Sun, Oct 11, 08:43 PM MEMPHIS - Federal-Mogul Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Dragster 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 Michael Gunderson   5.550 253.52  Q  14 Darrell Russell     5.779 247.43
   (B McCornack ) 0.510  5.596 247.29 E1   (J Wilson    ) 0.480  5.761 246.08
   (C Dakin     ) 0.556  5.648 251.67 E2   (S Howard    ) 0.479  5.583 254.81
 *****WINNER***** 0.437  5.587 252.10 E3                  0.442  5.724 248.93

3:29 PM Gunderson gets the holeshot, has a little tire shake and drives on through for the win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   4 Troy Buff           5.608 253.37  Q   1 Rick Santos         5.505 255.24
   (G Roberts   ) 0.493  5.566 253.04 E1   (D Stripe    ) 0.521  5.693 251.30
   (B McCosh    ) 0.808  5.710 252.33 E2   (M Kinser    ) 0.459  5.594 251.11
 *****WINNER***** 0.480  5.534 254.23 E3                  0.475  5.549 248.52

Good drag here, both dragsters making a good run. Buff takes the win by .01 seconds.