Sun, 25 May 2003, 04:55 PM Super Stock Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 15th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  361 Bo Butner III                        4118 Pete Peery
E5                   0.105  9.285 -0.015     ****WINNER****  0.024  9.828  0.008
      SS/BS  Dial: 9.30                         GT/CA  Dial: 9.82
 Prior rounds:
E4    (W Lett      ) 0.082  9.370 -0.680                     0.098  9.815  0.015
E3    (C Stewart   ) 0.072  9.393  0.143      (T Cassil    ) 0.104  9.833  0.023
E2                   0.039  9.246  0.046      (J Covert    ) 0.012  9.791  0.051
E1    (B Dennis    ) 0.034  9.290  0.000      (R Courtney  ) -0.012  9.820  0.020
 Qualified:            #26  9.269 -0.781                       #10  9.780 -0.920

Butner was late off the line and broke out trying to chase him down.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   47 Jeff Hefler                          4879 Buz Post
E5   ****WINNER****  0.019  8.841 -0.009                    -0.033 10.406  2.096
      SS/BM  Dial: 8.85                         SS/AM  Dial: 8.31
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T Romero    ) 0.051  8.854  0.014      (B Harper    ) 0.040  8.321  0.061
E3                   0.001  8.939 -0.761      (K Martin    ) 0.017  8.311  0.021
E2    (M Bogina    ) 0.008  8.798 -0.002      (D Gillam    ) 0.042  8.273  0.003
E1    (J Novacek   ) 0.031  8.877  0.017      (Bye         ) -0.020  8.363 -1.187
 Qualified:            #15  8.836 -0.864                        #1  8.298 -1.252

Post turned on the red light to give Hefler the win.

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