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TRUSTED PISTON Not Qualified tell the story. In the end, the two was busy swapping in fresh Hemi
iron when we stopped by Friday
low ET cars to meet in the final
9. Jason Greenwood, Racine, WI.
PERFORMANCE ‘10 Stirling 6.238 241.80 would be Paul Romine and Greg afternoon between sessions.
Jacobsmeyer. Romine, a former
Meanwhile, Greg Jacobsmeyer
10. Julius Hughes, Gainesville, GA. IHRA World Champion who made from the St. Louis area was
‘11 Horton 6.281 241.20 the first-ever 5-second front engine running a narrowed 1970 Dodge
dragster pass back in 1996, had his
11. Tim Cullinan, Des Plaines, IL. 1979 Mustang on hand and pumped Challenger that looked the part of
‘09 Steplais 6.359 177.81 out a very strong 5.824 at 248 mph ‘vintage’ a little more than Romine’s
ride. He clocked a nice 6.034 best
on Friday; his follow-up was a 5.87
12. Paul Schultz, Tulsa, OK. on Friday that would give him the
PISTONS RINGS ACCESSORIES ‘92 Stirling 6.876 193.88 at 247.07. Romine has never been second berth in the program, which
afraid to push the envelope (I know would also be the final. In third
Ross carries hundreds of proven, race winning piston FUEL FUNNY CAR because I was working for IHRA at 6.09 was Anthony Bronge from
designs to fit virtually any engine combination. Along with Quite unfortunately, the lack of when he was running top fuel there Belvidere, Ill, in the ‘Iowa Punisher’
an extensive line of piston accessories open entries made this a somewhat with the late Clayton Harris), and ’79 Corvette and Bazz Young from
and coatings, Ross has nearly 40 years disappointing program. Indeed, the car looks the part of a later- Wisconsin driving the ‘Down
of experience, in the design and neither NHRA nor any other generation pro-stalgia car. Like the Under Thunder’ 1969 Camaro,
manufacturing of custom source we could locate had final top fuel guys, Romine always goes
piston applications! which suffered frustrations to go
round results with enough info to for the throat and he and his crew 7.55, finished the field.
Multiple piston and skirt coating options available to meet
customer demands for more efficient engine designs!
GOOD VIBRATIONS 2017
TRUSTED BY RACERS FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS! MARCH MEET WINNER
Richard Hartman Robert Overholster
“Carolina Cruiser” “California Hustler”
Dan Horan Dan Horan Congratulations Mike Halstead for Winning the The 59th
“CHLA Benefit Dragster” “The Patriot” Annual, Good Vibrations March Meet with a 6.046 at
229.43 mph in the Rear Engine Top Fuel Dragster Class
310.536.0100
WWW.ROSSPISTONS.COM WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ROSSPISTONS Two rows of vintage cars were lined against the Bowling Green retaining walls for the 2017 Cackle-fest. Due to the closeness of mid-
June’s summer solstice, even this image from 8:30 PM showed a lot of evening sunlight.
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