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Quigley wins, takes Lucas Super Comp points
lead
Mandy Quigley moved to the top of the Lucas
Oil Super Comp Association presented by K&N
Filters points contest with her win at Auto Club
Dragway, one point ahead of Chris Forsyth, who also
won during the weekend doubleheader. Quigley won
the fourth race of the 10-race schedule. Mandy
finished eleventh in last years final points
standings, but her event win over Robert Kennyon
has the Quigley Family dragster in first place as
the season approaches the mid-point. Mandy ran an
easy 9.05, 168.32 in the final as Kennyon fouled by
.010 seconds, losing with an 8.920, 147 with his
’95 Yancer dragster. Quigley defeated Corey
LeClair in the fourth round before getting a bye
into the final. Kennyon denied Forsyth an
opportunity to go to two finals in one weekend, as
he used a .005 light and 8.903 in the semi to best
the FigSpeed dragster, losing with a too quick
8.977. Andrew Ablott was the top qualifier for race
four with an 8.902 for the Bonaco Top Qualifier
award. The next race on the Lucas Oil / K&N
Super Comp schedule for August 9 & 10 at Auto
Club Dragway.
The Quigley girls
Mother and daughters share driving dutys in Super
comp.
We ran into Mandy Quigley from Walnut Ca. While
racing at the Divisional at Southwestern
International Raceway. Mandy has been racing for 11
years. My dad used to drive an A/Fuel dragster so
my sister melissa and I grew up at the races. I got
started in a jr dragster and drove that for 7 yrs
before moving into Super Comp.
Mandy was #2 in points at Pomona Raceway,
Divisional win at Bakersfield, Best appearing Crew
Las Vegas Nationals '05 and Super Comp runner-up in
Fontana.
Mandy drives a Spitzer car with 555 ci chevy
built by Lambert ent. and runs 7.60's @ 178 mph
Deal too good to pass up for NHRA Super Comp
racer Quigley
How cool would it be if one Friday night you're
settling in to watch your favorite prime time game
show on TV and you hear a familiar sound – the
unmistakable rumble of a Super Comp dragster? Very
cool, right?
Well, tune in to NBC's Deal or No Deal on
Friday, Jan. 2 and that's exactly what you'll get.
You'll see Super Comp racer Mandy Quigley wheel the
family dragster right up to the stage before she
hops out to be greeted by the show's host, Howie
Mandel.
"The opportunity to try out for the show just
sort of fell into my lap," said the 24-year-old Jr.
Drag Racing League graduate. "And that kind of
offer is too good to pass up."
According to the show's web site, "Deal or No
Deal is an exhilarating hit game show where
contestants play and deal for a top prize of $1
million in a high-energy contest of nerves,
instincts and raw intuition." Sounds perfect for a
drag racer.
While Quigley can't talk about the results for
the show, she did say that they did more than just
a little filming of her in the race car so drag
racing fans should be interested. It's also
possible that seeing a young woman hop out of a
race car may grab the attention of non-racing fans
of the show.
Quigley said being on the show was a great
experience. The show's producers sent a car for her
and her family, put them up in a hotel near the
studio, kept them fed and shuttled them back and
forth between the hotel and studio. Her sisters,
Melissa and Marlena, and her boyfriend, fellow drag
racer Eddie Fischle, served as her support group on
the show while her parents cheered her on from the
audience.
Asked about the show's host, stand-up comic and
actor Mandel, Quigley said that contestants don't
meet him until the moment they are introduced on
the show.
"So all that interaction with him in the
beginning is genuine," she said. "I thought that
part was pretty neat. He's very nice but very
professional. He was easy to work with and made me
feel comfortable."
When Quigley isn't racing Pacific division Lucas
Oil events with her family, she works as an
administrative assistant/receptionist for a
construction company and she and Fischle have just
started a janitorial business.
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