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this car in 7.00 Pro throughout the John Harless at the hit in an elimination round on Sunday afternoon. Kneeling to the left
2017 season before stepping up to side is Jon Brook, owner of the car and owner of the Grand Prix Auto Sports Center in
the A/Fuel class for this event. Tulsa, OK.

The points spread between the
three injected nitro burners was
close enough that any one of the
three, Drew Austin, John Harless
or Kin Bates could wind up the A/
Fuel champion for 2017. On the first
day of Qualifying Drew Austin laid
down a 5.97 followed on the second
day with Kin Bates blistering the
track with an unreal 5.85 at 235.56
MPH, becoming new A/Fuel speed
and E.T. class records. Kin Bates
raced his son Chris in the second
round and dad advanced to the
final. Their reaction times were
almost identical - .096 for Kin and
.097 for Chris with the elder Bates
taking a very slight advantage. The
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