Mystery solved...Who's #1 at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals for Eliminations
The question we posed yesterday about a pushrod engine turning 10,300 rpm has been answered by one of Pro Stock's best--Jason Line, who qualified 2nd behind Kenny Koretsky. It's Kenny's first career #1 starting position. Jason told me that the engines make nearly 1,400 horsepower on two four barrel carburetors and racing gasoline. That's 1,400--or 175 horsepower per cylinder. Line should know...he fairly lives in the dyno room. Greg Anderson is not a slouch in that department either...Anderson helps build those monsters, and drives both of the Keith Black Summit Racing Pontiac GXPs in testing. The bump (the time that a driver had to beat to make final eliminations) was an ET (elapsed time) of 6.775 by Matt Hartford.
In Top Fuel, Tony Schumacher's time from yesterday (4.510) held up...and the US Army driver takes his first #1 qualifier of 2008. Doug Kalitta qualified 2nd. The bump was an ET of 5.017 by Steve Chrisman.
Funny Car Qualifying was the most interesting of the final qualifying runs. Like last year, John Force did not make it through Funny Car qualifying here at "The Strip", so his quest for 1,000 final round wins will have to wait until Atlanta. "We'll take our whipping and race (his three other cars) tomorrow" said the 14 time champion. In Houston, Robert Hight did not qualify for eliminations. Today, the John Force Racing driver ran the best run of qualifying on his last pass to become the number one qualifier, knocking Tim Wilkerson back to number 2. Hight was timed at 4.849. Last time he was here in October, he was also the top qualifier, but the racing gremlins that prowl the pits bit him...and he ended up losing the Funny Car title to Tony Pedregon by less than one round of points. The bump was an ET of 4.997 by "Fast Jack" Beckman. For the record, John Force ran a 5.020. This is what differentiates NHRA Pro Drag Racing--because there are no provisionals given to any driver--the true definition of "go or go home".
We'll rejoin you from "The Strip" on Sunday.
The question we posed yesterday about a pushrod engine turning 10,300 rpm has been answered by one of Pro Stock's best--Jason Line, who qualified 2nd behind Kenny Koretsky. It's Kenny's first career #1 starting position. Jason told me that the engines make nearly 1,400 horsepower on two four barrel carburetors and racing gasoline. That's 1,400--or 175 horsepower per cylinder. Line should know...he fairly lives in the dyno room. Greg Anderson is not a slouch in that department either...Anderson helps build those monsters, and drives both of the Keith Black Summit Racing Pontiac GXPs in testing. The bump (the time that a driver had to beat to make final eliminations) was an ET (elapsed time) of 6.775 by Matt Hartford.
In Top Fuel, Tony Schumacher's time from yesterday (4.510) held up...and the US Army driver takes his first #1 qualifier of 2008. Doug Kalitta qualified 2nd. The bump was an ET of 5.017 by Steve Chrisman.
Funny Car Qualifying was the most interesting of the final qualifying runs. Like last year, John Force did not make it through Funny Car qualifying here at "The Strip", so his quest for 1,000 final round wins will have to wait until Atlanta. "We'll take our whipping and race (his three other cars) tomorrow" said the 14 time champion. In Houston, Robert Hight did not qualify for eliminations. Today, the John Force Racing driver ran the best run of qualifying on his last pass to become the number one qualifier, knocking Tim Wilkerson back to number 2. Hight was timed at 4.849. Last time he was here in October, he was also the top qualifier, but the racing gremlins that prowl the pits bit him...and he ended up losing the Funny Car title to Tony Pedregon by less than one round of points. The bump was an ET of 4.997 by "Fast Jack" Beckman. For the record, John Force ran a 5.020. This is what differentiates NHRA Pro Drag Racing--because there are no provisionals given to any driver--the true definition of "go or go home".
We'll rejoin you from "The Strip" on Sunday.
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