Sun, Oct 25, 09:52 PM ENNIS - Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Ed Dykes

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the 13th annual NHRA Revell Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   4 Joe Amato           4.589 319.48  Q   1 Gary Scelzi         4.525 319.37
   (C Kalitta   ) 0.429  4.644 316.12 E1   (R Parks     ) 0.490  5.202 194.17
   (C McClenatha) 0.456  4.655 316.78 E2   (E Hill      ) 0.482  4.577 320.74
                  0.458  7.173 111.71 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.478  4.557 320.00

3:40 PM and Amato's Tenneco dragster is up in smoke by the 200' mark, while the Scelzi Team Winston machine streaks to yet another round win. That gives him a 53 point lead over Cory Mac right now, and a win in the final could make that 73 points.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Larry Dixon         4.564 307.69  Q  10 Mike Dunn           4.644 309.70
   (T Schumacher) 0.429  4.579 316.78 E1   (B Vandergrif) 0.469  4.661 315.23
   (D Kalitta   ) 0.456  4.561 309.06 E2   (D Herbert   ) 0.468  4.603 315.01
                  0.470 11.854  76.81 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.470  4.599 309.59

Dixon smokes the tires in the Miller car, and for the fourth time year it's going to be Mike Dunn and Gary Scelzi facing off in the final round. Right now the record is 3-0 for the Alan Johnson car, can today be the day for Dunn and the Mopar team??