In the final results from Route 66 Raceway and the Lucas Oil Drag
Racing Series it was Jim Whiteley and Chris Foster taking home their
share of the more than $150,000 in purse and contingency awards along
with valuable national and divisional championship points.
This was Whiteley’s second win in as many weeks in Top Alcohol Dragster
here at Route 66 Raceway picking up the NHRA national event win last
weekend. The Grand Junction, Colo., resident saved his best pass of
the weekend for the final round against Bill Reichert of Owosso, Mich.
Whitely was out first and never looked back posting a time of 5.298
seconds at 271.41 mph to Reichert’s 5.304, 272.67.
Foster of Davenport, Iowa, made his way into the winner’s circle from
the No. 3 qualifying position in Top Alcohol Funny Car with a final
round lap of 5.685 seconds, 253.42 mph to take out Mick Snyder. Synder,
Demotte, Ind., qualified No. 1 but suffered mechanical problems in the
final and slowed to a 6.860 second, 144.91 mph pass.