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There was time for the first round of the Nostalgia Funny Car match races...

   

Clive's new Candies & Hughes 'Cuda comfortably beat Doug's Blue Max Mustang by 0.505 seconds. Clive's ET of 0.827 was quick, but Doug's 1.327 was slow.

   

Rebecca surprised the previously unbeatable David with a 0.058 second win - the Bounty Huntress Mustang's ET of 0.857 against 0.918 for the King Fish 'Cuda.

   

Pete took the DHL Funny Car to a 0.146 second win over Alan's Summit Pro Stocker - the winner clocking 0.962 seconds.

   

And finally for the night, we had the four experimental 6-ohm Micro Scalextric cars - close to what we will run from November (see next weekend's fanzine for details). And they were quick!

Dave's Tennessee stocker hit 10.027 mph through the speed trap, with an ET of 0.523 and a winning margin of 0.025 over Andy's Nissan, which managed a 0.534 second run.

Rebecca's Nissan hooked everything up to clock a very rapid 0.484 second pass (8.097 mph through the speed trap), beating Alan's Ferrari F40 by 0.145. The F40 struggled to get going with its 0.646 and 6.423 mph... a little loosening-up required tonight in the garage.

More match racing tomorrow - the evening will start about 5.30-ish with the NHRA Top Fuelers and some exhibition runs.