Santa Pod World Finals September 12th-14th 1980

Funny Car Qualifying and elimination ladder

 

Qualifying

1. Allan Herridge UK 6.21  2. Don Prudhomme USA 6.22/227  3. Gene Snow USA 6.31/215  4. Dennis Priddle UK 6.41  5. Lee Anders Hasselstrom Sweden  6. John Andersson Sweden  7. Owen Hayward UK 6.62  8. Harlan Thompson USA/Sweden  9. Rune Fjeld Norway 239mph  10. Tom Hoover USA 6.66/204  11. Dave Stone UK  12. Stig Hansson Sweden  13. Hazze Fromm Sweden  14. Leif Dabach Sweden   15. Ronnie Picardo UK 7.51  16. Tom Andersson Sweden 7.68  Non Qualifiers: Paul Manders, Peter Crane, Trevor Young, Graham Stockley

Allan Herridge 6.28/217        
  Rune Fjeld (Broke)      
Rune Fjeld 6.58/218        
    Lee Anders Hasselstrom 7.41(Disqualified)    
Lee Anders Hasselstrom        
  Lee Anders Hasselstrom      
Hazze Fromm        
      Gene Snow (Broke)  
Gene Snow 10.24/77        
  Gene Snow 6.39/193      
Dave Stone (Broke)        
    Gene Snow 7.41    
Owen Hayward (Disqualified)        
  Ronnie Picardo 7.36/163      
Ronnie Picardo 7.14/182        
        Winner; Harlan Thompson
Don Prudhomme (Broke)        
  Tom Hoover 6.38/221      
Tom Hoover 6.8        
    John Andersson 6.40/224    
John Andersson        
  John Andersson 6.26/229      
Lief Dabach        
      Harlan Thompson 6.32/196  
Dennis Priddle (Disqualified)        
  Bye      
Stig Hansson (Red lit)        
    Harlan Thompson 6.35/224    
Harlan Thompson        
  Harlan Thompson      
Paul Manders        
         
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