Sun, 11 Nov 2001, 06:10 PM POMONA 3 - Federal-Mogul Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Dav Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Dragster at the 37th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   4 Duane Shields       5.413 261.88  Q    1 Brandon Henkelman   5.349 260.97
   (B Bernstein ) 0.531  5.397 264.65  E1   (D Hirata    ) 0.458  5.674 263.36
   (P Jones     ) 0.493  5.415 258.76  E2   (D Wells     ) 0.441  5.518 257.92
 *****WINNER***** 0.480  5.461 259.66  E3                  0.464  5.558 249.35

2:46 PM We are down to the final four in FMD in 2001. We start the round with a blown and fuel dragster duel. Shields has had better numbers in eliminations, but it's anyone's race. Henkelman is away first, but can't make the power necessary to stay ahead of Shields.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   2 Rick Santos         5.352 262.08  Q    6 Steve Federlin      5.447 259.01
   (D Nicholson ) 0.466  5.369 263.20  E1   (M Strasburg ) 0.424  5.466 259.31
   (M Hentges   ) 0.450  5.366 261.93  E2   (M Niver     ) 0.474  5.471 259.01
 *****WINNER***** 0.464  5.369 262.23  E3                  0.436  5.415 259.81

Margin of victory = 0.018 seconds (approximately 7 feet). Federlin makes a valiant try, with a good hole shot off the line. Santos is right behind and takes the long way down, using most of the lane at quarter track. He'll have lane choice over Shields in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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