TRUE 10.5

Mickey Thompson Tires and Speedwire sponsor the quickest and fastest of the “Small Tire” Heads-Up classes in the WCHRA. Once again, two of the quickest cars in the WCHRA battled for the Brandt Racing Ent. #1 Qualifier Bonus in the heat of the day and 145+ track temps, and after two rounds of qualifying Rich Hoyle’s nitrous SBC ‘63 Nova was at the top with a 4.936, followed by Roger Rydell’s big block supercharged ‘67 Chevelle, Roger Holder’s 2002 TTBBC Camaro and Johnny Coleman’s ProCharged ‘69 Camaro.

Eliminations:

Roger Rydell’s .055, 5.04 at 156 advanced him to the finals over Roger Holder’s .064, 5.44 at 164 and Rich Hoyle’s .135, 4.70 at 153 over Johnny Coleman. Colemans car had an electrical gremlin and shut off after launch.

Roger Rydell (near lane) turned on the red light, handing the win to Rich Hoyle.

In the final round it would be #1 and 2 qualifiers to battle it out, Hoyle vs Rydell. At the flash of the ambers the Chevelle moved first, but too soon. Rydell’s -.006 redlght would hand the win to Hoyle .097 4.708 at 150.93 mph over Rydell’s coasting 8.333 @ 43 mph. This win extends Hoyle’s points lead over Rydell.

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 In qualifying for the MagnaFuel / Heads-Up Motorsports / VORTECH Superchargers class, it was a close battle for the top spot. D.J. Reid would take the Brandt Racing Ent. #1 Qualifier Bonus with a nice 4.951 in his ProCharged SBC-powered ‘68 Camaro followed closely by Jeff Kyle’s Precision Turbo-powered 2000 Mustang, Ryan Jones TTSBC 64 Chevy II, Kelly Henry’s Vortech Supercharged BBC Fox Body, Russ Delia TTSBC 68 Camaro, Artis Houston’s N2o BBC ’71 Nova and Mike Orban’s nitrous BBC ‘68 Camaro.

Jeff Kyle returned to WCHRA competition at Bakersfield.

Eliminations:

Round 1: First pair on the ladder were Mike Orban and Jeff Kyle. Orban got away first, .051 to .129, but Kyle’s 5.077 at 153.54 was too much for Orban’s 5.49 at 138 mph taking the win. Kelly Henry and Russ Delia would face off next, with Henry taking the win 5.190/142 over Delia’s 10.71 at 61 mph… The next pair would be Ryan “Toaster” Jones vs Artis ”2X” Houston. Jones took the advantage at the light .029 to a .072 for Houston and ran a potential record 4.819 at 159.72 over Houston’s 5.256/135 to advance. D.J. Reid would earn the single run with his #1 Qualifier position and he wouldn’t waste the single pass and ran his best run at this point, 4.933/150.98, to advance.