Thompson Gets Mixed Results in Cold and Wet Seattle
Unless you made it to the finals, Seattle was one brutal race with track conditions that changed as often as the weather. In fact, the weather itself turned out to be much worse then anyone would have guessed as it often went from sun to rain to a near monsoon at times. But NHRA officials made up for the rain by giving racers a real good, sticky track surface on race day.
In qualifying it was the Clint Thompson and Brian Hough show as both racers ran extremely well in a side-by-side dual during the second round of qualifying. This one was worth the price of admission as the "Dutch Mafia Hit Man" nearly stole the number one spot with a good clean pass. But Hough edged Thompson out by one with a 5.64 to Thompson's close 5.65.
In round one, the success from his Mission win couldn't be replicated as Thompson spun the tires at the starting line which lead to a broken Sprague and could only watch as opponent Randy Parker was able to get it done with a 6.31. "We didn't have a good enough race car as we needed more clutch. The track was good as the NHRA crew did a great job preparing the track and working to get it dry after all of the rainstorms" Thompson said right after the loss.
Thompson Encourages Oregon Fans to Attend Medford Event Thompson returns to Medford, his home track for the NHRA Lucas Oil event at Champion Raceway June 29-30. "We have never won there and we hope this will be the year! We want to encourage our Southern Oregon fans to attend the race and root us on. We are also excited to race in front of our new sponsor Dutch Bros. " Thompson said. Champion Raceway is located in White City at the start of the Lake of the Woods Highway. Qualifying is planned for Friday with eliminatiuons Saturday night.
