Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations Sun, 3 Aug 2003, 08:41 PM Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series,
16th annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals:
5:31 PM This is most likely the most anticipated final of the day. This is the first time
since 2001 that Dean Skuza has been to a final round. He's looking for his first win since 1998
at Reading. He has two prior national event wins in twelve prior finals. In history, only 12
drivers have won in both Top Fuel Dragsters and Fuel Funny Car and ?Scelzi could join that
group. He would also be in the exclusive position of being the only driver to win in both
alcohol classes as well as the Pro divisions.
The race lived up to the anticipation as they both left together and were side by side. There
was not engine smoke, tire smoke or fire, just a close race. Scelzi pulled away in the last 300
feet for a 13 foot win. Both teams will remember this event for a long time.
