Sun, Mar 21, 02:06 PM GAINESVILLE - Federal-Mogul Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Dragster at the 30th Annual Mac Tools Gatornationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  16 Steve Cantrell     11.668  66.65  Q   8 Bob Bears           5.736 237.38
   (R McPhillips) 0.565  6.436 157.63 E1   (D Fiorelli  ) 0.516  5.791 238.05
 *****WINNER***** 0.467  5.982 229.51 E2                  0.488 11.794  77.69

Bears smokes the tires right off the starting line and this gives Cantrell the victory. This is the first time all weekend Cantrell has made it past half track under power.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Troy Buff           5.531 254.28  Q   6 Greg Roberts        5.690 243.59
   (B Steigerwal) 0.490  5.544 254.14 E1   (M Miller    ) 0.565  5.705 242.93
 *****WINNER***** 0.495  5.531 256.70 E2                  0.564  5.727 244.16

Buff does everything right here. He leaves first, runs as quick as his qualifying time and sets top speed for the meet.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   4 Michael Gunderson   5.562 255.58  Q   5 Gary Parks Jr.      5.621 228.96
   (D Kelley    ) 0.525  5.605 254.09 E1   (P Mass      ) 0.537  5.600 228.19
                  0.302  5.518 258.57 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.504  5.707 232.79

Gunderson red-lights away the best pass of the weekend. Parks in the injected nitro car gets close to the centerline, but keeps it in his lane for the win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   2 Arthur Gallant      5.521 228.34  Q   7 John Costanza       5.691 226.32
   (C Griffis   ) 0.578  5.656 201.31 E1   (B McCornack ) 0.511  5.755 243.06
 *****WINNER***** 0.609  5.983 216.17 E2                  0.398  5.736 235.35

A couple of nitro injected dragsters here. Costanza hands Gallant the win light here with a red light. He then tries to cross the centerline a couple times.

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