Sun, 12 Oct 2003, 05:43 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 18th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Steve Gasparrelli                       8 Bob Newberry
E4   ****WINNER****  0.067  5.595 253.44                     0.059  5.631 255.39
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Chesterman) 0.032  5.604 255.17      (J Patton    ) 0.079  5.646 253.87
E2    (J Stidham   ) 0.056  5.610 252.03      (M Littlefiel) 0.086  5.640 253.66
E1    (J Percoco   ) 0.046  5.676 253.09      (S Burck     ) 0.117  5.749 248.00
 Qualified:             #3  5.673 255.02                        #1  5.653 254.81

4:35 PM Current weather conditions: 74 degrees, 63 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.05 inches, with a track temperature of 92 degrees.

Gasparrelli is 4-4 in final rounds for his career. Newberry gets a hole-shot, gets about 100 feet out and starts shaking the tires. He recovers, but Gasparrelli had driven around and pulled away for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink