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NHRA Drag Racing, Bakersfield, Calif., Saturday Qualifying Results

8 October 2000

        BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Covering the Famoso Raceway quartermile in
5.988 seconds, Daly City, Calif.'s Rance McDaniel is the No. 1 qualifier at
the 9th annual NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Automobile Club
of Southern California.
        McDaniel's front-engined Top Fuel Dragster was the quickest of 26
at the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion, which is a celebration of drag
racing's rich automotive history.  McDaniel's five-second run capped a busy
day of activity at the legendary Famoso Raceway, with a huge crowd
witnessing a mixture of drag-racing time trials, hot rodding, and paying
respect to some of the pioneers of the sport, which celebrates its 50th
anniversary in 2001.
        Top Fuel racer Dave Uyehara made the spectators gasp when he
crashed heavily during the second round of time trials, the errant race car
going out of control before the finish line.  Uyehara was taken to a local
hospital for a check up and later released with no injuries.
        Racing takes the center stage Sunday with eliminations scheduled to
begin 11:00 a.m.

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        BAKERSFIELD -   The following are Saturday's final qualifying
results from the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Automobile
Club of Southern California at Famoso Raceway, listing driver, hometown,
state, elapsed time in seconds, and speed in mph:

Top Fuel Dragster
1. Rance McDaniel, Daly City, Calif., 5.988, 233.34
2. Jack Harris, Kaysville, Utah, 6.113, 237.27
3. Rick McGee, Exeter, Calif., 6.244, 225.73
4. Jim Murphy, Santa Rose, Calif., 6.253, 226.18
5. Dave Uyehara, Vacaville, Calif., 6.269, 213.82
6. Howard Haight, Upland, Calif., 6.292, 230.00
7. Bill Dunlap, Capitola, Calif., 6.292, 226.58
8. Lee Jennings, Chino, Calif., 6.309, 221.89
9. Butch Blair, Martinez, Calif., 6.332, 215.87
10. Glenn Hutchison, Citrus Heights, Calif., 6.350, 228.02
11. Jason Howell, Tacoma, Wash., 6.350, 222.38
12. Bill Alexander, Sunland, Calif., 6.376, 214.03
13. Tim Gibson, North Hollywood, Calif., 6.409, 229.24
14. Gerry Steiner, San Jose, Calif., 6.450, 219.61
15. Mark Malde, Windsor, Calif., 6.466, 217.65
16. Denver Schutz, Fresno, Calif., 6.492, 217.49

Did Not Qualify
17. Mike McLennan, Orangeville, Calif., 6.514, 224.60
18. Shep Ginzburg, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 6.553, 229.06
19. Ty Norton, Exeter, Calif., 6.618, 204.82
20. Kent Terry, San Miguel, Calif., 6.622, 215.36
21. Kirk Kuhns, Huntington Park, Calif., 6.626, 173.27
22. Brendan Murry, San Jose, Calif., 6.639, 199.11
23. Roger Lectenberg, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 6.842, 196.80
24. Jim Boyd, Redondo Beach, Calif., 7.036, 175.33
25. Lance Osborn, Salinas, Calif., 16.068, 68.61
26. Dave Rosenberg, Long Beach, Calif., 21.961, 32.75

A/Fuel Dragster
1. Steve San Paolo, Salinas, Calif., 6.629, 198.89
2. Jim Paul, Auburn, Calif., 6.648, 202.33
3. Mark Woods Jr., Kingsburg, Calif., 6.822, 203.52
4. Sean Bellemeur, La Canada, Calif., 6.857, 204.82
5. Jason Richey, Pleasanton, Calif., 6.929, 200.40
6. Kin Bates, Anderson, Calif., 7.092, 174.55
7. Rick White, San Diego, Calif., 7.168, 187.57
8. Fred Farndon, Quincy, Calif., 7.440, 187.93

Pro Supercharged
1. Steve Wood, San Leandro, Calif., '53 Studebaker, 6.863, 199.64
2. Ron Nunes, Danville, Calif., '63 Corvette, 6.974, 202.56
3. Mel Boyson, McKenzie River Valley, Ore., '34 Willys, 7.003, 196.50
4. Dale Boomgarden, Gilroy, Calif., no details available, 7.068, 195.69
5. Ed Moss, Ontario, Calif., '37 Ford, 7.068, 194.09
6. Gary Reinerd, Merced, Calif., '48 Austin, 7.133, 194.84
7. Steve Woods, Merced, Calif., '49 Prefect, 7.166, 186.68
8. Rick Souza, Santa Clara, Calif., '61 Chevrolet, 7.184, 181.67

Junior Fuel
1. Bill Wayne, Bullhead City, Ariz., 7.332, 182.03
2. Jim Scott, Fallbrook, Calif., 7.388, 181.59
3. Mike Chrisman, Lake Forest, Calif., 7.432, 179.96
4. Wayne Ramay, Simi Valley, Calif., 7.497, 178.21
5. Brad Woodard, Oceanside, Calif., 7.503, 175.81
6. Stacy Paul, Auburn, Calif., 7.510, 175.60
7. Todd Movius, Long Beach, Calif., 7.637, 177.09
8. Charlie Smith, Sapulpa, Okla., 7.695, 176.26

A/Gas Eliminator (7.50-second Index)
1. Chris Abbey, Clovis, Calif., ' 57 Chevrolet, 7.634 (0.134)
2. Jim Pace, Fairfield, Calif., '48 Anglia, 7.669 (0.169)
3. Mark Mahood, Anaheim, Calif., '69 Camaro, 7.837 (0.337)
4. Bob Clayton, La Grande, Calif., '33 Willys, 7.841 (0.341)
5. Larry Ofria, Northridge, Calif., '57 Chevrolet, 8.018 (0.518)
6. Chris Beanes, San Gabriel, Calif., '70 Camaro, 8.356 (0.856)
7. Steve Castelli, Windsor, Calif., '41 Willys, 8.407 (0.907)
8. Rudy Diephuis, Hayward, Calif., '63 Pontiac, 9.057 (1.557)

Nostalgia Eliminator (7.50-second Index)
1. Mike Cross, Culver City, Calif., 7.514 (0.014)
2. Mike Kirby, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 7.539 (0.039)
3. Jerry Beach, Woodland Hills, Calif., 7.572 (0.072)
4. Terry Caldwell, Hemet, Calif., 7.587 (0.087)
5. Scott Christleib, Leona Valley, Calif., 7.614 (0.114)
6. Brendan Murry, San Jose, Calif., 7.657 (0.157)
7. Dean Sammons, Carlsbad, Calif., 7.712 (0.212)
8. Greg Uffens, Tracy, Calif., 7.731 (0.231)

A/Factory Experimental
1. Jess Tyree, Canson Lake, Calif., '63 Pontiac, 9.221, 149.47
2. Stan Blosk, Riverside, Calif., '64 Falcon, 9.599, 148.66

B/Factory Experimental
1. Richard Walker, Riverside, Calif., '64 Plymouth, 10.022, 136.79
2. David Franklin, Ramona, Calif., '61 Ford, 10.135, 132.56
3. Phil Featherstone, Stockton, Calif., '64 Ford, 10.275, 131.73
4. Michael Furiani, San Dimas, Calif., '64 Plymouth Fury, 10.282, 132.37
5. Michael Van Horn, Downey, Calif., Pontiac GTO, 10.290, 132.21
6. Pete Karnes, Chehalis, Wash., '64 Falcon, 10.659, 124.61
7. Glenn Gibbons, Mesa, Ariz., '64 Pontiac Le Mans, 10.727, 122.95
8. Roger Vogt, Visalia, Calif., '65 Plymouth Barracuda, 10.896, 115.11