Mon, Nov 2, 08:06 PM BAYTOWN - Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the 2nd annual Matco Tools Supernationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Cruz Pedregon       4.807 319.60  Q   3 Whit Bazemore       4.850 311.63
   (D Worsham   ) 0.528  4.903 302.21 E1   (C Beal      ) 0.580  5.146 257.14
   (T Hoover    ) 0.554  6.271 234.49 E2   (G Mikres    ) 0.520  5.031 306.53
   (J Force     ) 0.531  4.856 315.01 E3   (R Capps     ) 0.533  5.046 305.08
 *****WINNER***** 0.538  4.849 317.90 E4                  0.497  4.993 307.27

1:54 PM Cruz pulls off a big payday here, winning both the event and the $50,000 MBNA prize for setting a national ET record - this run good enough to back up his 4.807 after coming up 0.001 seconds short in the semifinals. Nice run by bazemore, but he wasn't even close at the finish line.

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