NHRA FMDRS final results from Bandimere Speedway

20 June 1999

FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER DRIVER DARREN NICHOLSON COMES UP WITH HIS FOURTH WIN
OF THE SEASON AT BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY

        Denver, Colo. -Rain couldn't parade on Federal-Mogul Dragster
driver Darren Nicholson, of Laguna Hills, Calif. Sunday in the winner's
circle.
     After achieving his fourth victory this season at the CarQuest Auto
Parts Thunder On the Mountain event at Bandimere Speedway Nicholson
couldn't have been happier with his win.
     Nicholson, who races in the NHRA Pacific Division, in California,
Arizona and other western coast states, has been a big winner at several
events this year as well as last year.  In 1998 he won the U.S. Nationals,
NHRA's largest event of the year.  So far this year Nicholson has won
national events in Houston, Phoenix, and has won now two NHRA Federal-Mogul
Drag Racing Series races.
     "Rain can't ruin moments like this," Nicholson said with a grin on his
face.  "We have a flight in just a few hours and we want to enjoy every
moment of this."
     The Peen Rite dragster, which is funded by the Nicholson family,
competes in what some competitors in Federal-Mogul Dragster call the
toughest division due to other drivers who have the ability to finish in
the top five nationally.  Drivers, like two-time national champion Rick
Santos, of San Leandro, Calif. make the division very tough, but with
today's victory and a few more national event titles Nicholson could find
himself in a good position in the NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series
national point standings.  He is currently ranked fourth in the national
points standings but with Sunday's win he will be third right behind Rick
Santos and Mike Gunderson, of Middleburg, Fla.
     "This is the pace we want to keep running at," Nicholson said.  "We
keep getting the right combination, and need to keep it."

        

     The following are final results from the NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag
Racing Series event at Bandimere Speedway, the third of six races in the
NHRA West Central Division listing driver, city, state, make of car,
elapsed time in seconds and miles per hour:








FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER

Round 1

8. Darryl Hitchman, Hanford, Calif., 5.952, 217.75 def. 1. Larry Traugott
(alternate to Mark Kinser), Woodward, Okla., 6.502, 168.09
2. Darren Nicholson, Laguna Hills, Calif., 5.793, 242.19 def. 7. James   
   Thompson, Vernon, Texas, 5.914, 235.17
3. Rob Wendland, Lawrence, Kan., 5.906, 237.52 def. 6. Shelly Howard,  
   Tulsa, Okla., 6.3155, 164.14
5. Billy Bybee, McLean, Texas, 5.913, 237.78 def. Mike Strasburg, 
   Lindon Utah (Broke)

Round 2

2. Nicholson, 5.778, 242.13 def. Wendland, 7.370, 121.88
5. Bybee, 5.879, 241.67 def. 8. Hitchman, 6.063, 220.48

Final Round

2. Nicholson, 5.765, 243.24 def. 5. Bybee, 5.866, 239.23

FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR 

Round 1

1. Vern Moats, Des Moines, Iowa, '98 Firebird, 5.989, 239.93 def. 8. Lyle
Greenberg, Albuquerque, N.M., '93 Daytona, 6.594, 183.86
2. Cy Chesterman, Sioux City, Iowa, '99 Firebird, 5.980, 236.59 def. Tate
Branch, Artesia, N.M., '98 Avenger, 6.056, 234.43
3. Jay Payne, Irwindale, Calif., '99 Camaro, 6.111, 233.58 def. Randy
Fleming, Independence, Mo., '99 Trans Am, 8.855, 95.54
5. Sam Blue, Red Wing, Minn., '97 Achieva, 5.969, 234.19 def. 4. Steve 
   Addleman, Sioux Falls, S.D., '98 Firebird, 6.035, 235.47

Round 2

1. Moats, 5.876, 240.12 def. 5. Blue, 6.111, 233.10
3. Payne, 6.044, 234.19 def. Chesterman (Broke)

Final Round

1. Moats, 6.043, 234.61 def. 3. Payne, 6.158, 232.01

COMP ELIMINATOR

David Cook Jr., Houston, A/Dragster, 7.192, 189.59 def. Russ Kelly, Omaha,
Neb., A/EDragster, 7.365, 185.87

SUPER STOCK

Gary Stinnett, Emporia, Kan., GT/IA '98 Firebird, 11.451, 116.30 def. Kevin
Nicks, Golden, Colo, SS/FA '71 Plymouth, 10.911, 123.23

STOCK ELIMINATOR

Chuck Rayburn, Castro Valley, Calif., B/SA '71 Challenger, 11.270, 115.50
def. Bobby DeArmond, Gallup, N.M., A/SA '69 Camaro, 11.140, 117.98

SUPER GAS

Sheldon Gecker, Waddell, Ariz., 9.501, 148.73 def. Greg Carrillo, Phoenix,
9.421, 145.48

SUPER COMP

Kelly Schilling, Fort Collins, Colo., 10.572, 140.82 def. Greg Carrillo,
Phoenix, 10.568, 142.42

SUPER STREET

Doug Young, Grand Junction, Colo., 11.623, 115.48 def. Kevin Schroeder,
Moundridge, Kan., 11.607, 117.40

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