Sun, 7 Sep 2003, 06:29 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 49th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  347 Tim Wilkerson                          10 Johnny Gray
E4   ****WINNER****  0.059  4.841 321.19                     0.052  4.903 314.24
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Skuza     ) 0.070  4.864 318.84      (G Densham   ) 0.056  4.891 312.13
E2    (S Cannon    ) 0.088  4.994 305.15      (J Force     ) 0.070  4.945 309.91
E1    (G Scelzi    ) 0.076  4.829 321.27      (P Burkart Jr) 0.054  4.914 304.39
 Qualified:            #15  4.860 319.52                        #9  4.821 321.27

Current weather conditions: 78 degrees, 47 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.06 inches, with a track temperature of 107 degrees.

They leave the starting line together and then it is all Wilkerson for the win. Right has he crossed the finish line it looked like the clutch let go with a lot a sparks. This is Wilkerson's second National event win. He is the winner of the 500th Funny Car race in NHRA history.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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