Saturday-Round 1 - Top Fuel               -Left lane first- 
1996 NHRA Pontiac Excitement Nationals by Jackie & John     
                                                            
Number    Driver               R/T           E.T.   Speed   
T/F  399  CONNIE KALITTA      0.460          4.884  277.09W 
T/F  220  BOB VANDERGRIFF, JR 0.437          4.913  285.80  
   Vandergriff was leading but Kalitta came back mid-track  
   and took the win.                                        
T/F    4  MIKE DUNN           0.494          7.240  109.67  
T/F  303  PAT DAKIN           0.485          4.840  294.11W 
   Dakin left first by just a little bit and Dunn smoked    
   the tires at about the 330' mark.                        
T/F   17  BRUCE SARVER        0.497          4.944  271.73W 
T/F   10  JOE AMATO           0.474          5.471  191.36  
   First round Sarver has ever won in Top Fuel.  Amato      
   does an AWESOME wheel stand off the line but drives out  
T/F  223  MIKE SMITH                            No show     
T/F    7  MIKE DUNN           0.702          5.846  153.06W 
   Smith left before the tree was activated and Bernstein   
   broke a rear-end at the 1000' mark.                      
T/F   23  JIM HEAD            0.546         11.356   93.00  
T/F    1  SCOTT KALITTA       0.483          4.753  308.00W 
   Head smokes the tires off the line and Kalitta has a     
   "mild" run.  (Is it the start of anothe STREAK?)         
T/F    6  EDDIE HILL          0.451          4.860  294.59  
T/F    2  CORY McCLENATHAN    0.508          4.766  308.32W 
   Nice side-by-side run.  Hill drove the car off the       
   track and onto the highway.                              
T/F    9  SHELLY ANDERSON     0.434          4.902  302.92  
T/F    3  LARRY DIXON         0.452          4.805  286.71W 
                                                            
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T/F  738  RANCE McDANIEL      0.536          6.039    1.72  
T/F    5  BLAINE JOHNSON      0.492          4.826  295.08W 
   Beautiful run for Blaine. McDaniel left late and smoked  
   the tires at the 1/8th mile mark.                        



Saturday-Round 2 - Top Fuel               -Left lane first- 
1996 NHRA Pontiac Excitement Nationals by Jackie & John     
                                                            
Number    Driver               R/T           E.T.   Speed   
T/F   17  BRUCE SARVER        0.509          9.040   85.17  
T/F    3  LARRY DIXON         0.474          4.994  278.98W 
   Sarver blows the tires off on the line.  Dixon makes it  
   into the Semi's.                                         
T/F    7  MIKE DUNN           0.501          4.977  290.41  
T/F    5  BLAINE JOHNSON      0.473          4.819  294.11W 
   Great clean run for Johnson.  Bernstein drops a          
   cylinder off the line.                                   
T/F  303  PAT DAKIN           0.500         10.958   80.69  
T/F    2  CORY McCLENATHAN    0.484          4.867  288.00W 
   Dakin smokes the tires off the line and Cory takes the   
   win.                                                     
T/F  399  CONNIE KALITTA      0.510          5.026  231.24  
T/F    1  SCOTT KALITTA       0.460          4.910  285.53W 
   Connie drops the motor at the big end and Scott takes    
   the win.                                                 




Saturday-Round 3 - Top Fuel               -Left lane first- 
1996 NHRA Pontiac Excitement Nationals by Jackie & John     
                                                            
Number    Driver               R/T           E.T.   Speed   
T/F    1  SCOTT KALITTA       0.460          5.404  186.56  
T/F    2  CORY McCLENATHAN    0.475          4.883  300.40W 
   Nice run for Cory.                                       
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T/F    3  LARRY DIXON         0.517          4.935  286.71W 
T/F    5  BLAINE JOHNSON      0.090         10.285   90.47  
   Blaine smokes the tires off the line and puts Dixon in   
   the finals with Cory Mac.                                



Saturday-Round 4 - Top Fuel               -Left lane first- 
1996 NHRA Pontiac Excitement Nationals by Jackie & John     
                                                            
Number    Driver               R/T           E.T.   Speed   
T/F    3  LARRY DIXON         0.492          4.937  275.98  
T/F    2  CORY McCLENATHAN    0.493          4.817  306.43W 
   Cory was leaking something majorly on the burn out, but  
   it didn't matter, he takes the win anyhow.