Sun, 21 Oct 2001, 01:07 PM DALLAS - Federal-Mogul Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Dragster at the 16th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  11 Karl Brounkowski    5.500 269.86  Q   14 Mark Hentges        5.520 255.82
   (J Meyer     ) 0.503  5.725 258.91  E1   (B Bowler    ) 0.512  5.507 256.11
                  0.498  5.511 263.46  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.462  5.528 255.68

11:54 AM Hentges rattles the tires right off the line but drives through it for the win. Margin of victory = 0.019 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   5 Brian Hough         5.418 261.24  Q    4 Paul Jones          5.411 256.70
   (D Wells     ) 0.491  5.460 260.19  E1   (D Baca      ) 0.426  5.495 255.68
 *****WINNER***** 0.519  5.462 260.79  E2                  0.394  5.534 257.36

Jones deep-stages and then just misses a perfect light. Hough makes another consistent pass and moves on to round three.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   7 Bill Reichert       5.471 258.84  Q    2 Rick Santos         5.353 260.79
   (T Buff      ) 0.492  5.502 260.94  E1   (J Hamelink  ) 0.448  5.407 259.44
                  0.481  6.542 171.75  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.458  5.377 259.66

Reichert starts mixing up cylinders as soon as he hits the throttle. He never picks them back up and Santos runs away with the win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  16 Lee Callaway        5.542 256.77  Q    9 Alan Bradshaw       5.485 258.84
   (K Stark     ) 0.455  5.571 254.59  E1   (B Bybee     ) 0.412  5.525 257.21
 *****WINNER***** 0.434  5.610 255.89  E2                  0.505  5.554 254.59

Bradshaw deep stages but it doesn't help. Callaway gets a great light and takes the holeshot win. Margin of victory = 0.015 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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