{"id":201333,"date":"2015-07-03T10:57:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T17:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=201333"},"modified":"2015-07-03T10:57:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T17:57:26","slug":"mendy-fry-takes-first-funny-car-win-at-saturday-night-nitro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/bangshift1320\/bangshift1320-event-coverage\/mendy-fry-takes-first-funny-car-win-at-saturday-night-nitro\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendy Fry Takes First Funny Car Win at Saturday Night Nitro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auto Club Famoso Raceway has built one of the best nitro shows on the west coast with their Good Vibrations Saturday Night Nitro series.\u00a0 The Bowser family has nurtured this event to become a hub for competition, inviting every car within towing distance a free entry, provided they burn nitromethane – and it has paid off!<\/p>\n

\"2015<\/a><\/p>\n

The first Saturday Night Nitro of this year found the Famoso pits a true \u201cfiberglass forest\u201d with eighteen nitro funny cars, a half dozen top fuel dragsters, a handful of wild fuel altereds and even nitro Harleys… almost too much show for a Saturday night!<\/p>\n

\"2015<\/a><\/p>\n

In the final Saturday Night, Chicago-style money round, Mendy Fry, driving the \u201cDarkside\u201d Dodge Challenger ran a surprising 5.72 elapsed time at 252.05 miles per hour – winning the event from the sixth qualifying slot.\u00a0 The funny car utilizes a unique Arias Hemi-Chevy based engine, one of the best runs ever for the engine combo.<\/p>\n