Sun, 25 May 2003, 04:53 PM Super Gas Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Super Gas 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-- (+/-)
 5200 John Steffen                         4076 Damon Dabbs
E7   ****WINNER****  0.018 11.292  1.392                    -0.007 10.206  0.306
        S/G Index: 9.90                           S/G Index: 9.90
 Prior rounds:
E6                   0.022  9.926  0.026      (K Bergner   ) 0.022  9.925  0.025
E5    (J Lintz     ) 0.013  9.926  0.026      (T Scheerer  ) 0.012  9.902  0.002
E4    (R Bowman    ) 0.009  9.894 -0.006      (G Carrillo  ) 0.023  9.897 -0.003
E3    (D Modesto   ) 0.031  9.881 -0.019      (R Cates     ) 0.019  9.902  0.002
E2    (J Taylor    ) 0.017  9.940  0.040      (M Freischel ) 0.043  9.942  0.042
E1    (M Holder    ) 0.017 10.031  0.131      (B Hackett   ) 0.035  9.888 -0.012
 Qualified:            #32 10.031  0.131                       #36  9.888 -0.012

3:48 PM Dabbs had six prior national event wins, but it was Steffen who got the win, his first, when Dabbs went red. He'll take his '02 Corvette and the "Wally" back to Littleton, Colo.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink