Sun, Oct 11, 09:21 PM MEMPHIS - Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the 11th annual Pennzoil Nationals presented by AutoZone:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Joe Amato           4.619 314.97  Q   7 Tony Schumacher     4.681 293.09
   (S Smith     ) 0.484  4.666 316.08 E1   (E Hill      ) 0.479  4.698 308.99
   (B Sarver    ) 0.487  4.706 308.28 E2   (S Anderson  ) 0.484  4.731 307.65
 *****WINNER***** 0.480  4.656 303.16 E3                  0.451  4.746 295.53

4:11 PM, Schumacher gets out in front first, holds the lead until the 1000' mark, then the front end noses over and Amato gets the win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   8 Kenny Bernstein     4.684 299.93  Q   5 Gary Scelzi         4.671 302.08
   (D Herbert   ) 0.476  5.781 305.81 E1   (B Vandergrif) 0.507  4.614 313.51
   (T Mullins   ) 0.559  4.603 321.42 E2   (C McClenatha) 0.501  4.698 302.89
 *****WINNER***** 0.446  4.609 317.94 E3                  0.494  4.594 318.47

Great drag race, the quickest side-by-side ever. Kenny gets the holeshot, Scelzi with the quicker incrementals can't quite catch up. Bernstein gets the lane choice over Amato in the finals.