CARTER, RODDEL, GULLET HEADLINE NHRA ARIZONA NATS SPORTSMAN QUALIFYING

 

Sportsman qualifying is in the books for the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Motorsports Park outside of Phoenix, Az.

Dragsters, both nostalgic and modern dominated Competition Eliminator qualifying. After two sessions, it was the B/Nostalgia Dragster of homestate favorite Dean Carter pacing the field.

Carter, of Peoria, Az., ran a 6.915, -.635 under the index to take the top spot ahead of the B/Gas Dragster of Bill Kent, who ran a 6.674, .596 under the index. Doug Lambeck's D/Super Modified Automatic Sunfire was third with a -.589, 8.341 performance.

Ron Roddel made the trek from Sioux Falls, SD., a worthwhile one as he pounded the 11.45 GT/O Automatic with a .979 under performance, a 10.471. Cody Lane was second with a -.971 performance under the SS/B Stock index with an 8.679. Pete Peery's Bowie, Texas-based FGT/E Sunfire was third with a -.907, 9.093 performance.

Bobby Gullett's stick-shifted '68 Nova was the top Stocker as his 10.767 was -1.033 under the F/Stock standard. Iconic Stock racer Al Corda was second running a 10.265, -.985 under the B/Stock Automatic index. Chris Ashley was third with a -.952, 11.348 as an I/Stock Automatic.

Steve Will (Top Dragster) 6.150 and Jeff Connelly (Top Sportsman) 6.129 rounded out the top qualifiers.

FRIDAY SPORTSMAN RESULTS

TOP FUEL HARLEY (SESSION ONE)

1    3 Rickey House, Humble TX, '13 Harley             6.989  215.79  215.79
2   13 Tracy Kile, Asheville NC, '01 American          7.843  197.28  197.28
3   63 Jay Turner, Julian NC, '20 Harley               8.218  150.85  150.85
4    1 Tii Tharpe, Pfafftown NC, '17 Harley           10.618   86.64   86.64
5  204 Randal Andras, Morgan City LA, '17 Harley      10.853   91.43   91.43

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COMPETITION ELIMINATOR (FINAL)

  1 7189   B/ND Dean Carter, Peoria AZ, Uyehara-Chevy      6.915  7.55  -0.635
  2 4799    B/D Bill Kent, Midland TX, Frameworks-Chevy    6.674  7.27  -0.596
  3  710  D/SMA Doug Lambeck, Irvine CA, '08 Sunfire       8.341  8.93  -0.589
  4    4  A/SMA Tony Mandella, Eastvale CA, '92 Camaro     7.873  8.46  -0.587
  5 7879  A/SMA Don Bevers, Tucson AZ, '89 Probe           7.954  8.53  -0.576
  6   68   C/AA John Edwards, Nampa ID, '19 Camaro         7.382  7.94  -0.558
  7  767   D/EA Tibor Kadar, Glendale AZ, '09 Cobalt       8.229  8.77  -0.541
  8 7230    C/T Randy Jones, Monarch Beach CA, '00 S-10    8.302  8.81  -0.508
  9   10   A/EA Ralph Van Paepeghem, Garden Valley ID, '3  7.306  7.81  -0.504
 10  550   A/DA Will Hatcher, Satanta KS, BOS              6.615  7.09  -0.475

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SUPER STOCK (FINAL)

  1  554  GT/OA Ron Roddel, Sioux Falls SD, '02 Grand Am  10.471 11.45  -0.979
  2  601  SS/BS Cody Lane, Seattle WA, '05 Cavalier        8.679  9.65  -0.971
  3 4118  FGT/E Pete Peery, Bowie TX, '05 Sunfire          9.093 10.00  -0.907
  4 7774  FSS/C Rodger Comstock, Fort Lauderdale FL, '16   8.777  9.65  -0.873
  5 7680  FSS/F Tom Ferruggia, Menifee CA, '13 Camaro      9.329 10.20  -0.871
  6 4701  SS/KA Jason Stoll, Frederick OK, '88 Firebird   10.386 11.25  -0.864
  7 T733  FSS/D Tim Seymour, San Dimas CA, '16 Camaro      9.043  9.90  -0.857
  8 777A  GT/JA Phil Cocuzza, Phoenix AZ, '08 Cobalt       9.953 10.80  -0.847
  9 4444  SS/KA Norman Marsden, Santo TX, '66 Nova        10.418 11.25  -0.832
 10 6846  GT/FA Byron Setters, Red Deer AB, '10 Cobalt     9.422 10.25  -0.828

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STOCK (FINAL)

  1  652    F/S Bob Gullett, Calgary AB, '68 Nova         10.767 11.80  -1.033
  2 5400   B/SA Al Corda, Elk Mound WI, '15 Camaro        10.265 11.25  -0.985
  3 7881   I/SA Chris Ashley, Chandler AZ, '90 Camaro     11.348 12.30  -0.952
  4 5016   H/SA Steve Scherschligt, Arizona City AZ, '73  11.198 12.15  -0.952
  5 703D   B/SA Kyle Rizzoli, San Luis Obispo CA, '69 Cam 10.353 11.25  -0.897
  6 5526   A/SA Dwayne Scheitlin, Brighton CO, '70 Challe 10.113 11.00  -0.887
  7 5306   H/SA Johnny Diekema, Blue Grass IA, '68 Nova   11.269 12.15  -0.881
  8   76   F/SA Mike Cotten, Cave Creek AZ, '73 Duster    10.979 11.85  -0.871
  9 7341   E/SA Rick Kolber, Glendale AZ, '72 Demon       10.834 11.70  -0.866
 10  732   G/SA Phil Mandella Jr., Upland CA, '69 Chevelle11.152 12.00  -0.848

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TOP DRAGSTER (FINAL)

  1 7237 Steve Will, Fortuna CA, Sarmento-BAE            6.150  230.61  230.61
  2 7796 John Richardson, Santa Clarita CA, Sarmento-Ch  6.189  223.02  223.02
  3   79 Jennifer Wiens, Las Vegas NV, RaceTech-MadCap   6.195  225.15  225.15
  4 7029 Bobby Ray McMahan, Lodi CA, TNT-APD             6.222  221.23  221.23
  5 703Y Shaunda Blinzler, Scottsdale AZ, American-AJPE  6.245  226.58  226.58
  6 D712 Phil Dion, Paradise Valley AZ, Yancer-BAE       6.268  216.17  216.17
  7 5149 Phil Unruh, McPherson KS, RaceTech-Stin         6.374  222.22  222.40
  8 7155 Jeff Connelly, Mesa AZ, Spitzer-SDPC            6.418  228.38  228.38
  9 7156 Chuck Phelps, Chandler AZ, Yancer-Chevy         6.489  211.69  211.69
 10 7730 Mike MacBrair, Napa CA, Sarmento-DLRE           6.536  208.71  208.78

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TOP SPORTSMAN (SESSION ONE)

  1 7151 Jeff Connelly, Mesa AZ, '19 Camaro              6.129  237.05  237.05
  2  730 Bryan LaFlam, Gilbert AZ, '67 Mustang           6.159  232.15  232.15
  3  514 Phil Unruh, McPherson KS, '18 Corvette          6.506  222.11  222.11
  4 7980 Joe Roubicek, Camarillo CA, '68 Camaro          6.623  207.72  207.72
  5   73 Bud Preuss, Grand Junction CO, '69 Camaro       6.729  203.71  203.71
  6 4979 Craig Liles, Artesia NM, '13 Camaro             6.869  202.06  202.06
  7    2 Doug Crumlich, Irvine CA, '63 Corvette          6.905  197.48  197.48
  8  550 Ed Olpin, Plesant Grove CA, '68 Camaro          6.924  197.91  197.91
  9 7450 Don Meziere, Escondido CA, '09 Cobalt           6.940  195.11  195.11
 10 6432 Gary Miserva, Sherwood Park AB, '63 Corvette    6.951  194.83  194.83

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