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Goodguys 14th Nitro Nationals Nostalgia Drags Sonoma April 13, 14, 2002 © Robert Briggs

Once again we feature the wonderful photography of our Southern California friend Robert Briggs. His trip to the new strip in Sonoma for the Goodguys event resulted in more great images for you to enjoy. Please feel free to contact Robert by clicking on the name link above if you have any questions or are interested in any of his photos.

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FINAL ROUNDS

Top Fuel Final - Gerry Steiner, far lane, (0.601) 6.002 231.87 def. Denver Schutz, (0.516) 6.830 145.30

Junior Fuel Final - Wayne Ramay, left lane, (0.516) 7.204 182.03 def. Mike Chrisman, (1.300) 11.901 136.06

A/Fuel Final - James Paul, Right lane, (0.475) 6.557 203.71 def. Sean Bellemeur, (0.424) 9.570 87.20

AA/GS Final - Dale Boomgaarden, right lane, (0.499) 6.858 200.00 def. Ron Nunes, (0.501) 6.869 199.40

A/Gas Final - Rich Facciano, right lane, (0.532) 8.226 0.626, def. Sean Renteria, (0.352 foul) 7.644 0.044

B/Gas Final - K Ratzloff, Right lane, (0.500) 8.732 0.132, def. J Kost, (0.560) 8.758 0.158

C/Gas Final - Bret Pichler, Right lane, (0.485) 9.862 0.262, def. Clay Bentson, (0.513) 11.142 1.542

Nostalgia Eliminator I Final - Don Taros, Left lane, (0.447) 7.707 0.107, def. Brad Thompson, (0.462) 7.698 0.098

Nostalgia Eliminator II Final - Dan Schokosch, right lane, (0.461) 8.634 0.034, def. Cecil Molina Jr., (0.496) 8.621 0.021

Nostalgia Eliminator III Final - John Cassie, right lane, (0.576) 9.836 0.236, def. Dean Prochison, (0.568) 9.955 0.355

 

SUNDAY MISC. more coming soon

First Round Action for AA/GS.  Mel Bryson lost control of his beautiful '33 Willys, careened over and collided with John Peterson's '69 Dodge Challenger in the lights at 200 mph. Both drivers escaped serious injury but both cars were totalled.

 

SATURDAY MISC.

Brendan Murry's AA/FD in the pits getting maintenance after running 6.380 222.73 to snag the 15th position.

Dan Crisp in his '69 Camaro B/Gas on a Saturday qualifying attempt.Didn't make the show.

Ed Schwarz in the 'Estrus' A/Fuel digger.  Schwarz's 6.859 203.92 was good enough for an 11th place spot in the 16-car field.

Bill Galli's '66 Nova B/Gas launching hard on a Saturday qualifying run.Bill didn't make the show.

'Speedy Bob' Nevins in his '41 Willys just missed making the show for A/Gas

Bryan Gamaza's '65 Chevelle took the #2 spot in C/Gas qualifying Saturday on a 9.60 index with a 9.603 lap.

Fly N Dutchman in the staging lanes.

Pat McDonald's C/Gas Nova ran a 9.774 on a 9.60 index but needed to beat a 9.653 to get into a very tight field.

Crewmembers of Jim Pace's A/Gas '48 Anglia at the NASCAR wall checking out the new Sears Point Raceway stands and awaiting their car.

Rich Roberts fine '34 Willys couldn't make the 8-car AA/GS field with a 7.559 177.81 run.

Saturday pre-race photo-op with local baseball players and Chuck Moore's Anglia

Flaming Red '32 Ford Coupe early Saturday

Big '57 Chev Wagon torguing on the wheelstand Saturday morning.

Dale Pulde qualified The Ground Zero AA/FD 14th with a 6.283 188.02 lap.

John Shoemaker didn't make the 16-car Top Fuel field driving the beautiful John Blanchard car.

Mike Leonard's '69 Chevelle AA/GS didn't make the show on this Saturday qualifying attempt.

Chuck Moore and Steve Woods' Anglias AA/GS in the staging lanes Saturday.

Kin Bates A/Fuel qualified 2nd with a 6.253 225.26 run with the fuel injected hemi.

Mark Malde qualified 11th for Top Fuel with a 6.253 225.26 run.  Malde lost to Rance McDaniel in Round One.Something appears to be flying above the engine; looks like maybe a spark plug socket?

Bud Hammer qualified 9th in Junior Fuel with a 7.462 177.51 run.  Hammer lost to Wayne Ramay in Round One.

Steve Dickerman didn't make the 16-car A/Fuel field but looked good trying.

Jack Harris on a qualifying run Saturday. Jack qualified 9th with a 6.174 214.08  lap.

Mike Lockman in Jack Harris' old AA/FD car (according to announcer) just couldn't get it all together missing the 16-car field. Pic 2

Monti Fitzgerald's C/Gas Vega qualified 3rd with a 9.620 on a 9.60 index.Monti lost in the first round.

Dave Gruzen qualified the Mighty Mouse #4 in the 16-car field.Broke out of the 7.60 index in Round Two. Pic 2

 

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