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Tue Jun 25 11:28:26 EDT 1996
Top Fuel Qualifying List After Session 2, Saturday
1996 Pennzoil Nationals by David Rowe & Larry King
Pos Name Number E.T. Speed When
1 BLAINE JOHNSON T/F 5 4.665 308.74 Fri2
2 KENNY BERNSTEIN T/F 7 4.701 305.29 Fri2
3 JOE AMATO T/F 10 4.773 307.16 Sat2
4 SCOTT KALITTA T/F 1 4.793 302.82 Fri1
5 MIKE DUNN T/F 4 4.795 302.21 Sat1
6 CORY McCLENATHAN T/F 2 4.823 304.05 Sat1
7 CONNIE KALITTA T/F 399 4.836 290.41 Sat2
8 BOB VANDERGRIFF, JR T/F 220 4.861 285.08 Fri2
9 EDDIE HILL T/F 6 4.862 290.04 Fri2
10 SHELLY ANDERSON T/F 9 4.868 298.80 Sat2
11 MIKE SMITH T/F 223 4.929 286.71 Fri2
12 PAT DAKIN T/F 303 4.933 284.00 Fri2
13 BRUCE SARVER T/F 17 4.952 285.80 Fri2
14 JIM HEAD T/F 23 4.958 281.07 Fri2
15 DOUG HERBERT T/F 11 5.004 293.54 Fri1
16 LARRY DIXON T/F 3 5.005 276.15 Fri2
17 ANDY WOODS T/F 411 5.006 266.03 Fri2
18 RANCE McDANIEL T/F 738 5.025 252.10 Fri2
19 LUIGI NOVELLI T/F 394 5.039 291.35 Sat2
20 DOUG FOXWORTH T/F 405 5.103 280.46 Sat1
21 RHONDA HARTMAN-SMITH T/F 747 5.178 248.27 Fri1
Sunday-Round 1 - Top Fuel -Left lane first-
1996 Pennzoil Nationals by David Rowe & Larry King
Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed
T/F 6 EDDIE HILL 0.474 7.259 108.06
T/F 220 BOB VANDERGRIFF, JR 0.447 5.393 237.65W
vandergriffs first round win of the year.
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T/F 399 CONNIE KALITTA 0.517 4.849 302.72W
T/F 9 SHELLY ANDERSON 0.511 4.958 297.81
Good runs by both cars.
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T/F 10 JOE AMATO 0.515 4.934 293.25W
T/F 23 JIM HEAD 0.483 7.531 102.79
Right lane up in smoke
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T/F 7 KENNY BERNSTEIN 0.520 4.887 291.92W
T/F 11 DOUG HERBERT 0.506 5.264 276.66
Bernstein hazes the tires at 1000 ft but still runs go.
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T/F 5 BLAINE JOHNSON 0.467 4.769 301.40W
T/F 3 LARRY DIXON 0.488 5.178 222.44
Johnson makes another great run. Dixon struggles.
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T/F 1 SCOTT KALITTA 0.425 4.831 310.23W
T/F 17 BRUCE SARVER 0.455 4.946 283.38
Kalitta sets track speed record.
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T/F 4 MIKE DUNN 0.477 6.361 133.13W
T/F 303 PAT DAKIN 0.487 10.165 87.61
Dunn loses blower belt but dakin smokes the tires and
gives Dunn the win.
T/F 2 CORY McCLENATHAN 0.534 4.777 308.00W
T/F 223 MIKE SMITH 0.517 4.968 269.29
Great run by Cory.
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Sunday-Round 2 - Top Fuel -Left lane first-
1996 Pennzoil Nationals by David Rowe & Tina Rowe
Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed
T/F 399 CONNIE KALITTA 0.492 5.270 279.41
T/F 7 KENNY BERNSTEIN 0.528 4.850 292.01W
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T/F 1 SCOTT KALITTA 0.480 6.667 127.93
T/F 4 MIKE DUNN 0.475 4.851 296.54W
Scott smokes the tires at about 300 ft.
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T/F 10 JOE AMATO 0.511 4.759 306.64W
T/F 2 CORY McCLENATHAN 0.483 4.878 302.62
Great runs by both cars. Margin of victory was .091.
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T/F 220 BOB VANDERGRIFF, JR 0.211 4.905 281.69
T/F 5 BLAINE JOHNSON 0.454 4.823 299.10W
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Sunday-Round 3 - Top Fuel -Left lane first-
1996 Pennzoil Nationals by David Rowe & Larry King
Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed
T/F 5 BLAINE JOHNSON 0.499 7.146 111.84
T/F 4 MIKE DUNN 0.482 4.904 296.73W
Johnson goes up in smoke at the starting line.
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T/F 10 JOE AMATO 0.508 4.786 303.43W
T/F 7 KENNY BERNSTEIN 0.498 4.855 294.31
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Amato goes into final.
Sunday-Round 4 - Top Fuel -Left lane first-
1996 Pennzoil Nationals by David Rowe & Larry King
Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed
T/F 10 JOE AMATO 0.555 4.800 306.33
T/F 4 MIKE DUNN 0.442 4.890 295.85W
. Dunn pulls the big upset with a 0.113 holeshot
advantage. Spoils Amato's bid to become all-time
winner in Top Fuel.
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