This time, it's Melanie Troxel.
Also as an honorable mention, Force has indeed made a pass.
Team officials for Gotham City Racing confirmed the Funny Car driven by Melanie Troxel suffered a non-catastrophic chassis failure during the NHRA Time Trials in Phoenix, Arizona. The chassis, driven by Mike Ashley in the latter part of 2007 and updated to the 2008 SFI chassis spec, cracked underneath the seat after tire shake was experienced on a Friday run.
The 2008 SFI spec allows for the use of normalized or heat-treated tubing. This car utilized heat-treated tubing.
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John Force wrapped up a sensational pre-season test by pushing his Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Mustang through the quarter mile timers in 4.76 seconds at 327.66 miles per hour Thursday at Firebird Raceway.
It was the quickest Funny Car run of the entire pre-season and it sent the 58-year-old icon back to his Southern California base with considerably more confidence than he had when he showed up at Firebird last Friday with a new, unproven chassis and a body rebuilt in a four-month convalescence following a crash last September 23rd in Texas.
After a 100-foot checkout run on Monday, Force was clocked in 4.782 seconds on just his second attempt. He matched that performance on Wednesday before dipping to 4.76 on his final run on Thursday.
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Also as an honorable mention, Force has indeed made a pass.
Team officials for Gotham City Racing confirmed the Funny Car driven by Melanie Troxel suffered a non-catastrophic chassis failure during the NHRA Time Trials in Phoenix, Arizona. The chassis, driven by Mike Ashley in the latter part of 2007 and updated to the 2008 SFI chassis spec, cracked underneath the seat after tire shake was experienced on a Friday run.
The 2008 SFI spec allows for the use of normalized or heat-treated tubing. This car utilized heat-treated tubing.
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John Force wrapped up a sensational pre-season test by pushing his Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Mustang through the quarter mile timers in 4.76 seconds at 327.66 miles per hour Thursday at Firebird Raceway.
It was the quickest Funny Car run of the entire pre-season and it sent the 58-year-old icon back to his Southern California base with considerably more confidence than he had when he showed up at Firebird last Friday with a new, unproven chassis and a body rebuilt in a four-month convalescence following a crash last September 23rd in Texas.
After a 100-foot checkout run on Monday, Force was clocked in 4.782 seconds on just his second attempt. He matched that performance on Wednesday before dipping to 4.76 on his final run on Thursday.
http://www.competitionplus.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1