Do you think she will be good for the sport. This is a shot the Top Alcohol classes desperately need.

(Ashley Force)

Saturday January 31, 2004 Numbers for Top Alcohol, Pro Mod and other non pro teams. (a number of teams made two or three runs, numeric sign let's you know which run for the day it is). Pictures at the bottom (courtesy Mark King and Gale Frank and are copyright speedzonemagazine.com and deepstage.net)

All Saturday Pro Numbers and pictures are here

All Friday's stuff is here

Final session Saturday 4:00 - 7:00pm

Ashley Force,- soft launch and strong finish 5.46 263
Dennis Taylor,- more trouble for Dennis
Brad Littlefield, - Brad stat's is making laps
Bernie Harrington, - did not get far
Paul Crifasi, - blew burst panel
Bob Perkins, - goes 5.66 248
Steve Densham, - shut off before run
Darryl Hitchman, - has more troubles clicks early
Morgan Lucas, - dropped more holes and got worse the farther he went down track
Steve Federlin, - blew the tires off
David Wilson, - went 2.54 330ft. clicked early

The TA cars: Based on the cars performance and the weather forecast I expect Sunday to be a very laid back slow day. Cars like Lucas, Wilson, Ashley, Dennis Taylor and a few licencing teams in TAD are expected to run Sunday but a bunch will probably call it a weekend.

The earlier Saturday and Friday sessions below:

Here are all the runs to 4:00pm TAD

Dave Wilson 5.84 192
Duane Shields 5.45
Ashley Force 5.53 260
Steve Federlin #1 5.65 208, #2 5.52 252
Morgan Lucas 6.14 217
Darryl Hitchman #1 8.22 126, #2 6.03 243, #3 5.49 257
Darby Neagle 1.015 60 foot
Duane Shields 5.46 264

TAFC

Steve Densham #1 6.94 206, #2 6.78 208
Dennis Taylor #1 .958 60 ft, #2 8.91 90, #3 shut off
Paul Crifasi #1 7.36 183, #2 7.26 187, #3 8.03 171
Mert #1 backed over his chutes, #2 5.91 236
Jay Payne #1 6.98 136, #2 5.64 250
Bill Gallio #1 6.25 184, #2 6.02 237
Doug Gordon #1 5.76 248, #2 5.749 247, #3 5.71 248
Bernie Harrington 5.999 241

PRO MOD

Shelly Anderson #1 7.28 164, #2 hit the half track cones
Rick Distefano #1 7.34 129, #2 got side ways at the 330
Kip Dupuis #1 6.89 189, #2 6.81
Jay Syvertsen 7.38 153

BLOWN ALTERED

Withers 7.76 172

NOSTALGIA TOP FUEL

Brent Harris #1 6.74 175, # 25.90 253 great final run by the FED Sheriff team.
Chuck Tanko 7.65 116

NITRO HARLEY

Ron Houniet 6.54 210

SUPER COMP

Megan McMerkan 9.27 167 (in Ashley's Super Comp car). The daughter of AAA president

10:30am Numbers from Saturday AM include, Kip Dupuis (Pro Mod) going 6.89/155. Steve Densham (Gary's kid) will make laps in the Densham TAFC today. He was just going to the line when I got off the phone with Mark. Scelzi made a 5.40 lap. Baca went 2/3rds down track. Bazemore clicked it early

Ashley had another couple good laps today. A 5.46 263 best

 

Morgan was out for the first time with his Norm Grimes tuned TAD . Ran in the 6's

Steve Federlin had a 5.52 best

Hitchman went 5.49 today

Perkins was the quickest today. A 5.45

Douug Gordon made three 5.70 laps

Jay Payne had a 65.64 best today alot better than yesterday.

Steven Densham is the hier apparent to dad Gary. Is making a bunch of TA laps this year.

Brad Littlefield is out playing in the family ride

One of the Gallio's out testing

New driver Paul Crifasi made a bunch of non eventful laps. Has half a leg up on licencing.

Two TF Harley out testing. Three total counting Ron Houniet (not pictured)

 

Brent Harris ripped off a 5.90/253

 

Shelly shaking it down

Jay Syvertsen

Megan McKracken is in Ashley S Comp car this year. ("AAA" CEO daughter)

Another Lucas sponsored car

A couple more S comp cars testing

Al Corda out practicing. Like he needs too!!!