The third day of round one voting for the second annual
CompetitionPlus.com War Stories competition is scheduled to today,

December 28, 2008 at 5 PM, EST.

“Waterbed” Fred Miller and Pat Musi, pending a comeback of monstrous proportions from their competition, will meet in the second round of competition.

Miller used a first round story chronicling an ill-fated match race
weekend during the early years of his association with the famed Blue
Max team. He carries 76.66% of the reader vote against former IHRA Vice
President Ted Jones.

Eliminations are underway for the second annual CompetitionPlus.com War Stories Showdown, a competition which places sixteen of drag racing's personalities head-to-head in storytelling competition. Over the next four days, you will be presented with the first round strories of each respective contestants. They are paired on an NHRA eliminations ladder seeded by reader vote last week.

Today's competition features the #3 qualifier "Big Daddy" Don Garlits versus #14 Jim Rockstad as well as #6 Kenny Nowling versus #11 Steve Reyes. Voting concludes on December 29th at 5 PM.

This is a must see video for any of the old musclecar fanatics. Introducing the new Camaro.

NHRA Top Fuel star Hillary Will, the world’s fastest female, qualified
her 8,000-horsepower dragster in the No. 3 (5.013 seconds, 213.47 mph)
spot for Saturday’s final eliminations of the Shannons U.S.A. v.
Australia Top Fuel Showdown at Western Sydney Int’l Dragway in Sydney,
Australia, but unfortunately rained moved into the area late in the day
and has postponed eliminations until tomorrow.

Will, a 28-year old native of Fortuna, Calif., is the only American
competing in the event. She and the other seven competitors in
tomorrow’s Top Fuel eliminations will be vying to win the inaugural
Scott Kalitta Memorial Trophy. Will is set to race against No. 6
qualifier (5.519 sec., 197.94 mph) Mark Mariani in round one of
eliminations.

Racing will resume at 11:00 a.m. (local) with a determination of the
time for the first round of Top Fuel to be made tomorrow morning.

Eliminations are underway for the second annual CompetitionPlus.com War Stories Showdown, a competition which places sixteen of drag racing's personalities head-to-head in storytelling competition. Over the next four days, you will be presented with the first round strories of each respective contestants. They are paired on an NHRA eliminations ladder seeded by reader vote last week.

Today's competition features the #2 qualifier "Waterbed" Fred Miller versus #15 Ted Jones as well as #7 Whit Bazemore versus #10 Pat Musi. Voting concludes on December 28th at 5 PM.

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NHRA Top Fuel star Hillary Will, the world’s fastest female, qualified
her 8,000-horsepower dragster in the No. 3 (5.013 seconds, 213.47 mph)
spot for tomorrow’s final eliminations of the Shannons U.S.A. v.
Australia Top Fuel Showdown at Western Sydney Int’l Dragway in Sydney,
Australia.

Will, a 28-year old native of Fortuna, Calif., is the only American
competing in the event. Her team, led by crew chief Jim Oberhofer, was
plagued by many mechanical problems throughout the three sessions of
qualifying Friday at WSID and had to hurry to make their final attempt,
which looked strong early but faded down track. Will’s 5.013-second lap
from the first qualifying session of the day ended up being the team’s
best. Will and the other seven competitors in tomorrow’s Top Fuel
eliminations will be vying to win the inaugural Scott Kalitta Memorial
Trophy.

Will is set to race against No. 6 qualifier (5.519 sec., 197.94 mph)
Mark Mariani in round one of eliminations tomorrow afternoon.

Pair of Grand Storytellers Paired in Second Round …

Gary
Scelzi and Chris Kaufmann placed more than a few proverbial body
lengths on the competition as they won their respective matches the
first round of the second annual CompetitionPlus.com War Stories
Showdown.

Scelzi scored a convincing 19.72% share of the votes to defeat Steve
Earwood in the first round. The four-time champion used a tale of being
on the road broke during his years in the Top Alcohol Dragster
division. The clincher for Scelzi was that alcohol was involved.

 

 

 

The second day of round one voting for the second annual CompetitionPlus.com War Stories competition is scheduled to

close on December 25, 2008 at 5 PM, EST.

Four-time NHRA champion Gary Scelzi holds a commanding 19.24% lead over
former NHRA Publicist turned drag strip owner Steve Earwood. You’ll
quickly wonder how Scelzi survived a week during his Top Alcohol
Dragster days and if you’re a doorslammer fan, Earwood will transport
you back to the days of the Southern Style touring Pro Stockers. Yes,
that includes Roy Hill.

He's the guy who challenged for the IHRA Pro Stock Championship with very little budget and nearly took home the championship.

He's also the guy who dressed the part of cartoon character Underdog in jest of his team's monetary shortcomings.