Sun, Oct 18, 04:10 AM TOPEKA - Federal-Mogul Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Dragster at the 10th annual Parts America Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   6 Melanie Troxel      5.745 249.79  Q   2 Shane Gay           5.549 255.75
   (D Hummel    ) 0.620 13.607  54.03 E1   (M Bowers    ) 0.447  5.587 252.17
   (J Costanza  ) 0.451  9.593 148.19 E2   (M Kinser    ) 0.472  5.633 251.04
                  0.494  5.787 242.78 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.459  5.585 253.80

10:56 PM We start the third round of Federal-Mogul Dragster with the "Double Double" In-N-Out burger teammates facing each other. Melanie was skating around her lane and never really had a chance.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Rick Santos         5.477 250.48  Q   4 Jay Payne           5.624 249.65
   (Bye         ) 0.531  5.794 245.70 E1   (T Baxter    ) 0.491  5.562 253.16
   (S Howard    ) 0.510  5.558 255.68 E2   (D Wells     ) 0.436  5.659 250.83
 *****WINNER***** 0.444  5.621 242.26 E3                  0.447  5.743 216.08

Payne began to slow down at 1000' giving Santos the trip to the final where he gives up lane choice to Shane Gay.

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