Sun, 5 Nov 2006, 08:13 PM A FUEL Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of final, round 3 eliminations in A FUEL at the Goodguys, 8th Annual Fuel and Gas Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7573 Kin Bates                             750 Darrell Waters               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.158  6.377 221.89                     0.111  7.902 117.55
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Lavoie    ) 0.123  6.233 224.88                     1.660 22.798  45.36
E1    (B Genco     ) 0.115  6.244 224.21      (B Wayne     ) 0.306  6.534 213.92
 Qualified:             #3  6.438 220.15                        #4  6.458 213.62

5:06 p.m. Bates was second at the hit and had to chase the car all over the lane. This time he hangs on to the racer and takes the Goodguys title and the event title just to seal it up.