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

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car 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
   2 Marc White          5.696 250.37  Q    6 Von Smith           5.731 252.05
   (S Palmer    ) 0.526  5.736 250.88  E1   (B Williamson) 0.493  5.680 251.06
   (J Weaver    ) 0.474  5.668 251.25  E2   (B Austin    ) 0.477  5.711 252.19
                  0.507  5.742 248.20  E3 *****WINNER***** 0.438  5.690 254.86

2:52 PM It looks like the trip into the sand didn't do to much damage to the body of his racer. They did spend more time cleaning the car than tuning as there must have been sand everywhere. Well he gets the win, but guess what? He's back into the sand...again. Not nearly as deep this time but beach it is. His trip to California has included two trips to the beach that I'm aware of. White was close but he was second off the line and outrun to every mark.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   8 Steve Harker        5.783 249.81  Q    4 Steve Gasparrelli   5.719 250.55
   (V Moats     ) 0.514  5.802 247.16  E1   (T Branch    ) 0.478  5.697 254.52
   (J Payne     ) 0.492  5.738 242.54  E2   (P Austin    ) 0.465  5.669 252.28
 *****WINNER***** 0.473  5.699 251.30  E3                  0.464  5.728 252.76

Harker is going to his second final round in two weeks. Last weekend he won the final Division 7 race at Las Vegas and now Pomona. Gasparrelli had the lead at the line but just couldn't pull it off as his car slowed from his win in the prior round over Pat Austin.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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