Sunday-Round 1 - Funny Car                -Left lane first-
1996 NHRA Fram Nationals by Joe and Gerald                 
                                                           
Number    Driver               R/T           E.T.   Speed  
F/C  170  JEFF AREND          0.493          5.165  289.48W
F/C    3  CRUZ PEDREGON       0.557          5.150  299.00 
   Arend continues the upsets as he drives past Cruz into  
   Round Two.                                              
F/C  520  TOM HOOVER          0.490          9.805   87.22 
F/C  330  MARK OSWALD         0.490          5.753  259.74W
   Hoover shut down at 600 feet and Oswald wins the round. 
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F/C  143  BRAD PLATT          0.577         12.528   89.65 
F/C    1  JOHN FORCE          0.507          5.193  298.60W
   Pratt up in smoke at 60 feet as Force does what Force   
   does!!  Need we say more?                               
F/C  395  GARY BOLGER         0.491          6.260  159.40 
F/C    9  GARY DENSHAM        0.571          5.167  286.07W
   Gary Densham and Gary Bolger both had nice runs.        
   Densham advances.                                       
F/C  888  KENJI OKAZAKI       0.493          5.707  177.37W
F/C  750  DEL WORSHAM         0.337          5.684  184.84 
   Both drivers shut it off at about 1000 feet as Del      
   red-lights giving Kenji the round.                      
F/C    6  DEAN SKUZA          0.482          5.329  279.41 
F/C  702  TONY PEDREGON       0.484          5.110  300.50W
   Tony and the Castrol learned well from Force's Tune-up  
   and continue the Fram Nationals.                        
F/C   23  WHIT BAZEMORE       0.530          5.376  286.89W
F/C  347  TIM WILKERSON       0.549          5.396  219.72 
   A hole shot helped Bazemore drive into Round 2.         
   Wilkerson was ahead until the last 60 feet.             
F/C    4  CHUCK ETCHELLS      0.521          5.269  289.94W
F/C    2  AL HOFMANN          0.016          6.428  146.41 
   Hofmann smokes em at 1000 feet and Etchells drives a    
   clean run into Round Two.                               


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Sunday-Round 2 - Funny Car                -Left lane first-
1996 NHRA Fram Nationals by Joe and Gerald                 
                                                           
Number    Driver               R/T           E.T.   Speed  
F/C  330  MARK OSWALD         0.521          5.288  276.15W
F/C  888  KENJI OKAZAKI       0.489         10.579   76.30 
   Kenji shut it off at half-track as Mark Oswald          
   advances to Round 3.                                    
F/C    4  CHUCK ETCHELLS      0.501          5.230  290.60 
F/C    1  JOHN FORCE          0.536          5.098  300.60W
   Force does what Force does but Chuck Etchells gave him  
   a good run.  Force Advances to Round 3.                 
F/C    9  GARY DENSHAM        0.555          5.322  265.80 
F/C  702  TONY PEDREGON       0.496          5.152  298.30W
   The Second Castrol Car advances to Round 3 along with   
   his Teamate.                                            
F/C   23  WHIT BAZEMORE       0.583          5.584  200.26W
F/C  170  JEFF AREND                            No show    
   Arend shut it off at the line before staging.  Whit     
   had a nice easy ride and shut it off at 1000 feet.      


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Sunday-Round 3 - Funny Car                -Left lane first-
1996 NHRA Fram Nationals by Joe and Gerald                 
                                                           
Number    Driver               R/T           E.T.   Speed  
F/C   23  WHIT BAZEMORE       0.494          5.348  286.07 
F/C  702  TONY PEDREGON       0.484          5.056  296.73W
   Tony runs a terrific race into the Final round against  
   either Mark Oswald or his team-mate.                    
F/C  330  MARK OSWALD         0.495         15.414   56.92 
F/C    1  JOHN FORCE          0.484          5.131  298.50W
   Castrol vs. Castrol in the Final Round of Top Fuel      
   Funny Car.   Oswald smoked the tires at 60 feet.        


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Sunday-Round 4 - Funny Car                -Left lane first-
1996 NHRA Fram Nationals by Joe and Gerald                 
                                                           
Number    Driver               R/T           E.T.   Speed  
F/C  702  TONY PEDREGON       0.511          5.108  294.59W
F/C    1  JOHN FORCE          0.494          5.318  276.83 
   Tony pulled the upset of the season when he outdrove    
   John Force to win Top Fuel Funny Car.                   


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