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Top
Gun Raceway
Fallon, NV (July 10,
1999): Robert Lee extended his point lead when he placed his 1997 Firebird funny car into
Top Gun Raceway's winner circle. The Whittier, CA resident qualified 2nd in the 8-car
field and ran very consistent elapsed times enroute to his first CIFCA win.
Lee first disposed of Tony Rishton in the
opening frame. Rishton was riding high winning the previous race at Tucson on June 12 but
lost by .100 seconds on this balmy Saturday night. The CHP Camaro of Dave McDannel was
Lee's second round victim. McDannel is having one of his best seasons though Lee sent the
veteran packing during the semis.
Facing Lee in the money round was Randy Smith
of Elko, NV Smith. This Elko, NV based racer ran a 7.55 in the first round to defeat Hal
Rishton. Smith then recorded another 7.55 during the semi-finals to end Mike
Hilsabeck’s day.d that accomplishment this year when his 1996 Cutlass got out of
shape in the final and tagged the right wall. Lee got his revenge and his CIFCA win.
It was one year to the date that Smith made
his CIFCA debut at Top Gun Raceway. He took home runner up honors. In doing so, he edged
out Lee for "Rookie of the Year" honors. Smith duplicate
This is only Lee's second season with CIFCA
which once again shows that the rookies this year are making it rough on the
veterans.
Top Gun Raceway - Qualifying
| Qual |
Driver |
Car# |
Best |
| # |
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E/t |
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| 1 |
Mike Hilsabeck |
1 |
7.543 |
| 2 |
Robert Lee |
785 |
7.554 |
| 3 |
Randy Smith |
563 |
7.668 |
| 4 |
Dave Mc Dannel |
7108 |
7.802 |
| 5 |
Sean Dale |
722 |
7.835 |
| 6 |
Tony Rishton |
7820 |
7.917 |
| 7 |
Hal Rishton |
733 |
7.929 |
| 8 |
Chill Scardino |
788 |
8.025 |
| 9 |
Gary Kortz |
797 |
8.290 |
| 10 |
Duke Fennell |
7234 |
8.592 |
| 11 |
Bob Godfrey |
746 |
8.641 |
Top Gun Raceway- Eliminations
| Finals |
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(L) Randy Smith (.494) DQ |
(W) Robert Lee (.406) 8.342 |
What: Series Points Race #4
Where: Top Gun Raceway (Fallon, NV)
When: Saturday, July 10, 1999
Gates Open: 11am
Qual: 3pm Elim: 7pm
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Weather.. click here
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