Sun, 1 Jun 2003, 05:33 PM Super Stock Round 6 Eliminations

By Rick Green

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 6 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3740 Jeff Niceswanger                     5555 Jeff Stealy
E6                  -0.011 10.290  0.020     ****WINNER****  0.091 10.002 -0.008
      GT/GA  Dial: 10.27                        SS/IA  Dial: 10.01
 Prior rounds:
E5    (D Duke      ) 0.047 10.280 -0.030      (D Mesenbring) 0.009 10.042  0.012
E4    (R Boertman  ) 0.082 10.300 -0.900      (B Leber     ) 0.004 10.017  0.007
E3    (V Krol      ) 0.022 10.310  0.010      (D Bogner    ) 0.021  9.982 -0.008
E2    (D Turner    ) 0.026 10.357  0.027      (I Johns     ) 0.021 10.021  0.021
E1    (C Westcott  ) 0.028 10.364 -0.046      (B Alvey     ) 0.088 10.138  0.048
 Qualified:            #68 10.353 -0.847                       #32 10.005 -0.995

Niceswanger fouls away his chance at the championship.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    4 Dan Fletcher                           31 Jimbo Fields
E6   ****WINNER****  0.011 10.169  0.009                     0.013 10.082  0.012
      SS/HA  Dial: 10.16                        SS/IA  Dial: 10.07
 Prior rounds:
E5    (R Courtney  ) 0.028 10.183  0.013      (Bye         ) 0.014 10.073  0.073
E4    (M Stokes    ) 0.028 10.158 -0.032      (S Graham    ) 0.016 10.097  0.017
E3    (F Bartoli   ) 0.009 10.203  0.013      (L Morehead  ) 0.015 10.054 -0.006
E2    (J Duncan    ) 0.041 10.170  0.010      (B Rashid    ) 0.024 10.119  0.019
E1    (S Pearson   ) 0.045 10.228  0.038      (A Smyth     ) 0.025 10.132  0.002
 Qualified:            #47  9.955 -0.945                       #35 10.016 -0.984

They leave almost at the same time and Fletcher gets the win light by about a foot.

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