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Murphy Wins
His Sixth Fremont Reunion
Low ET: 5.99 - Top Speed: 245
The Fremont Reunion
Race has been an established event at Sacramento Raceway since
the late 1980's and it always draws quality cars and large crowds.
This year was no exception and when the smoke cleared on Sunday
afternoon, Jim Murphy had won an unprecedented sixth Top Fuel
title... setting Low ET and Top Speed of the event in the process.
Over the two day event the racers battled tricky track conditions
and a mixed bag of weather but put on a great show and posted
some impressive numbers. Here are some photos and more of the
story.
Its all business before
round one on Saturday. Tim Beebe, Brian Shamrock and Bob Walker
check out the track while Murphy gets focused.
Chicago style eliminations... Saturday evening...
In round one, Murphy was paired with Jeff Diehl and won easily
with a 6.13 @ just 216
Sunday morning Murphy
spends some time visiting in the pits with Bob Sanilini of Spartan
Engine Development.
Tim
Beebe makes final adjustments to the engine.
Murphy does his burnout
before lining up with Adam Sorokin.
Jim Murphy has no competition
in the Sunday opening round going 6.084 @ 243.80.
Murphy
comes to a stop as Adam Sorokin burned a hole in a piston pumping
all the oil into the catch can resulting in an oil down through
the shut down area (smoke on right). Sorokin felt it nose over
but saw no oil from his vantage point but the can was dumping
loads resulting in a 30 min. clean-up only to be followed by
light rain and more delays.
Between rounds the crew
only had to do normal maintenance as the car didn't hurt a part
all weekend.
The Top Fuel final pitted the two quickest cars on
the property - Jim Murphy and Bill Dunlap.
Both cars left together and Jim Murphy put the crowd
on it's ear with a last round charge to hold off Bill Dunlap
in Mike Fuller's fueler. A 5.998 @ 245.43 thank you! Dunlap's
thunder was short of a victory at 6.141 @ 230.26, great performance
for both teams all weekend giving the fans what they came for.
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