Nostalgia Funny Car – Round One
Steve Nichols ’70 Camaro 6.119 at 228.11 def. Eric Martin ’72 Satellite 7.123 at 203.31
Peter Gallen ’74 Vega 5.919 at 242.76 def. Kyle Wurtzel ’72 Vega 8.566 at 95.05 (both of these runs were bye runs but the teams ran side by side for the fans)

Round Two:
Peter Gallen ’74 Vega 5.913 at 242.58 def. Kyle Wurtzel ’72 Vega 6.520 at 161.52
Steve Nichols (bye) 5.978 at 209.39

Like Funny Car, the Nostalgia Top Fuel eliminations pitted the two fastest cars on the grounds in the final with Randy Bridges and car owner Joe Hendricks facing off against multi-time Goodguys event champion Howard Haight in Jim Didio’s New York based “Nitro-Diction” entry with Pete Jensen now serving as crew chief/consultant.

Bridges and Hendricks (above) have been on a roll since the Goodguys Hot Rod Nationals in Indy back in June and extended that momentum in Norwalk taking their first-ever Goodguys Top Fuel win. They again set top speed of the meet when their car zipped to 257 mph to defeat the alcohol car of Bill Walls in round one. The final was close as both Bridges and Haight ran 240-mph speeds but Bridges edged ahead late to take home the Goodguys Hemi Oscar trophy.

Nostalgia Top Fuel - Round One:
Indianapolis based driver Howard Haight 6.014 at 234.61 def Kevin Brewer 6.600 at 130.77.

Mark Vaught

Randy Bridges 6.008 at 257.78 def Bill Walls 7.233 at 194.35. “Diamond” Dave Miller recorded a 6.294 at 219.86 to put David Mullett who ran just 7.031 at 199.29 on the trailer going home and Jeff Miller drove around Dennis Corso with a 6.732 at 206.67 to Corso’s c;osing 7.766 at 128.62

Round Two:
Howard Haight 6.116 at 237.13 def. Diamond Dave Miller 9.240 at 64.89
Randy Bridges 6.761 at 164.64 def. Jeff Miller 14.879 at 64.11

In the 7.0 second index Pro Comp I Eliminator, Crawfordsville, Indiana’s Mark Vaught got his first Goodguys win as he and crew chief Keith “Rooman” Burgan ran just quick enough to get the popular win. The quickest run they could muster throughout Sunday’s eliminations was a semi-final 7.335 at 195.06 over Don Slout who broke. They caught another lucky break in the final when #3 qualifier Don Slagle also broke, giving them their free pass to the spoils.