Sunday-Round 1 - Top Fuel                 -Left lane first-
1996 NHRA Fram Nationals by Joe and Gerald                 
                                                           
Number    Driver               R/T           E.T.   Speed  
T/F    6  EDDIE HILL          0.507          5.108  263.77W
T/F  303  PAT DAKIN           0.459         13.260   80.77 
   Dakin up in smoke at the start.  Hill oils the track    
   from 300 feet to the shutdown area.                     
T/F    3  LARRY DIXON         0.472          5.032  284.90W
T/F    8  TOMMY JOHNSON JR.   0.466          5.382  227.50 
   Nice runs for both cars and Dixon continues into        
   round 2.  Johnson was the third alternate.              
T/F    2  CORY McCLENATHAN    0.490          4.873  303.03W
T/F   17  BRUCE SARVER        0.525          5.056  256.41 
   Cory advances with a beautiful, clean run.              
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T/F  411  ANDY WOODS          0.483          8.947   94.11 
T/F  399  CONNIE KALITTA      0.510          5.059  239.68W
   A rough week ends for Andy Woods and Conrad goes back   
   to the pits to prepare for Round Number 2               
T/F    5  BLAINE JOHNSON      0.435          4.779  298.30W
T/F  711  DAVE PROMNITZ       0.533          5.306  256.55 
   Terrific run for Blaine while Promnitz grenades the     
   engine at 1000 feet.  Johnson advances once again.      
T/F    1  SCOTT KALITTA       0.477          4.912  298.70 
T/F    4  MIKE DUNN           0.470          4.830  278.81W
   The first upset of the day when Mike Dunn drove into    
   the second round over Scott Kalitta.                    
T/F  220  BOB VANDERGRIFF, JR 0.499          5.144  264.86 
T/F   23  JIM HEAD            0.528          5.091  269.13W
   Tire haze from both cars and a bit of smoke from Head's 
   car ended with Jim Head upsetting Vandergriff.          
T/F    9  SHELLY ANDERSON     0.552          6.043  226.24W
T/F  738  RANCE McDANIEL      0.493          9.876   84.88 
   Shelly wins the back-peddling event of the weekend and  
   runs back to the pits to prepare for Round 2.           

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Sunday-Round 2 - Top Fuel                 -Left lane first-
1996 NHRA Fram Nationals by Joe and Gerald                 
                                                           
Number    Driver               R/T           E.T.   Speed  
T/F   23  JIM HEAD            0.522          8.011   99.72 
T/F    9  SHELLY ANDERSON     0.478          5.103  278.29W
   Shelly ran the entire race on 7 cylinders and still     
   advances into Round Three over Jim Head.                
T/F    2  CORY McCLENATHAN    0.480          4.901  284.27W
T/F  399  CONNIE KALITTA      0.518          4.882  293.35 
   Cory won this round with a hole-shot over Conrad.       
   Both cars ran wonderfully.                              
T/F    4  MIKE DUNN           0.501          4.879  268.17W
T/F    6  EDDIE HILL          0.551         10.149   67.36 
   Mike Dunn wastes an engine to drive his way into Round  
   Three over Eddie Hill.                                  
T/F    5  BLAINE JOHNSON      0.475          4.856  296.15
T/F    3  LARRY DIXON         0.466          4.782  299.00 
   Both cars sang all the way to the finish line but       
   Larry Dixon continues into the Semi-finals.             


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Sunday-Round 3 - Top Fuel                 -Left lane first-
1996 NHRA Fram Nationals by Joe and Gerald                 
                                                           
Number    Driver               R/T           E.T.   Speed  
T/F    9  SHELLY ANDERSON     0.517          5.102  259.74 
T/F    4  MIKE DUNN           0.463          4.798  296.73W
   Shelly loses a couple of cylinders down the track and   
   Mike Dunn prepares for the Final Round.                 
T/F    2  CORY McCLENATHAN    0.481          5.473  160.19 
T/F    3  LARRY DIXON         0.477          4.855  291.73W
   Cory lost power at 1000 feet and Dixon passed him to    
   give him the round.  Dixon vs. Dunn in the final round. 


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Sunday-Round 4 - Top Fuel                 -Left lane first-
1996 NHRA Fram Nationals by Joe and Gerald                 
                                                           
Number    Driver               R/T           E.T.   Speed  
T/F    3  LARRY DIXON         0.487          6.043  232.73W
T/F    4  MIKE DUNN           0.472          6.494  141.26 
   Dixon rode a wheelie 800 feet, stayed on it and drove   
   by a flaming Mike Dunn to win the 1996 Fram Nationals.  


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