TopFuel@Lions
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Lions started it's 1969 Funny Car Season with the "Inaugural Funny Car Championships" on January 29th.
This race was going to have two qualified 8-car fields. The top 8 in bracket #1, second 8 in bracket #2.
Bracket #1 paid $1000-to-win, Runner-up $750, $400 semi-finalists, $200-to-start.
Bracket #2 paid $650-to-win, Runner-up $500, $300 semi finalists, $150-to-start
2 weeks before the show, over 32 AA/FC cars had pre entered, here are a few of those entered.
*Dyno Don Nicholson*Bourgois & Wade*Super Chief*Big John Mazmanain*Don Shumacher* Jungle Jim (2 cars-Clare Sanders in #2)*Blue Hell*
*Travelin Javelin*Mako Shark*Hemi Cuda*Vicious Too*Destroyer Jeep*Fiberglass Trends Corvette*Fiberglass Trends Javelin*Flying Dutchman*
*Jesse Tyree*Holy Toledo Jeep*Jack Christman*Clyde Morgan*Blue Fox*Warlord*Randy Walls*Engine Masters*Pete's Chevron*Psycho 1 & 2*
*Parts Mart*Raunchy*Trojan Horse*Larry Christopherson*Mineo & Sturm*Precision Speed*Stomper*Gene Conway*Pat Foster (Mickey Thompson Mustang)*
*Steve Bovan*Dick Loehr* That was not all of them come race day. Still not bad at 37 and change.
Race day was rained out and re-set for February 22. That day had better weather. 40 AA/FC's tried to get into the two 8-car brackets. Qualifying was brutal as it got going about 2:30pm. 1 hour after the track opened at 1:30pm. Right on time at 7:00pm the races started.
Funny Car bracket #1 was taken by Rich Siroonian in Big John Mazmanian's Cuda, his opponent was Ray Alley who va-voomed the tranny on his last burn out and did not get to run.
Funny Car bracket #2 had Rusty Dellings edging out Ken Coleman in the Destroyer Jeep.
All thru the night there was bracket racing and many Funny Cars came out for test runs or impromptu match races. Another full and great night at Lions early in the season. Sure went thru some Chili Tamales and Chili Hot Dogs that night with my dad.
Admission:$3.00
Pit Pass:$1:00
TopFuel@Lions
This race was going to have two qualified 8-car fields. The top 8 in bracket #1, second 8 in bracket #2.
Bracket #1 paid $1000-to-win, Runner-up $750, $400 semi-finalists, $200-to-start.
Bracket #2 paid $650-to-win, Runner-up $500, $300 semi finalists, $150-to-start
2 weeks before the show, over 32 AA/FC cars had pre entered, here are a few of those entered.
*Dyno Don Nicholson*Bourgois & Wade*Super Chief*Big John Mazmanain*Don Shumacher* Jungle Jim (2 cars-Clare Sanders in #2)*Blue Hell*
*Travelin Javelin*Mako Shark*Hemi Cuda*Vicious Too*Destroyer Jeep*Fiberglass Trends Corvette*Fiberglass Trends Javelin*Flying Dutchman*
*Jesse Tyree*Holy Toledo Jeep*Jack Christman*Clyde Morgan*Blue Fox*Warlord*Randy Walls*Engine Masters*Pete's Chevron*Psycho 1 & 2*
*Parts Mart*Raunchy*Trojan Horse*Larry Christopherson*Mineo & Sturm*Precision Speed*Stomper*Gene Conway*Pat Foster (Mickey Thompson Mustang)*
*Steve Bovan*Dick Loehr* That was not all of them come race day. Still not bad at 37 and change.
Race day was rained out and re-set for February 22. That day had better weather. 40 AA/FC's tried to get into the two 8-car brackets. Qualifying was brutal as it got going about 2:30pm. 1 hour after the track opened at 1:30pm. Right on time at 7:00pm the races started.
Funny Car bracket #1 was taken by Rich Siroonian in Big John Mazmanian's Cuda, his opponent was Ray Alley who va-voomed the tranny on his last burn out and did not get to run.
Funny Car bracket #2 had Rusty Dellings edging out Ken Coleman in the Destroyer Jeep.
All thru the night there was bracket racing and many Funny Cars came out for test runs or impromptu match races. Another full and great night at Lions early in the season. Sure went thru some Chili Tamales and Chili Hot Dogs that night with my dad.
Admission:$3.00
Pit Pass:$1:00
TopFuel@Lions