Archive for the 'March Meet' Category

Funny Car Video Elims, First Round, Consolation Bracket


Funny car video clip of the first round of eliminations, consolation bracket, from the 2009 March Meet at Famoso Raceway. This consolation bracket is made up of the 8th through 16th quickest nitro funny car qualifiers. See the full entry for this post &racquo;

Nostalgia Funny Car Videos, March Meet 2009, Final Round Qualifying


Nostalgia Funny Car videos from the final qualifying round of the 2009 51st Annual March Meet drag race. Sixteen of these floppers went into a twin eight car field eliminations round on Sunday, with the second eight-quickest cars being the consolation round eliminators. There were a number of Nostalgia Funny Car teams that recorded personal best elapsed times at this March Meet, including Mark Sanders in the 1970 Chevy Nova. Craig Michaels in the 1972 Plymouth Satellite came back from the fire on Friday in fine style. A number of these floppers ran .980 sixty-foot times. See the full entry for this post &racquo;

Funny Car Videos, March Meet 2009 Qualifying, 2nd Round


More nitro-powered Funny Car videos from the 2009 March Meet, at the Auto Club Famoso drag strip. This second round of drag race qualifying saw much better track conditions than the day before. Drag racers in attendance included Steve Romanazzi, who won the March Meet two years ago in the Warrior Vega, and Leah Pruett-Leduc, at the wheel of the Holy Toledo, a Jeep Funny Car. See the full entry for this post &racquo;