Sonoma - Fuller - Post Qualifying 7-29-06

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Fuller the toast of Saturday's qualifying action

 

SONOMA, Calif. (July 29) -- Entering the final day of qualifying outside the
field of 16 cars that will race on Sunday, "Hot Rod" Fuller and his David
Powers/Valvoline Top Fuel dragster team came alive Saturday and powered to
the No. 4 spot with the second quickest pass of the day. The pass helped
Fuller quickly become a favorite to win the Fram-Autolite Nationals.

 

Conditions were near perfect for Fuller to put himself solidly in the field
for Sunday's final eliminations. The Lee Beard-tuned machine roared down the
quarter-mile in 4.569-seconds at 326.40 mph. Sunday's first-round match-up
pits Fuller against Doug Herbert for the second time this season. On the way
to his first victory of the 2006 season in Phoenix, Fuller sent Herbert
packing in the first round.

 

"It really doesn't matter who we're up against first on Sunday," Fuller
said. "The most important thing is that we win and that's exactly what we
plan to do. 

 

"We got a little behind the curve Friday. The weather conditions were so
good Friday night [crew chief Lee] Beard felt we could make a run in the
4.4-second range but we gave it a little too much power and shook the tires.
I think we put everybody on notice this afternoon though with low E.T. of
the final session.

 

The last event of the famed Western Swing, the Fram-Autolite Nationals, is
held at one of the most popular tracks on tour, Infineon Raceway. Nestled
among the hills of Northern California's vaunted wine country, the track has
also been known to yield low E.T.'s and big mph, and records have fallen
this weekend in every professional category.

 

Television coverage of Sunday's final eliminations will be carried on ESPN2
beginning at 8 p.m. ET.

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