Sun, Oct 11, 06:19 PM MEMPHIS - Federal-Mogul Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the 11th annual Pennzoil Nationals presented by AutoZone:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   2 Danny Townsend      5.925 248.29  Q   6 Jeff Craig          6.143 240.04
   (L Bakke     ) 0.611  8.981 101.64 E1   (C Fryfogle  ) 0.382  6.141 240.77
 *****WINNER***** 0.586  5.910 247.70 E2                  0.533  6.019 242.63

1:11 PM, Craig has his best time of the weekend by a tenth, Townsend also having his best time, makes up the difference in the holeshot.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Larry Miner         5.943 210.80  Q   4 Randy Fleming       6.011 239.02
   (S Palmer    ) 0.510  8.369 114.23 E1   (D Hearn     ) 0.588  5.971 234.13
 *****WINNER***** 0.444  6.000 234.78 E2                  0.568  6.698 178.00

Miner gets a little tire shake, drives through it, gets a little out of shape, drives on through for the win. Fleming gets out of shape early and can't recover.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
        Bye                            Q   1 Todd Simpson        5.711 247.57
                                      E1   (T Branch    ) 0.456  5.926 241.54
                                      E2 *****WINNER***** 0.507  5.788 247.16

The last car of the round, Simpson with the bye. He makes a nice pass with no problems, and gets Lane choice over Miner next round. Townsend will get the bye into the finals.