2010 Bakersfield March Meet:BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Nostalgia Funny Car at the 52nd annual Bakersfield
March Meet:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type---------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd
1 728 Ron Capps, Carlsbad CA, '70 Barracuda 5.703 246.71 246.71
2 720 Lee Paul Jennings Jr, Hilmar CA, '72 Camaro 5.828 236.03 236.03
3 666 Tim Boychuk, Edmonton AB, '77 Firebird 5.881 236.34 236.34
4 496 John Hale, Addison TX, '69 Camaro 5.902 249.23 249.23
5 782 Gary Densham, Bellflower CA, '69 Camaro 5.910 236.03 236.03
6 337 Paul Romine, Indianapolis IN, '70 Mustang 5.938 220.42 220.42
7 400 Mike Savage, Tucson AZ, '70 Barracuda 6.033 239.48 239.48
8 6800 Claude D. LaVoie, Sherwood Park AB, '72 GTX 6.126 232.07 232.07
9 7130 Todd Lesenko, Cave Creek AZ, '73 Camaro 6.140 237.02 237.02
10 730B Chris Bennett, Las Vegas NV, '73 Duster 6.153 229.70 229.70
11 6006 Mark Sanders, Maple Valley WA, '70 Nova 6.158 237.15 237.15
12 256 Dwayne Patton, Visalia CA, '69 Camaro 6.177 228.31 228.31
13 732 Chris Krabill, Orange CA, '78 Arrow 6.348 200.62 200.62
14 7773 Leah Pruett-LeDuc, Cherry Valley CA, '65 Jeeps 6.387 186.79 186.79
15 71 Cruz Pedregon, Brownsburg IN, '78 Arrow 6.443 210.23 210.23
16 7188 Jim Adolph, Valencia CA, '68 Camaro 6.480 171.95 171.95
17 04 Josh Crawford, Oakdale CA, '69 Mustang 6.505 228.94 228.94
18 736 Dan Horan Jr, Sylmar CA, '66 Mustang 6.541 162.16 162.16
19 730 Jeff Bennett, Menifee CA, '69 Camaro 6.704 200.44 200.44
20 739 Ed Dougan, Brea CA, '74 Camaro 6.820 215.56 215.56
21 7704 Dale Van Gundy, Anaheim CA, '70 Charger 6.875 145.63 145.63
22 792 Roger Garten, Huntington Beach CA, '73 Mustang 6.915 205.15 205.15
23 748 Bob Godfrey, Moreno Valley CA, '69 Camaro 7.028 211.31 211.31
24 723 Sean Dale, Phoenix AZ, '69 Charger 7.285 183.37 183.37
25 8 Mike Halstead, Fontana CA, '69 Daytona 7.393 227.44 227.44
26 605 Twig Zeigler, Frendale WA, '73 Satellite 8.061 127.29 127.29
27 781 Mendy Fry, Aliso Viejo CA, '72 Duster 9.078 95.84 95.84
28 722 Jack Harris, Kaysville UT, '77 Firebird 9.150 98.16 98.16
29 7140 Jack Wright, Oakhurst CA, '70 Challenger 9.265 149.52 149.52
30 766A Brad Faria, Rohnert Park CA, '77 Corvette 9.615 98.54 98.54
31 756 Nate Bugg, Orange CA, '71 Barracuda 13.168 60.55 60.55
32 717 Brian Thiel, Pleasant Grove CA, '69 Camaro 28.444 0.00 0.00
It was a big field but we were up in the top half after qualifying had ended. in Rd 1 we ran another 6.15 to get the win over roger garten
but we fell to paul romine in Rd 2
Funny Car Fever Sacramento, Ca
After qualifying had ended we were in the #4 position and we went up the ladder getting by Mike Adams in rd 1 leah leduc in rd 2 and kris krabill in the finals
running a string of 6.0s at over 245mph! winning the event!
Funny Car Fever
2010 Drag Fest:
Fresh off the teams first win the week before in Sacramento they headed to Bakersfield for Drag Fest
to show them it was no fluke. After Qualifying ended we were in the #2 position with a nice 6.01.
Sunday started off good after getting passed Brian Thiel in rd 1 and Sean Dale in Rd 2. They made it count in the
finals getting passed Mike Adams making it 2 in a row!
DragFest
Rockabilly Reunion Las Vegas, Nv
After back to back wins in Sacramento and Bakersfield we wanted to make a strong showing in LV
and we did by holding down the #6 position in the 8 car field with 24 cars going for the 8 spots.
Sunday didn't go to well as we were shutoff in rd 1.
Final Qualifying order
IHRA NITRO JAM Salt Lake City
In our first IHRA apperance we mad it count by taking the win both nights and resetting the track record at 6.007 @ 240MPH
Friday Night
Rd 1
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6006 Mark Sanders 724 Dale Pulde
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.207 6.079 236.01 0.124 6.718 194.32
Rd 2
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6006 Mark Sanders 666 Tim Boychuk
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.110 6.007 240.21 0.108 6.061 233.36
Prior rounds:
E1 (D PULDE ) 0.207 6.079 236.01 0.145 6.308 222.77
This was a good drag race right from the start, the two cars locked together all the way down the track.
Sanders got the win light with a track-record speed.
Saturday Night
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6006 Mark Sanders 666 Tim Boychuk
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.135 6.104 236.75 0.116 6.149 226.43
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6006 Mark Sanders 722 Jack Harris
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.126 6.124 236.34 0.190 6.259 232.23
Prior rounds:
E1 (T BOYCHUK ) 0.135 6.104 236.75 (D PULDE ) 0.167 6.164 230.72
IHRA NITRO JAM Edmonton, AB
Our Second race on the IHRA tour didnt go as well as the first. On Saturday night the team struggled
getting a handle on some new changes to the car and didnt make it in to the final round.
Sunday they showed that they were still a fast car and ran 6.01 at 245 hazing the tires at 300 ft out
even though we got edged out of the finals again sunday we came out in the final run sunday ready to run and
we layed down a nice 5.95 to put down the second fastest pass of the event.