Pyburn scores in Non-electronic; Brown earns Electronics Wally

National Dragster, Jan 30, 2004 by Stauverman, John

TOP GUN RACEWAY, Fallen, Nev. (Nov. 28-29) - Top Gun Raceway's Turkey Nationals on i Thanksgiving weekend featured a National DRAGSTER Challenge race Friday and King of the Track event Saturday. Due to weather delays Friday, the National DRAGSTER Challenge winners were determined by competition in the Electronics and Non-electronic classes. The winner of each category received a Wally.

Steve Pyburn earned the Non-electronic trophy with his '57 Ford. he posted a 10.530 (10.42 dial) to defeat Phil Metz, who broke out with a 12.434 (12.46) from his '72 Barracuda.

Tom Brown won the doublebreakout Electronics final over Cody Biggs. Brown wheeled his Austin Healy to a 12.429 (12.43) to beat Biggs' 11.298 (11.31) from his '64 Nova. - John Stauverman