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4th Annual Nitto Tire NMCA
World Street Finals
October 6-9,
2005
Memphis Motorsports
Park
Memphis, Tennessee |
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NMCA completes season with record-breaking
4th Annual Nitto Tire
World Street Finals
Hot Rod Magazine Outlaw Drag Radial saw a
number of surprises highlighted by a first
round red light by defending runner-up and
number two qualifier Jim Filipowski. With
"Powski" out of the way, other
drivers saw a great opportunity. Of that
group was surprise number one qualifier Wade
Hopkins who was the only driver to dip into
the 7-second zone consistently, when he drove
his ’89 Mustang to a 7.94 in qualifying and
a pair of 7.96’s in eliminations. While Hopkins
was setting the standard on his side of the
ladder, Jeremy Jensen, the fifth qualifier,
was taking car of business on his side highlighted
by a 7.96 in the semifinals. In the final,
Hopkins had an easy pass after Jensen tried
to cut a number on the tree, but left too
early
(-.003) negating his shot at the five-grand
winner's check. |
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It was an Orlando rookie taking the honors
in Radial Tires on Sunday night. Wade Hopkins,
of Tupelo, MS, qualified his 1989 Ford Mustang
third in the field with a best-of-four effort
of 7.961, 177.58. His opponent in the class
final was No. 17 qualifier Smooky Hall, who
left the line .002-seconds too soon, handing
the $2,500 winners purse to Hopkins.
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"We didn't really get to work on the
car until Tuesday and then we had to pack
up and leave Memphis on Thursday," Hopkins
said. "It was just an unbelievable thrash.
Fortunately all of my sponsors have been
great to me, and they helped out a lot. TCI,
Procharger, Southern Speed and all the others.
They jumped in with parts and support and
allowed us get here tonight. We actually
had parts shipped here to the track so we
could keep going.
"It has been a wonderful weekend and
a whole lot of fun. It's my first time at
this event. In fact, I haven't been in the
car for two years. It was set up as a Limited
Street car but I saw the opportunity to reconfigure
it with a stock suspension and bring it here
to Orlando. I thought we could do well and
we did." |
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Southern Speed662-842-3799
2028 McCullough
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Tupelo MS,
38801 |
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