Thompson hazed the tires
early and lost his starting line advantage by the 60' clocks.
Harris still had the
lead at the 330' mark but Thompson had picked up some ground.
Harris got into some
tire slippage of his own and lost the lead by the 660' block.
Coming up on the 1000' blocks
Thompson still had the lead until he ran out of fuel which did
very bad things to his engine.
Harris maintained traction and
passed the wounded Thompson with about 100' to spare. It was
another ugly win but in the record books it will reflect it won
him the 2009 Top Fuel championship. His 6.519 at 200.57 was just
good enough to advance to the semi finals.
Back in the pits things got a
little tense when the Thompson crew accused Harris of taking
to long to stage which resulted in their engine damage and loss.
In spite of what either driver did it was the job of the starter
to shut down a car that is intentionally taking to much time
to stage which he obviously did not.
Cami Beck is still on the mend
from her serious golf cart wreck in August. Her spirits are good
and she promises to be back in her role as "Jungle Cami"
at the March Meet. Next to her is a not so well Kaden Harris.
Sunday - Eliminations
- Semi Finals
2:50 p.m. As the final
four rolled out of the lanes the show was on schedule. That would
change.
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