(Photos by Big Bob Snyder)
At Castrol Raceway during the the IHRA Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports, Jason Rupert’s “Rolling Thunder” ’69 Camaro-bodied nitro funny car recorded the second quickest elapsed time in history with a 5.5536 at a whopping 269.30 miles per hour charge.
Rupert’s incrementals:
60ft: .9800
330ft: 2.4988
660ft: 3.6733
MPH at 660ft: 216.45
1,000ft: 4.6972
1/4 ET: 5.5536/269.30mph
Last weekend’s Spokane County Raceway nitro funny car winner Tim Boychuk, in his “Happy Hour” ’69 Camaro, sits second with a 5.6236 at 251.54 mph.
After a single qualifying session for an 8-car field, Friday’s second qualifier was rained out.
1. Jason Rupert 5.5536/269.30
2. Tim boychuk 5.6236/251.54
3. Mark Sanders 5.7498/246.71
4. Mike McIntire Jr. 5.7652/254.38
5. Nathan Sitko 5.9605/246.44
6. Jason Bussey 6.0239/234.50
7. Ryan Hodgson 6.1642/229.83
8. Clint Thompson 6.4782/219.41
9. Shawn Bowen 14.3994/70.89
Cal Tebb’s GTO Judge alcohol funny car leads the PRO 6.90 (Index) class with a 6.9724
Andy Beauchemin’s Nitro Bike sits 5th with a 6.7803 at 221.46 mph after a single qualifying session.
