Sun, 10 Oct 1999, 09:31 PM MEMPHIS - Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the 12th annual AutoZone Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   2 Tommy Johnson Jr.   4.972 305.29  Q    1 Tony Pedregon       4.939 308.43
   (C Pedregon  ) 0.804  5.005 295.72  E1   (C Lee       ) 0.510  5.010 301.00
   (C Powell    ) 0.472  4.999 300.73  E2   (R Capps     ) 0.484  5.149 293.28
   (J Force     ) 0.483  4.990 299.66  E3   (A Hofmann   ) 0.471  5.011 302.75
 *****WINNER***** 0.441  4.996 300.33  E4                  0.473  5.916 176.72

8:22 PM T.J. gets the holeshot and keeps the candles lit all the way down the track. Tony gets out of the groove and heads for the wall. He pedals it, gets it heading back in the right direction but to no avail as the engine starts blazing near the finish line. He leaves a stream of oil from about the 300' mark all the way into the shutdown area. This is Johnson's third final round in a row and his second win in just nine races.




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