Whats New With Cory Mac?
(1-28-2006) – Grubnic quickest — Dave Grubnic’s 4.454-second pass under the lights in the last Top Fuel run of the day produced not only the best elapsed time of this preseason weekend at Firebird International Raceway near Phoenix but also the quickest of the year. Grubnic drove the StriVectin Dragster to 327.98 mph as he led three Top Fuel drivers in the 4.4-second range. Tony Schumacher (4.482 seconds) and Doug Kalitta (4.490) followed. Body troubles don’t stop Force — Despite a frustrating Phoenix debut for his new Ford Mustang Funny Car body that he and crew chief Austin Coil have been babying for two weeks because it took more than 19 months to complete, John Force ended the day as the elapsed-time leader. He took his Castrol GTX entry to a dazzling 4.696-second run at 329.26 mph to edge Gary Scelzi, who posted a 4.704 with the class’ top speed of the day at 330.72 mph in the Mopar/Oakley Dodge Stratus. That speed was the best of either nitro class Saturday. Force lost the burs
