Drag Illustrated Issue 137, October 2018 | Page 56

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the fastest car (Friday),” Menholt said.
“From everything we know, we were
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so I think we would have been toug
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on
“We ran a 5.86 at 251 (mph
have
do
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ily,
Luck
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crash
cars
and
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to beat. But that’s part of it. Parts brea
back.”
an insurance policy on it so we’ll be
te
potential ended in abrupt, unfortuna
A weekend that started with so much
into
hard
ed
crash
r
drive
ana,
Mont
gs,
fashion for Derek Menholt. The Billin
nding event champion Mike Bowman
both walls after a red-light loss to defe
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STRATED World Series of Pro Mod.
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in the opening round of the
end
rear
the
up
ng
locki
it,
culpr
as the
broken ring and pinion was identified
Camaro. It was equipped with the best
in Menholt’s Steve Petty-tuned ‘68
e converter and transmission - all of
of the best - a new Pro Line Hemi, torqu
what
testing, leaving Menholt to wonder
which was performing flawlessly in
could’ve been.
cHUGH
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