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Maher Chills Tryon at RMR Funny Car Fever
The FC Fever at Rocky Mountain Raceways was a sizzling
success. Nineteen CIFCA funny cars made the annual trek to Salt Lake City and
were greeted by an overflowing crowd. This event was the third stop on the
DragParts.com series and the most competitive.
Marty Hill qualified Spencers' Olds Desperado Tempo on the
pole with a 7.52. Randy Smith of Elko, NV was second with a 7.53 and also won
the Perma-Cool Burnout Challenge. 
Marty Hill qualified Dick &
Tracy Spencer's Olds Desperado with a 7.52
The final round of eliminations came down to two veterans: Jim
Maher in his Good Vibrations Camaro and the Bad Company Corvette of Steve Tryon.
Maher's march to the final began with a first round win over Hill. He then
held back Sean Dale (7.49 - 7.56) during the quarter-finals. In the semi's, Maher
snuck past the Enderle Quick Reaction Time winner Adam Sorokin (7.56 - 7.58).
Tryon, your defending race champion, had some heavy hitters on
his side of the ladder. He got past Robert Lee in the opening frame (7.49 - 7.55)
and then trailered Smith. Tryon's semi-final win over 4-time champion Mike
Hilsabeck had the fans on their feet with a side-by-side, double breakout (7.48-
7.49).
The grandstands were still packed when Maher & Tryon
pulled to the line. After a week of extreme triple digit temperature in Salt
Lake, the fans were chilling to mild conditions. When the tree flashed yellow,
it was Maher off first by a slight margin. By mid track the two were glued together
with Tryon pulling ahead on the top end. Through the eyes it was Bad Company
first but with a 7.48 breakout making Maher's Good Vibrations your RMR Funny Car
Fever winner.
The Good Vibrations Camaro of
Jim Maher is your RMR Funny Car Fever winner.
A great closure to an excellent event. Special thanks to Auto
Glass Express, South Valley Motorsports, and State Line/Silver Smith Casino
Resorts for their support. Also a very big thanks to Ron Craft and his staff at
RMR for their untiring effort.
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Qualifying Order - Salt
Lake City......
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Spencer/Hill
( Garland UT)
............................7.522
Randy Smith ( Elko, NV)
..............................7.532
Dave Smith/Sorokin (Diamond Bar CA)
...........7.549
Tim Scardino (Phoenix AZ)
......................... 7.554
Pete Ortiz/Halstead (Lancaster CA)
............. 7.554
Jim Scott (Fallbrook CA)
............................. 7.560
Robert Lee (Whittier CA)
............................. 7.566
Jim Broome/Savage (Tucson AZ)
................ 7.614
Jim Maher (Whittier CA)
........................................ 7.633
Shane Westring (Salem UT)
........................ 7.649
Jim Carter (Glendale AZ)
....................................... 7.734
G. Gloudemans/Ortiz (Canyon
Country CA) ...... 7.799
Mike Hilsabeck (Phoenix AZ)
.......................7.484*
Sean Dale (Phoenix
AZ)..............................
7.447*
Steve Tryon (Mesa AZ)
...............................7.444*
Richard Bogan (Magna UT)
..........................8.538
Bobby Miller (Peoria AZ)
.............................8.772
Marsha Whiteman (Mt. View, CA) .................9.183
Ron Smith (Oceanside CA)
..........................12.34
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Photos courtesy of the Millers (Dr Dirt
Team)
Rocky
Mountain Raceways Photo Gallery
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