Sun, 4 Nov 2001, 04:19 PM FMDRS 7-6 - Federal-Mogul Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 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
   8 Mike Strasburg      5.608 253.33  Q    1 Duane Shields       5.429 262.49
   (B Henkelman ) 0.424  5.521 256.94  E1   (G Anderson  ) 1.094  7.689 114.92
 *****WINNER***** 0.424  5.573 253.33  E2                  0.469  5.658 257.83

12:56 PM Strasburg continues on pace for the divisional championship with another great tree and another nice run. Shields was on time, but couldn't get back into the forties and came up short this time around. Margin of victory = 0.130 seconds (approximately 49 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   2 Brian Hough         5.532 257.87  Q   10 Steve Federlin      5.624 254.76
   (L Miersch   ) 0.483  5.470 260.76  E1   (D Hudson    ) 0.394  7.117 124.37
                  0.519  5.598 256.11  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.462  5.585 254.14

Federlin left first and then drove his heart out, the car out of the groove and trying to cross the centerline. He went across the finish line sideways, the rear tires trailing smoke, but he got the win light! Margin of victory = 0.070 seconds (approximately 26 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Darren Nicholson    5.583 253.47  Q   11 Karl Brounkowski    5.692 255.92
   (T Bartone   ) 0.513  5.615 251.91  E1   (P Jones     ) 0.480  5.671 257.04
 *****WINNER***** 0.480  5.558 252.38  E2                  0.000 No Time

Brounkowski was a no-show, so Nicholson was running for lane choice. He got what he was looking for, edging Federlin out by 0.027 seconds.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   4 Brandon Bernstein   5.592 244.87  Q   12 Kent Nuckols        5.704 249.12
   (D Hitchman  ) 0.421  5.506 243.19  E1   (D Hirata    ) 0.428  5.665 250.60
 *****WINNER***** 0.477  5.562 247.84  E2                  0.466  8.037 111.83

Last pair. Nuckols launched into shake, pedaled, shook and skated some more, and gave it up. bernstein went right down the groove, another clean run, to earn lane choice against Strasburg by just 0.011 seconds. Should be a great semifinal round, the four winning cars running between 5.562 and 5.585 in this round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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