Sun, 31 Oct 1999, 06:57 PM HOUSTON - Pro Stock Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Pro Stock at the 3rd annual Matco Tools SuperNationals presented by Racing Champions:

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  12 Rickie Smith        6.918 198.47  Q    6 Tom Martino         6.892 199.88
   (K Johnson   ) 0.484  6.886 199.82  E1   (A Johnson   ) 0.499  6.848 201.13
   (T Coughlin  ) 0.516  6.909 199.37  E2   (W Johnson   ) 0.486  6.855 200.83
   (M Thomas    ) 0.502  6.877 199.55  E3   (J Coughlin  ) 0.432  6.843 201.22
 *****WINNER***** 0.442  6.928 199.29  E4                  0.501  6.989 198.55

5:37 PM The number 6 and number 12 qualifiers meet in the final, further testimony to just how close this category can be. And "Tricky Rickie" does his starting line magic once again, with a huge holeshot to offset Martino's quicker run for a margin of victory = 0.120 seconds (approximately 35 feet).