Sun, Oct 11, 10:50 PM MEMPHIS - Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Results of final, round 4 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
   8 Kenny Bernstein     4.684 299.93  Q   3 Joe Amato           4.619 314.97
   (D Herbert   ) 0.476  5.781 305.81 E1   (S Smith     ) 0.484  4.666 316.08
   (T Mullins   ) 0.559  4.603 321.42 E2   (B Sarver    ) 0.487  4.706 308.28
   (G Scelzi    ) 0.446  4.609 317.94 E3   (T Schumacher) 0.480  4.656 303.16
                  0.464  4.696 315.12 E4 *****WINNER***** 0.458  4.648 318.92

5:47 PM It's time for the last race of the weekend, Amato vs. Bernstein in the final. They leave the line together and stay almost even until halftrack, then Amato starts pulling away and wins by a mere 0.054 seconds.