Mon, Nov 2, 08:06 PM BAYTOWN - Federal-Mogul Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

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

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Rick Henkelman      5.402 260.94  Q   7 Tom Beecham         5.630 252.31
   (M Bowers    ) 0.658  5.443 258.02 E1   (J Thompson  ) 0.684  5.599 250.83
   (G Snow      ) 0.527  5.411 257.95 E2   (S Bowen     ) 0.414  5.568 250.00
   (T Buff      ) 0.443 12.595  58.04 E3   (M Taliaferro) 0.558  5.535 251.32
 *****WINNER***** 0.502  5.434 257.87 E4                  0.522  5.771 242.58

1:31 PM Two A/Fuel cars square off for the title, Henkelman with the edge on paper, but coming off a tire-shaking run in the semifinals, while Beecham has been consistently quicker with each round of eliminations. But Henkelman returned to form here and that was all she wrote, away first and pulling away, while Beecham fell way off the pace.

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