1998 NHRA Pioneer Keystone Nationals
Round-by-round Results
Top Fuel Dragster
Saturday
Session #3
Driver Car ET MPH
(-) Joe Amato '98 McKinney 4.641 299.10 (-) Paul Romine '98 McKinney 5.099 218.02 Romine leaves some oil on top end. Amato ran straight through nice and clean.
(-) Doug Kalitta '98 Mckinney 4.663 307.79 (-) Bruce Sarver '97 McKinney 4.859 243.77 We're down for some more cleanup in Sarver's lane
(-) Shelly Anderson '95 Uyehara 8.006 89.60 (-) Cory McClenathan'98 McKinney 4.651 299.60
(-) Connie Kalitta '97 McKinney 11.208 82.34 (-) Jim Head '90 Davis 4.690 301.81 Kalitta had the wheels rising toward the sky out to about 200', then aborted the run.
(-) Gary Scelzi '98 Hadman 4.618 300.90 (-) Pat Dakin '98 McKinney 4.920 ------
(-) Larry Dixon '98 McKinney 4.666 301.00 (-) Jim Bailey '95 dragster 5.717 166.17 Bailey lost the belt just before the 1000'
(-) Tony Schumacher '98 McKinney 4.785 202.72 (-) Kit Pustari '98 dragster 5.543 215.05 Schumacher ran clean all the way to the 1000', where the car started dropping cylinders. Pustari was down on power, and lost the engine in the lights.
(-) Tim Gibson '91 Long 13.277 80.74 (-) Kenny Bernstein '98 McKinney 4.716 301.50 Gibson blew the tires off instantly.
(-) Doug Herbert '98 McKinney 5.099 206.61 (-) Mike Dunn '98 McKinney 4.626 301.70
(-) Eddie Hill '98 McKinney 4.650 302.52 (-) Bob Vandergriff '99 McKinney 4.777 257.43 Vandergriff left some pieces fly, going through the traps. We're down for cleanup.
(-) (-) Cristen Powell '98 Hadman 9.550 80.29
Session #4
Denny Darnell has made a personal prediction for a 4.72 bump, which would make it the quickest field in history.
Driver Car ET MPH
(-) Jim Head '98 Davis 4.627 304.87 (-) Shelly Anderson '98 Hadman 18.775 85.42
(-) Pat Dakin '98 McKinney 9.--- (-) Connie Kalitta '97 McKinney 4.697 289.57 Kalitta oiled down the top end, so we're down for cleanup. In the meantime, the GT Bicycle Air Show performs for us.
(-) Jim Bailey '95 dragster 4.998 274.80 (-) Gary Scelzi '98 Hadman 5.048 277.60 Bailey clips the 1000', mph, and finish ET foam blocks, so this pass will not count toward qualifying, leaving him outside the field.
(-) Kit Pustari '90 dragster 5.065 246.17 (-) Larry Dixon '98 McKInney 4.706 289.38 Pustari blows the engine in a big fireball right in the traps. The flames came up in the cockpit for a moment. We're down for another cleanup.
(-) Kenny Berstein '98 McKinney 9.446 75.45 (-) Tony Schumacher '98 McKinney 9.261 78.83
(-) Mike Dunn '98 McKinney 4.617 308.85 (-) Tim Gibson '91 Long 6.617 120.93
(-) Bob Vandergriff '99 McKinney 8.459 84.96 (-) Doug Herbert '98 McKinney 4.720 299.10
(-) Cristin Powell '98 Hadman 9.270 85.07 (-) Eddie Hill '98 McKinney 4.642 299.20
(-) Paul Romine '98 McKinney 6.669 118.07 (-) Joe Amato '98 McKinney 4.671 300.60 Romine rode it out hard up on the wheelie bar almost 600' before lifting.
(-) Bruce Sarver '97 McKinney 4.663 304.98 (-) Doug Kalitta '98 McKinney 4.654 304.87
(-) Cory McClenathan '98 McKinney 4.819 291.73 (-)