04 Sterling 5.881 185.21
run that would give him the other finish in a big puff of winning 6. Dusty Green, Pleasant Hill, CA.
smoke, 5.71 to a 5.92. Young
FULL SYNTHETIC 0W-30, SYNTHETIC BLEND 20W-50, to a sub-22-second time, no doubt Leong Murphy & Co. had a lot to 7. David Miller, Cedar Hill, MO.
final round berth. Bartone cruised
‘06 Neil & Parks 5.911 245.45
would be going home wiser, and
with some choice expletives to
celebrate. With three more races
himself and a long, quiet ride home
‘05 Neil & Parks 6.040 192.63
on the NHRA Heritage Series, all
EXTREME LOAD NITRO 70
to Long Island.
Down to two, it was midwestern
shape up into a interesting title
‘12 Horton 6.109 235.93
chase in 2017.
Jim Young whose prior efforts over westerly from here out, it could 8. Tyler Hilton, Sharonville, OH.
Continued on page 57

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