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* Bristol Report * |
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I have always liked Bristol. It was at Bristol that I first decided I wanted to race and it was at Bristol that I won my first race. After arriving there Friday afternoon, I went to the starting line to inspect it, as I always do first thing at any track, and was horrified to see the condition. I had never seen NHRA's premier track look so bad! There was ample bare concrete dotted by hunks of rubber scattered about. I was hoping it would be better groomed for qualifying. I made 2 test and tune passes neither very quick as I smoked the tire both times on the starting line. Saturday qualifying was no different as the starting line was paid little attention over night. I ended up qualifying #14. I was not the only one who found distain for the starting line. There was so much complaining by so many racers that the track officials finally did some grooming Saturday night after qualifying was completed. We got a bonus Sunday morning with the announcement of a free test and tune session. We took advantage of that and with a better starting line made a respectable pass. I was feeling much better about the eliminations now. My first opponent was none other than Bruce Cronenberger (for the second race in a row) and it was pretty close. I ran a 10.33 to Bruce's 10.42. It was a real nail biter. Second round had me against Ohio Dave. This was another close race and we edged Dave out by less than half a bike length. Round 3 had me against Allen Nussbaum. It seems I can't go to any race with out going through these 3 racers! Allen and I never did get to race due to the rains. We waited, each in our own trailer, for over 9 hours to race against each other finally learning at 12:45 AM that the race was to be called incomplete. We did pick up some points and some positions in the national points putting us in the #8 spot, if my math is correct. I guess we'll have to wait until Indy to pick up more points!
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