Sun, 4 Nov 2001, 09:55 PM FMDRS 7-6 - Federal-Mogul Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Dragster at the Division Seven FMDRS Final:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   4 Brandon Bernstein   5.592 244.87  Q   10 Steve Federlin      5.624 254.76
   (D Hitchman  ) 0.421  5.506 243.19  E1   (D Hudson    ) 0.394  7.117 124.37
   (K Nuckols   ) 0.477  5.562 247.84  E2   (B Hough     ) 0.462  5.585 254.14
   (M Strasburg ) 0.455  5.553 243.55  E3   (D Nicholson ) 0.404  5.611 243.77
                  0.433 10.295 106.79  E4 *****WINNER***** 0.406  5.628 254.38

6:39 PM Some of what we thought was tire smoke from Federlin was engine smoke and Duane Shields' team loaned him some engine parts, including heads, so Federlin could answer the call for the final round. It's a classic nitro versus blower final round, though most expected Shields to be the blown car in the finals. On borrowed parts, Federlin sawed the tree down and then Bernstein went up in smoke, making all that hard work look easy. It was a popular win, Federlin one of the long-time contenders in Division 6, running on a limited budget.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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