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WAR STORIES RD 1 ENDING

The fourth day of round one voting for the second annual CompetitionPlus.com War Stories competition is scheduled to close garlits.jpgon December 29, 2008 at 5 PM, EST.

Drag racing icon “Big Daddy” Don Garlits and ADRL Promoter Kenny
Nowling lead their respective opponents entering the final hours of
first round voting.

Garlits carries a 19.90% percent share of the votes in his first round
match against former Seattle International Raceway promoter Jim
Rockstad.

MILLER, MUSI ADVANCE

Strong first round stories set up barnburner second round match …

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storyteller nearly got lynched and the other ended up in a courtroom.
Those were the stories that advanced “Waterbed” Fred Miller and Pat
Musi into the quarter-finals of the second annual CompetitionPlus.com
War Stories Showdown.

Miller can’t wait for the second round.

“It’s time to turn it up a notch or three,” Miller, a longtime Blue Max crewman said.

WILL WINS AUSSIE EVENT

NHRA Top Fuel star Hillary Will claimed the inaugural Scott Kalitta Memorial Trophy by winning the Shannons U.S.A. v. will.jpgAustralia Top Fuel Showdown at Western Sydney Int'l Dragway in Sydney, Australia, Sunday.

Will, a 28-year old native of Fortuna, Calif., was the only American
competing in the event. Her team, led by crew chief Jim Oberhofer, was
plagued by many mechanical problems throughout the event but posted the
quickest lap of the event in the final round by defeating Aussie Terry
Sainty, 4.743 seconds, 303.16 mph to 5.284 sec., 260.51 mph.

WAR STORIES, DAY THREE VOTING ENDING


The third day of round one voting for the second annual
CompetitionPlus.com War Stories competition is scheduled to today,


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December 28, 2008 at 5 PM, EST.

“Waterbed” Fred Miller and Pat Musi, pending a comeback of monstrous proportions from their competition, will meet in the second round of competition.

Miller used a first round story chronicling an ill-fated match race
weekend during the early years of his association with the famed Blue
Max team. He carries 76.66% of the reader vote against former IHRA Vice
President Ted Jones.

WAR STORIES ELIMINATIONS - RD. 1, DAY FOUR

Eliminations are underway for the second annual CompetitionPlus.com War Stories Showdown, a competition which places sixteen of drag racing's personalities head-to-head in storytelling competition. Over the next four days, you will be presented with the first round strories of each respective contestants. They are paired on an NHRA eliminations ladder seeded by reader vote last week.

Today's competition features the #3 qualifier "Big Daddy" Don Garlits versus #14 Jim Rockstad as well as #6 Kenny Nowling versus #11 Steve Reyes. Voting concludes on December 29th at 5 PM.

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ELIMINATIONS POSTPONED FOR THE 2008 U.S.A. V. AUSTRALIA TOP FUEL SHOWDOWN

NHRA Top Fuel star Hillary Will, the world’s fastest female, qualified
her 8,000-horsepower dragster in the No. 3 (5.013 seconds, 213.47 mph)
spot for Saturday’s final eliminations of the Shannons U.S.A. v.
Australia Top Fuel Showdown at Western Sydney Int’l Dragway in Sydney,
Australia, but unfortunately rained moved into the area late in the day
and has postponed eliminations until tomorrow.

Will, a 28-year old native of Fortuna, Calif., is the only American
competing in the event. She and the other seven competitors in
tomorrow’s Top Fuel eliminations will be vying to win the inaugural
Scott Kalitta Memorial Trophy. Will is set to race against No. 6
qualifier (5.519 sec., 197.94 mph) Mark Mariani in round one of
eliminations.

Racing will resume at 11:00 a.m. (local) with a determination of the
time for the first round of Top Fuel to be made tomorrow morning.

WAR STORIES ELIMINATIONS - RD. 1, DAY THREE

Eliminations are underway for the second annual CompetitionPlus.com War Stories Showdown, a competition which places sixteen of drag racing's personalities head-to-head in storytelling competition. Over the next four days, you will be presented with the first round strories of each respective contestants. They are paired on an NHRA eliminations ladder seeded by reader vote last week.

Today's competition features the #2 qualifier "Waterbed" Fred Miller versus #15 Ted Jones as well as #7 Whit Bazemore versus #10 Pat Musi. Voting concludes on December 28th at 5 PM.

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WILL QUALIFIED THIRD

NHRA Top Fuel star Hillary Will, the world’s fastest female, qualified
her 8,000-horsepower dragster in the No. 3 (5.013 seconds, 213.47 mph)
spot for tomorrow’s final eliminations of the Shannons U.S.A. v.
Australia Top Fuel Showdown at Western Sydney Int’l Dragway in Sydney,
Australia.

Will, a 28-year old native of Fortuna, Calif., is the only American
competing in the event. Her team, led by crew chief Jim Oberhofer, was
plagued by many mechanical problems throughout the three sessions of
qualifying Friday at WSID and had to hurry to make their final attempt,
which looked strong early but faded down track. Will’s 5.013-second lap
from the first qualifying session of the day ended up being the team’s
best. Will and the other seven competitors in tomorrow’s Top Fuel
eliminations will be vying to win the inaugural Scott Kalitta Memorial
Trophy.

Will is set to race against No. 6 qualifier (5.519 sec., 197.94 mph)
Mark Mariani in round one of eliminations tomorrow afternoon.

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