First Qualifying
Session - Friday
After a long rain delay, the
second pair out for the first session of top fuel qualifying
was Jim Muprhy in his WW2 Racing entry and Brian Hall driving
the "Nomad".
Murphy would land in the #3 qualifying
spot, which would hold into eliminations, with a 6.692 at just
154.87.
Hall experienced problems and
shut off early to a 8.964.
Second Qualifying
Session - Saturday
Jim Murphy was the final
car out for the session.
Murphy carded a better
time, 5.937 at 235.27 but still stayed #3.
ROUND ONE
OF ELIMINATIONS
Due to a racing surface too cold
to run on the third and last session of qualifying on Saturday
was canceled. That meant the next time the cars would see the
track was for the money on Sunday morning.
In round one Jim Murphy
was matched up with Brian Hall.
Hall got a slight jump
at the tree.
From half track on it was all
Murphy who took the win with a 5.970 at 215.44. Hall clicked
it a bit early to a 6.622 at 206.54.
ELIMINATIONS
- SEMI FINALS
The first pair to see
who would go to the finals was Jim Murphy and Tyler Hester.
The vet and the rookie
left together.
At the stripe it was Murphy taking
the win with his best run of the weekend. His 5.736 at 260.81
(top speed of the entire event) got the best of Hester’s
game 5.939.
TOP FUEL
FINAL
Top fuel featured the two quickest
cars in the field. Bret Williamson and Jim Murphy, who was still
seeking his fifth March Meet win to break the tie between him
and Garlits.
In the closest TF race of the
day it was Williamson by a matter of feet. His 5.731 at 256.06
nosed out Murphy's 5.771 at 256.75. Popular win for Bret, another
disappointment for Jim.
Despite a disappointing loss,
Murphy was pleased with the progress they made and more importantly,
they did not hurt parts. Next stop was supposed to be an open
show at Redding, CA on April 29-30. For the complete schedule
click the link below.
2022 Race Schedule
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