Sat, 6 Sep 2003, 06:07 PM Bud Shootout at Indy Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of final, round 3 eliminations in Bud Shootout at Indy at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual Budweiser Shootout at Indianapolis:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 John Force                              2 Tony Pedregon
E3                   0.123  9.071  88.36     ****WINNER****  0.074  4.947 297.48
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Bazemore  ) 0.072  4.824 321.12      (D Worsham   ) 0.053  5.109 271.68
E1    (R Capps     ) 0.070  4.899 313.15      (D Skuza     ) 0.051  5.071 265.74
 Qualified:             #2                         #1

Current weather conditions: 76 degrees, 46 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.10 inches, with a track temperature of 105 degrees under sunny skies.

Here go for the big bucks. Tony is out of the gate first and never looked back. Looked like he might of burnt a couple of pistons in the lights, but takes the win. This is first Budweiser Shootout title. Force started to smoke the tires around 400 feet and tried to drive through it and by then it was all over for the champ.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink