Sun, Oct 18, 03:53 AM TOPEKA - Federal-Mogul Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the 10th annual Parts America Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Todd Paton          5.819 246.23  Q  11 Lynn Engels         6.879 211.41
   (B Carlson   ) 0.502 13.119  58.65 E1   (S Addleman  ) 0.572  7.367 183.56
   (Bye         ) 0.492  6.037 240.64 E2   (S Gasparrell) 0.466  6.642 220.69
 *****WINNER***** 0.565  5.984 243.90 E3                  0.447  6.794 182.44

10:47 PM Engels with the great light, but gets close to the wall. Paton has the power to chase him down to make the finals.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  12 Pat Austin          8.357 106.45  Q   7 Vern Moats          6.018 238.53
   (M White     ) 0.412  5.818 248.96 E1   (L Bakke     ) 0.642  6.042 237.52
   (S Smith     ) 0.463  5.816 248.20 E2   (C Chesterman) 0.542  6.128 237.65
 *****WINNER***** 0.465  5.727 249.79 E3                  0.492  7.069 132.91

Austin with the perfect pass here, he is out of the gate first, and again straight as an arrow. Moats launches and makes a move toward the centerline and collects in the 330-foot cones. Austin will have his choice of lanes against Paton in the finals.