VANDERGRIFF READY FOR QUIET TIMES IN TOPEKA
2006 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES
Round 9 of 23
O'REILLY NHRA SUMMER NATIONALS
Heartland Park Topeka (Kansas)
Race Date: May 26-28, 2006
TOPEKA, Ks., (May 26, 2006)- Bob Vandergriff Jr. is looking for a very quiet weekend at Heartland Park for the running of the O'Reilly NHRA Summernationals. Quiet in the sense of avoiding being on the highlight reel of the car in the other lane. The attention that Vandergriff would welcome will be results of his performance. The UPS Top Fuel team has seen some unwanted action and attention at the past few races. During Friday nights qualifying session at Bristol Dragway, Vandergriff found himself driving away from possible contact with Cory McClenathan's horrific chassis failure in the next lane. Vandergriff masterfully drove his car to 5.4 seconds to avoid being collected in McClenathan's wave of flying debris.
Vandergriff had a second harrowing experience at National Trail Raceway last weekend when he was passed in his own lane by Hillary Will at the end of what became a rain-shortened qualifying session.
The Jim Dupuy-led UPS team looks forward to a quiet and uneventful Friday night session. The only excitement they are hoping for will be from the result of their power. "Jim (Dupuy) and the team have the UPS car running really well," Vandergriff said. "We qualified No. 2 in Columbus, and hope to do at least that good here in Topeka. We did some more testing on Monday and I think we are in a very good place. We are ready go rounds in Topeka.
Vandergriff is currently in the No. 13 position in the NHRA POWERade Championship points chase.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE:
Friday, May 26, Professional Qualifying Sessions are at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30
p.m. Saturday, May 27, Professional Qualifying Sessions are at noon and 2:30
p.m. Sunday, May 28, Final Elimination's begin at 11 a.m.
TELEVISION SCHEDULE:
Saturday, May 27, ESPN and ESPN2 HD will televise one hour of qualifying highlights at 8 p.m. (ET).
Sunday, May 28, ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will televise NHRA 2Day, a 30-minute magazine show at 11:30 a.m. (ET).
Sunday, May 28, ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will televise three hours of elimination's at 10 p.m.
(ET).
SATELLITE:
Friday, May 26, 10:30-11 p.m. (ET) Å] SBS 6 / Transponder 17K (12117 MHz, horizontal)
Saturday, May 27, 9:30-10 p.m. (ET) Å] SBS 6 / Transponder 17K (12117 MHz, horizontal)
Sunday, May 28, 8:30-9 p.m. (ET) Å] SBS 6 / Transponder 17K (12117 MHz, horizontal)
Feeds include action with natural sound of Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock, plus interviews with winners on Sunday.
Ken Sklute
Vandergriff Motorsports Public Relations
www.VANDERGRIFFMOTORSPORTS.com
www.RacersEdgePhotography.com
Round 9 of 23
O'REILLY NHRA SUMMER NATIONALS
Heartland Park Topeka (Kansas)
Race Date: May 26-28, 2006
TOPEKA, Ks., (May 26, 2006)- Bob Vandergriff Jr. is looking for a very quiet weekend at Heartland Park for the running of the O'Reilly NHRA Summernationals. Quiet in the sense of avoiding being on the highlight reel of the car in the other lane. The attention that Vandergriff would welcome will be results of his performance. The UPS Top Fuel team has seen some unwanted action and attention at the past few races. During Friday nights qualifying session at Bristol Dragway, Vandergriff found himself driving away from possible contact with Cory McClenathan's horrific chassis failure in the next lane. Vandergriff masterfully drove his car to 5.4 seconds to avoid being collected in McClenathan's wave of flying debris.
Vandergriff had a second harrowing experience at National Trail Raceway last weekend when he was passed in his own lane by Hillary Will at the end of what became a rain-shortened qualifying session.
The Jim Dupuy-led UPS team looks forward to a quiet and uneventful Friday night session. The only excitement they are hoping for will be from the result of their power. "Jim (Dupuy) and the team have the UPS car running really well," Vandergriff said. "We qualified No. 2 in Columbus, and hope to do at least that good here in Topeka. We did some more testing on Monday and I think we are in a very good place. We are ready go rounds in Topeka.
Vandergriff is currently in the No. 13 position in the NHRA POWERade Championship points chase.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE:
Friday, May 26, Professional Qualifying Sessions are at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30
p.m. Saturday, May 27, Professional Qualifying Sessions are at noon and 2:30
p.m. Sunday, May 28, Final Elimination's begin at 11 a.m.
TELEVISION SCHEDULE:
Saturday, May 27, ESPN and ESPN2 HD will televise one hour of qualifying highlights at 8 p.m. (ET).
Sunday, May 28, ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will televise NHRA 2Day, a 30-minute magazine show at 11:30 a.m. (ET).
Sunday, May 28, ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will televise three hours of elimination's at 10 p.m.
(ET).
SATELLITE:
Friday, May 26, 10:30-11 p.m. (ET) Å] SBS 6 / Transponder 17K (12117 MHz, horizontal)
Saturday, May 27, 9:30-10 p.m. (ET) Å] SBS 6 / Transponder 17K (12117 MHz, horizontal)
Sunday, May 28, 8:30-9 p.m. (ET) Å] SBS 6 / Transponder 17K (12117 MHz, horizontal)
Feeds include action with natural sound of Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock, plus interviews with winners on Sunday.
Ken Sklute
Vandergriff Motorsports Public Relations
www.VANDERGRIFFMOTORSPORTS.com
www.RacersEdgePhotography.com
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