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Randy
Kay with his 63 Vette had to sit out the first session due to
engine problems that would later get fixed and Jay Diedrich in
his “Evil Outlaw” 57 Chevy also had to sit it out due to
his daughter graduating from school.
When
Saturday morning rolled around everyone was ready for the
second qualifying session. In the end Rod Burbage’s 6.29
from Friday night was good enough to hold on to the top spot
while Randy Kay bumped up into the number 2 spot with a 6.330
@ 235.62. The final qualifying order was as follows:
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1.
Rod Burbage*
6.294 @ 227.93
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2.
Randy Kay*
6.330 @ 235.62
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3.
Perry Brown 7.599 @ 178.73
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4.
Doug Ballance 7.976 @ 116.80
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5.
Dan Myers*
9.310 @ 117.63
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6.
Doug Reed*
9.358 @ 106.52
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7.
Jay Diedrich*
10.129 @ 85.07
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= Blown Entrees
The
first round saw Rod Burbage getting the bye, Doug Balance vs.
Dan Myers, Randy Kay vs. Jay Diedrich and Perry Brown vs. Doug
Reed. From there Burbage, Kay, Myers and Reed would advance to
the semi-final round. The semis placed Rod Burbage against Dan
Myers and Randy Kay against Doug Reed. Rod Burbage banged his
blower in the lights getting his win against Myers and Randy
Kay set the event high mph at 236.76 getting the win as well.
Once the Spec Rite Converter crew for Burbage got back to the
pit to view the damage from the blower backfiring, they
decided they didn’t have enough time to get it fixed in time
for the finals, so therefore, Dan Myers was re-instated via
the “break rule”. In the finals it would be Kay vs. Myers.
Both cars did their burnouts and backed up, but as Kay was
backing up he was leaking transmission fluid and was shut off
giving the single (and the win) to Dan Myers in his beautiful
57 Cameo pick-up truck.
Everyone
from the WCOPMA would like to Congratulate newcomer Dan Myers
on his first win! Dan became the first blown entry (and the
first truck) to win a WCOPMA event as well!
Story
and pictures by Steven Bunker www.quartermiledesigns.com
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