The Return of Rolex. No, Ron Swearingen
Many of us knew the name Rolex Ronnie Swearingen, who first came into the spotlight with C. K. Spurlock and his son KC in first the Purolator nitro funny car winning their first-ever race at the 1990 Winternationals.
Swearingen and Spurlock campaigned the Fruit of the Loom funny car teaming up with Bob Vandergriff in the Fruit of the Loom dragster.
Sidebar continued(Brian Losness photo)
After three rounds, nitro funny car qualifying looked like this:
| Jason Rupert | 5.668/262.03 | ’69 Camaro |
| Chad Head | 5.726/257.63 | ’77 Firebird |
| Kris Krabill | 5.730/250.63 | ’78 Arrow |
| Dan Horan Jr. | 5.772/244.38 | ’66 Mustang |
| Brad Thompson | 5.775/249.49 | ’70 Nova |
| Dale Van Gundy | 5.780/243.02 | ’70 Challenger |
| Rick Rogers | 5.781/244.69 | ’78 Challenger |
| Paul Romine | 5.792/236.17 | ’79 Mustang |
| Ron Capps | 5.797/251.67 | ’77 Arrow |
| Claude Lavoie | 5.808/243.90 | ’72 GTX |
| Will Martin | 5.826/218.62 | ’69 Mustang |
| Steven Densham | 5.831/240.38 | ’69 Camaro |
| Tim Boychuk | 5.840/249.90 | ’77 Firebird |
| Donny Watkins | 5.852/242.32 | ’78 Arrow |
| Dennis LaCharite | 5.856/230.57 | ’69 GTO |
| Mike Halstead | 5.874/244.60 | ’73 Duster |
| Dwayne Patton | 5.876/244.21 | ’69 Camaro * 1st Alternate |
| Ryan Davenport | 5.947/245.67 | ’79 Arrow * 2nd Alternate |
Saturday night’s first round of eliminations was delayed when a round of Nostalgia Eliminator was inserted between Top Fuel’s first round and Nitro Funny Car’s first round and with the delay came a round of upsets as the track cooled and the air temp dropped.
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