An inside look at Top Fuel Eliminator during the 60th March Meet. In this segment, we chronicle the travails of 12 AA/Fuel Dragster drivers who have one shot at qualifying for race day on a cold track and in inclement weather.
Through tire smoke, clutch dust, and broken manifolds, in the 1st Round of Top Fuel Eliminator Heritage Series Points Leaders Jim Murphy, Mendy Fry, and Adam Sorokin mix it up with Wisconsin’s Jim Young, British Columbia’s Phil Ruskowski and California stalwarts Pete Wittenberg, Rick McGee, and Bret Williamson.
As the sun begins to set in Bakersfield, dragster drivers Jim Murphy, Mendy Fry, Jim Young, and Adam Sorokin battle for Top Fuel Eliminator and the Season Points Title at the season-ending California Hot Rod Reunion.
The 1st Round of Top Fuel Eliminator from NHRA’s 26th California Hot Rod Reunion. Through tire smoke, clutch dust, and broken manifolds, Heritage Series Points Leaders Jim Murphy, Mendy Fry, and Adam Sorokin mix it up with Wisconsin’s Jim Young, British Columbia’s Phil Ruskowski and California stalwarts Pete Wittenberg, Rick McGee, and Bret Williamson.
As fearless dragster drivers Jim Murphy, Mendy Fry, and Adam Sorokin prepare to settle the 2017 NHRA Heritage Series Top Fuel Points Title, Wisconsin’s Jim Young contrives to toss a monkey wrench into the works at the season-ending California Hot Rod Reunion.
Top Fuel Eliminator final-round action from the Tulsa Nitro Nat’ls 2017. In one dramatic and tight drag race, Mendy Fry pounds the pavement against Adam Sorokin. Commentary by Cole Coonce and Whit Bazemore.
Top Fuel Eliminator semi-final action from the Tulsa Nitro Nat’ls 2017. In a pair of races that might well determine the Heritage Series Points Title, Mendy Fry squares off against Jim Murphy and Jim Young throws down with Adam Sorokin. Commentary by Cole Coonce and Whit Bazemore.
Top Fuel Eliminator 1st Round action from the Tulsa Nitro Nat’ls 2017. Featuring fearless dragster drivers Adam Sorokin, Jim Murphy, Mendy Fry, Jim Young, Dusty Green, Tyler Hilton, “Turbo” Tim Cullinan, and Julius Hughes. Commentary by Cole Coonce and Whit Bazemore.
Co-host Whit Bazemore explains why Tulsa Raceway was the perfect venue for both Don Garlits’s “National Challenge” protest race in 1972 and 2017 Nitro Nat’ls featuring the return of NHRA Heritage Series Top Fuel. Meanwhile Points Leaders Jim Murphy, Mendy Fry, and Adam Sorokin jostle for supremacy during Top Fuel Qualifying.
Whit Bazemore compares the Tulsa Nitro Nationals 2017 to Don Garlits’s 1972 PRA National Challenge and points out what is at stake here for Nostalgia Top Fuel drivers Mendy Fry, Adam Sorokin and Jim Murphy.
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