FRIDAY VEGAS SPORTSMAN
FICCO, GROSSI AND BURTON LEAD FRIDAY SPORTSMEN
Lou
Ficco Jr., Wheat Ridge, Colorado, was the class of the field in
Competition eliminator Friday in the 2009 Summitracing.com Nationals at
Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Ficco drove his 2009 Pontiac GXP to a solid 7.447 elapsed time, -0.573
seconds under the B/Altered Production classification. Ficco out
performed Steve Holloway, also from Colorado, who negotiated the
quarter mile in 6.727 seconds, -.567 seconds under his A/Altered
Automatic standard. The field for the Competition Eliminator division
will be set following another qualifying session Saturday morning.
First round eliminations will be run later on Saturday.
FICCO, GROSSI AND BURTON LEAD FRIDAY SPORTSMEN
Lou
Ficco Jr., Wheat Ridge, Colorado, was the class of the field in
Competition eliminator Friday in the 2009 Summitracing.com Nationals at
Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Ficco drove his 2009 Pontiac GXP to a solid 7.447 elapsed time, -0.573
seconds under the B/Altered Production classification. Ficco out
performed Steve Holloway, also from Colorado, who negotiated the
quarter mile in 6.727 seconds, -.567 seconds under his A/Altered
Automatic standard. The field for the Competition Eliminator division
will be set following another qualifying session Saturday morning.
First round eliminations will be run later on Saturday.
NHRA Division 7 racer Eric Bell edged out Frank Grossi for the number
one spot in Super Stock, heading into Saturday's eliminations. Bell,
from Chandler, Arizona, took the pole position, drove his 1970 Dodge
Challenger to an outstanding 9.545 elapsed time, -1.375 seconds under
the SS/EA index.
Stock eliminator was lead by the father and son duo of Scott and Brad
Burton from Golden, Co. They claimed the top two spots with a pair of
Pontiac Formula Firebirds. Scott edged out his son, Brad, by .001
seconds to take the number one position, running a stout 10.767 elapsed
time, -1.383 seconds under the D/SA index.
The Top Alcohol Dragsters and Funny Cars will get their first chance to negotiate “The Strip” Saturday morning.
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