An event as unique as this past weekend’s Inaugural NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway outside of Charlotte apparently needed more than one day to complete as rain interrupted eliminations yesterday and forced completion of the historic event to Monday. For the first time in NHRA history each round of qualifying and eliminations had four competitors in four lanes instead of the traditional two, and in eliminations the first two to finish in each foursome advances to the next round. Paul Lee in the CANIDAE All Natural Pet Foods/Lucas Oil/WileyX car turned in his best performance of the young season when he finished second in his first-round foursome to advance to the second round before bowing out.
In the first round Matt Hagan led Lee’s quartet with an elapsed time of 4.040 at 312.42 mph with the CANIDAE car next across the stripe with a 4.327-second e.t. at 296.50 mph. No. 1 qualifier Robert Hight was disqualified when his Ford lost traction and crossed the center line, and Jeff Arend also lost traction when he shook the tires and didn’t post a time.
“It’s no secret we’re still wrestling with the same problem with the car keeping traction past the 60-foot mark, but that’s only going to improve as we get more runs on this CANIDAE car,” said Lee. “Big Jim and the guys worked hard getting this car ready for eliminations so I’m happy to get a round win for them as much as myself. They deserve it and hopefully this weekend gets us heading in the right direction.” (read more)
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was great to see paul go that far!my deal was in the pits with a crewmember. he went out of his way to answer all questions!it was like i knew this guy for 20 years he even went out of his way to take my daughters camera into the hauler and repair it without us asking him to.that was her first major drag race at zmax now because of that great gesture of care she is hooked and a huge jim dunn fan!thank you so much for caring for the fans...dale
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