The latest update as of June 13, 2023

As promised, here's the photos from the first round of eliminations in Nitro Chaos and Funny Car Chaos at the "Chaos In The Cornfield" event at Eddyville Raceway Park. We'll fill in the captions later today, then get busy with our coverage of the final (sadly) Night of Fire and Thunder at the soon to become extinct Bandimere Speedway. However, the track is far from closed yet, as a Central Region NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event is running there this coming weekend, and next month, the final edition of the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA Mile-High Nationals is on tap.

NITRO CHAOS - Round 1 Eliminations - "A" Field

(LEFT) Eliminations opened with the #4 Pete Dove in his "Back From The Ashes" AA/Fuel Altered (near lane) meeting the #5 qualifier Joey Haas in the "Nimrod 2.0" AA/Funny Car (far lane). Haas left first by a .101 to .130 margin, but that was the only lead he had as Haas overpowered the track at the 300' mark and shut down to a 4.430 - 117.43 clocking. Keeping the loud pedal down all the way, Pete Dove blitzed the timers with his best run of the event, a fabulous 3.564 - 218.55 to show the capabilities of his car. His .915 sixty foot time was some serious stuff.

(RIGHT) The second pair of the round saw two of the Randy Meyer fleet running against each other, with Megan Meyer in the near lane against Matt Sackman in the far lane. It was another case of leave first, finish second, as Sackman laid down an .033 light against Megan's .170 reaction time. Sackman ran very hard down low, with a .923 sixty foot time, but he puffed the tires at half track and lifted, coasting to a 4.212 - 123.56 time. Meanwhile, Ms. Meyer was running away with a great 3.626 e.t. coupled with a big 221.78 top end speed.

(LEFT) The third Randy Meyer dragster came out next, as Rachel Meyer (far lane) was matched with another A/Fuel Dragster. Her opponent, Todd Bruce (near lane), driving Canadian Cliff Bakx's dragster. "The Bull" left first by a .029 to .044 margin, but Meyer's horsepower pulled out the close win with a 3.613 - 219.73 to Burce's very close 3.634 - 216.66 pass. The margin at the finish line was just five thousandths of a second in one of the closest races of the season in Chaos competition.

(RIGHT) The round closed with a classis Fuel Altered vs Funny Car match, with the Illinois flopper of Dale Creasy Jr. (near lane), facing Texan Jody Austin in the "Bushwhacker" fuel altered in the far lane. The elapsed times were close, but Austin's .349 reaction time, versus Creasy's .120 launch, left him far behind immediately. They both charged to the finish line with Creasy turning on the winlight with a great 3.588 - 193.22 as Austin trailed with a very competitive 3.642 - 188.84 pass. But when you have a nearly quarter second r.t. disadvantage it's very difficult to make up that deficit.

NITRO CHAOS - Round 1 Eliminations - "B" Field

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FUNNY CAR CHAOS - Round 1 Eliminations - "A" Field

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FUNNY CAR CHAOS - Round 1 Eliminations - "B" Field

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FUNNY CAR CHAOS - Round 1 Eliminations - "C" Field

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BONUS: Here's the photos from the second round of eliminations from Eddyville, starting with the Nitro Chaos racers, then leading into Funny Car Chaos. Captions this evening. Stay tuned!

NITRO CHAOS - Round 2 Eliminations - "A" Field

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NITRO CHAOS - Round 2 Eliminations - "B" Field

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FUNNY CAR CHAOS - Round 2 Eliminations - "A" Field

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FUNNY CAR CHAOS - Round 2 Eliminations - "B" Field

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FUNNY CAR CHAOS - Round 2 Eliminations - "C" Field

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