8th-Dec-20, 08:57 PM
Nostalgia Funny Car Eliminators
Things looked ominous for Bill's rivals after his blistering qualifying performance earlier. He started the eliminators with a bye round and banged in another rapid run - 0.744 this time.
In the first race, fifth and sixth place qualifiers lined up for the honour of meeting Bill's Vega in round two. Andy won by 0.053 - his Pontiac clocking 0.860 seconds to Clive's 0.916. Next, we had second place qualifier Iain against Alan...
Alan's car is a work in progress - I expect great things in February - but this time it was soundly beaten by 0.256 seconds, 0.818 to 1.063. It looks like Iain has been reading up on 4-Gear tuning.
In the bottom half of the ladder, third qualifier Pete dispatched Doug by 0.370 seconds. Pete's time was 0.817 seconds and - with a 1.188 pass - Doug's Mustang will be spending time in the workshop before the next Nostalgia event.
The final first round run was between Rebecca's Mustang and David's 'Cuda - a popular match race over the summer. This time, Rebecca found some impressive speed to win by 0.154 - 0.815 to 0.962.
Round Two
With just two races in round two, Iain had a bye and clocked 0.825. First to line up were Bill and Andy...
A big holeshot gave Bill's Vega a 0.096 second win, the ETs 0.764 to 0.846. Bill would meet Iain in the only semi-final.
Jerome and Rebecca met to decide who would go straight to the final. Both put in great runs, but it was fourth qualifier Rebecca who beat the third place car by 0.012 seconds. It was a very close-run thing, the ETs 0.800 and 0.813.
Semi-Final
First and second qualifiers met in the semi-final...
It was closer than expected, with Iain trailing Bill by just over a car length - a 0.043 second win margin. Iain's ET was 0.802 to Bill's 0.765.
Rebecca decided to keep her powder dry and didn't run on her bye round.
Nostalgia Funny Car Final
Although the times for Rebecca's Bounty Huntress Mustang had steadily improved, absolutely no-one expected this...
Despite very similar reaction times (0.004 apart), Rebecca had the better first couple of feet...
Bill's Vega wasn't making much impact on the Cha-Cha Muldowney Mustang, which still had its nose in front as the two cars approached the finish line...
The white Chevy did pass the Mustang - but was it before or after the line?
How close was that! Bill won it by 0.003 of a second - so nearly a huge upset for the top qualifier! Bill's ET was 0.754 and Rebecca's 0.761 - some serious pace for the Mustang and only 0.010 off TQ time for the Vega. The crowd loved it.
Huge congrats to Bill and a fabulous start to the new class.
Here's the full ladder...
And all the stats for the eliminators...
That's it for tonight - tune-in around 3.30pm tomorrow afternoon for more.
Things looked ominous for Bill's rivals after his blistering qualifying performance earlier. He started the eliminators with a bye round and banged in another rapid run - 0.744 this time.
In the first race, fifth and sixth place qualifiers lined up for the honour of meeting Bill's Vega in round two. Andy won by 0.053 - his Pontiac clocking 0.860 seconds to Clive's 0.916. Next, we had second place qualifier Iain against Alan...
Alan's car is a work in progress - I expect great things in February - but this time it was soundly beaten by 0.256 seconds, 0.818 to 1.063. It looks like Iain has been reading up on 4-Gear tuning.
In the bottom half of the ladder, third qualifier Pete dispatched Doug by 0.370 seconds. Pete's time was 0.817 seconds and - with a 1.188 pass - Doug's Mustang will be spending time in the workshop before the next Nostalgia event.
The final first round run was between Rebecca's Mustang and David's 'Cuda - a popular match race over the summer. This time, Rebecca found some impressive speed to win by 0.154 - 0.815 to 0.962.
Round Two
With just two races in round two, Iain had a bye and clocked 0.825. First to line up were Bill and Andy...
A big holeshot gave Bill's Vega a 0.096 second win, the ETs 0.764 to 0.846. Bill would meet Iain in the only semi-final.
Jerome and Rebecca met to decide who would go straight to the final. Both put in great runs, but it was fourth qualifier Rebecca who beat the third place car by 0.012 seconds. It was a very close-run thing, the ETs 0.800 and 0.813.
Semi-Final
First and second qualifiers met in the semi-final...
It was closer than expected, with Iain trailing Bill by just over a car length - a 0.043 second win margin. Iain's ET was 0.802 to Bill's 0.765.
Rebecca decided to keep her powder dry and didn't run on her bye round.
Nostalgia Funny Car Final
Although the times for Rebecca's Bounty Huntress Mustang had steadily improved, absolutely no-one expected this...
Despite very similar reaction times (0.004 apart), Rebecca had the better first couple of feet...
Bill's Vega wasn't making much impact on the Cha-Cha Muldowney Mustang, which still had its nose in front as the two cars approached the finish line...
The white Chevy did pass the Mustang - but was it before or after the line?
How close was that! Bill won it by 0.003 of a second - so nearly a huge upset for the top qualifier! Bill's ET was 0.754 and Rebecca's 0.761 - some serious pace for the Mustang and only 0.010 off TQ time for the Vega. The crowd loved it.
Huge congrats to Bill and a fabulous start to the new class.
Here's the full ladder...
And all the stats for the eliminators...
That's it for tonight - tune-in around 3.30pm tomorrow afternoon for more.
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