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NHRA FMDRS-Douglas Int'l Raceway, Douglas, WY--Friday Qualifying

8 July 2000


BYBEE, BATEMAN SET PACE AT DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

        DOUGLAS, Wy. - Over 400 racecars from the NHRA West Central
Division took over beautiful Douglas Int'l Raceway in Douglas, Wy. for its
fourth stop on the NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series.  Billy Bybee of
McLean, Texas set the pace in Fridays Federal-Mogul Dragster qualifying and
last years Federal-Mogul Funny Car runner-up at Douglas Int'l Raceway,
Roger Bateman of Calgary, Alb., Canada was quickest in the Federal-Mogul
Funny Car field.
        Fresh off his victory two weeks ago in the Federal-Mogul event at
Bandimere Speedway in Denver, Colo., Bybee started where he left off two
weeks ago with the quickest Federal-Mogul Dragster qualifying run of the
day with a pass of 6.049 seconds at 236.63 mph.  Defending West Central
Federal-Mogul Dragster Champion, David Wells of LeMars, Iowa took the
second qualifying position three hundredths of a second behind Bybee with a
run of 6.083 seconds at 232.15 mph.
        "We are doing everything right and it is paying off on the track",
said Bybee.  "I think we can get a set-up tomorrow and run in the five's."
        Bateman drove his '97 Matco Auto Parts Pontiac Firebird
Federal-Mogul Funny Car to the top spot in Friday's Federal-Mogul Funny Car
qualifying with a tire smoking run of 6.527 seconds at 222.44 mph.  Local
favorite, Kris Hool of Casper, Wy. drove his '97 Casper the Ghost Pontiac
Firebird to the third qualifying position with a run of 6.671 seconds at
217.67 mph.
        "We can make some changes and come out tomorrow a little quicker,"
said Bateman.  "I know we have more and everyone behind us will have more
tomorrow too."
        Qualifying and time trials will continue at Douglas International
Raceway on Saturday at 9 a.m.  Gates open at 8 a.m.  Federal-Mogul Dragster
and Funny Car will have qualifying sessions at 2 and 5 p.m.     

The following are Friday's qualifying results from the NHRA Federal-Mogul
Drag Racing Series event at Douglas International Raceway:

FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER
1. Billy Bybee, McLean, Texas, 6.049 seconds, 236.63 mph
2. David Wells, LeMars, Iowa, 6.083, 232.15
3. Bruce Bowler, Denver, Colo., 6.221, 220.40
4. Sergio Recio, El Paso, Texas, 6.422, 212.33
5. Brent DuCray, Grand Junction, Colo., 6.496, 221.34
6. Ziggy Zivkovich, Litchfield, Minn., 7.167, 181.30
7. Edwin Schmeeckle, Gothenburg, Neb., 7.524, 149.12

FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR 
1. Roger Bateman, Calgary, Alb., Canada, '97 Pontiac Firebird, 6.527
seconds, 222.44 mph
2. Robert Kanenwisher, Conifer, Colo., '98 Dodge Avenger, 6.637, 220.37
3. Kris Hool, Casper, Wy., '97 Firebird, 6.671, 217.67
4. Lawren Jones, Albuquerque, N.M., '00 Chevrolet Corvette, 6.802, 217.98
5. Scott McVey, Winnepeg, Man., Canada, '96 Oldsmobile Cutlass, 6.834,
206.54
6. Vern Moats, Des Moines, Iowa, '00 Firebird, 7.028, 204.60
7. Jay Payne, Upland, Calif., '00 Chevrolet Camaro, 7.204, 213.13

COMP ELIMINATOR
1. Charlie Stewart, Arlington, Texas, '99 Dragster, A/ED, 7.221 seconds
(0.579-seconds under Index)
2. Tom Snyder, Longmont, Colo., '23 Chevrolet, A/A, 7.234 (-0.556)
3. Clint Sallee, Glendive, Mont., '00 Dragster, C/D, 7.567 (-0.503)
4. Kevin Sutton, Littleton, Colo., '97 Dragster, C/D, 7.613 (-0.457)
5. Bill Kent, Midland, Texas, '00 Dragster, C/D, 7.680 (-0.390)
6. Steve Kalkowski, Ogallala, Neb., '97 Pontiac Firebird, B/A, 7.925
(-0.355)
7. Bub Miller, Edwardsville, Kansas, '97 Oldsmobile Achieva, D/EA, 9.212
(-0.338)
8. Harvey From, Regina, Sask., Canada, '23 Roadster, A/EA, 8.200 (-0.300)
9. Robert Baldwin, Aurora, Colo., '90 Chevrolet Camaro, B/SM, 9.559
(-0.291)
10. John Linton, Tonkawa, Okla., '97 Dragster, C/ED, 8.182 (-0.238)

SUPER STOCK
1. Rick Ryan, Aberdeen, S.D., '88 Oldsmobile Cutlass, SS/NA, 12.136 seconds
(1.114-seconds under Index)
2. Ritch Ahrens, Greeley, Colo., '87 Pontiac Firebird, GT/EA, 10.626
(-1.034)
3. John Dusenbury, Lakewood, Colo., '68 Ford Mustang, SS/DS, 11.592
(-0.968)
4. Ted Romero, Denver, Colo., '98 Firebird, GT/KA, 11.585 (-0.925)
5. Abe Loewen, Regina, Sask., Canada, '98 Grand Am, SS/DM, 9.947 (-0.913)
6. Gary McGlasson, Los Lunas, N.M., '69 Chevrolet Camaro, SS/HA, 10.690
(-0.910)
7. Ricky Ray, Savannah, Mo., '00 Firebird, SS/BS, 9.741 (-0.909)
8. Joseph LoCicero, Lithonia, Ga, '87 Camaro, GT/CA, 10.555 (-0.835)
9. Carroll Warling, Arvado, Colo., '74 Grand Am, SS/MA, 12.111 (-0.819)
10. Curtis Dean, Denver, Colo., '90 Chevrolet Cavalier, SS/AM, 9.375
(-0.795)

STOCK ELIMINATOR
1. Steve Couch, Sidney, Neb., '00 Dodge, DT/SA, 12.883 seconds
(1.487-seconds under Index)
2. Stewart Triggs, Fremont, Neb., '83 Dodge, GF/S, 16.961 (-1.139)
3. Bobby DeArmond, Gallup, N.M., '69 Chevrolet Camaro, A/SA, 10.987
(-1.043)
4. Bill Rink, Naperville, Ill., '74 GTO, K/SA, 12.757 (-1.033)
5. Arnold Greene, Matthews, N.C., '69 Camaro, A/S, 10.959 (-1.021)
6. John Cooper, Laporte, Colo., '67 Ford Fairlane, A/SA, 11.025 (-1.005)
7. Jim Hughes, Grand Junction, Colo., '67 Camaro, D/S, 11.631 (-0.929)
8. Neal Rhodes, Aurora, Colo., '67 Fairlane, F/SA, 12.003 (-0.927)
9. Bob Swan, Belle Fourche, S.D., '67 Ford Shelby, D/SA, 11.729 (-0.891)
10. Kevin Helms, Mineola, Texas, '69 Camaro, B/S, 11.369 (-0.871)


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