After sitting out for most of the 2009 season the Tuttle Motorsports team with Steve Torrence behind the wheel made their first appeance of the year in Dallas at the O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals. From the first qualifying session through eliminations, Torrence showed little rust and the entire team lead by owner Dexter Tuttle had a great first outing.
Torrence qualified the Colorfast Top Fuel dragster in the nineth position with a very respetable 3.90 at 310 MPH and faced Brandon Bernstein in the first round. At the light, Torrence got off the line first with a 0.073 to Bernstein's 0.080 reaction time. But Torrence smoked the tires and had to lift. Bernstein went on to take the win.
The team plans to compete at the O'Reilly MidSouth Nationals in Memphis on Oct. 2-4, at the Las Vegas Nationals, Oct. 29 - Nov. 1 and possibly at the season finale, the Auto Club Nationals in Pomona, Nov. 12-15.
Torrence qualified the Colorfast Top Fuel dragster in the nineth position with a very respetable 3.90 at 310 MPH and faced Brandon Bernstein in the first round. At the light, Torrence got off the line first with a 0.073 to Bernstein's 0.080 reaction time. But Torrence smoked the tires and had to lift. Bernstein went on to take the win.
The team plans to compete at the O'Reilly MidSouth Nationals in Memphis on Oct. 2-4, at the Las Vegas Nationals, Oct. 29 - Nov. 1 and possibly at the season finale, the Auto Club Nationals in Pomona, Nov. 12-15.
