Sun, 30 Sep 2001, 05:43 PM CHICAGO-2 - Federal-Mogul Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Dragster at the Inaugural NHRA Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Brandon Bernstein   5.336 264.96  Q    9 Mark Hentges        5.444 261.57
   (M Snyder    ) 0.450  5.433 260.91  E1   (R Lindert   ) 0.480  5.412 260.61
                  0.430  9.091 139.07  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.467  5.491 261.62

12:28 PM Bernstein hits the throttle and goes up in smoke. Hentges goes right down the groove for the win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Bill Reichert       5.373 260.41  Q    6 Michael Gunderson   5.393 266.42
   (D Hirata    ) 0.528  5.363 258.76  E1   (A Gallant   ) 0.508  5.406 265.95
                  0.489 15.001  49.51  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.483  5.400 266.53

Reichert hits the throttle and goes up in smoke. No problems for Gunderson, right down the groove, and he takes the easy win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   4 Shelly Howard       5.378 261.22  Q   12 Cliff Bozzelli      5.550 256.50
   (K Perry     ) 0.463  5.405 257.68  E1   (J Meyer     ) 0.439  5.420 254.76
 *****WINNER***** 0.435  5.438 258.91  E2                  0.453  5.453 256.94

Howard makes a good pass and will have lane choice over Hentges in round three. Margin of victory = 0.033 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  10 Jeff Hamelink       5.511 256.50  Q    2 Keith Stark         5.367 273.66
   (D Wells     ) 0.481  5.482 257.19  E1   (J Bohr      ) 0.492  5.399 270.75
                  0.446  5.477 255.24  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.474  5.371 265.95

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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