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Sun, 1 Jun 2003, 06:45 PM

Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  503 Tommy Johnson Jr.                       5 Whit Bazemore
E4                   0.152  4.839 316.97     ****WINNER****  0.069  4.872 319.67
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Densham   ) 0.082  4.905 299.66      (J Lawson    ) 0.088  5.024 289.01
E2    (T Pedregon  ) 0.151  5.105 264.29      (D Worsham   ) 0.063  4.970 297.22
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.087  5.526 229.08      (B Gilbertson) 0.080  4.789 322.42
 Qualified:             #7  4.790 309.34                        #4  4.776 325.69

5:36 PM This Tommy Johnson's 16th career final round and his 6th since since joining Don Prudhomme's Skoal Racing team in 2001. He has five wins, three in Funny Car and two in Top Fuel. This is his first final round appearance this season.
This is Bazemore's 5th final round appearance this season, his 3rd in a row. He is currently second in NHRA POWERade Funny Car points, and if he wins here, he will be 36 points behind points leader Tony Pedregon. He has 13 career event wins.
These two have met four times in eliminations this season, Bazemore winning three of the four. They have met fourteen times overall with Bazemore having an 8-6 advantage.

A good looking drag race, both cars running strong and straight with Bazemore getting the holeshot win. Whit Bazemore's MOV: 0.0501 seconds (approximately 23 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink