Sun, Oct 25, 09:47 PM ENNIS - Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

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

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   6 Whit Bazemore       4.891 309.70  Q   7 Dean Skuza          4.919 313.80
   (T Wilkerson ) 0.483  5.172 274.64 E1   (R Anderson  ) 0.477  4.915 308.74
   (C Etchells  ) 0.510  4.921 309.59 E2   (C Pedregon  ) 0.497  5.020 302.01
                  0.501  7.274 101.44 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.511  5.077 304.77

Bazemore leaves first, but then bangs the blower. There is a lot of smoke coming out of the headers. Skuza falls off pace, but still has the big mile-per-hour. Apparently Bazemore hurt the engine as we are down for the clean-up.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   4 Ron Capps           4.868 314.79  Q   1 John Force          4.787 322.81
   (G Densham   ) 0.500  4.991 270.83 E1   (D Creasy, Jr) 0.498  4.962 312.06
   (D Worsham   ) 0.463  5.070 304.77 E2   (A Hofmann   ) 0.534  4.848 321.19
                  0.490  5.127 297.71 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.489  4.907 319.37

Here we go this will go along way toward the Championship. This is the sixth time they have faced off this year and Force holds a slight advantage 3-2 wins. They leave together, but Force just powers through the quarter mile in the heat of the day while Capps falls way off pace.