Sun, 14 Nov 1999, 09:02 PM POMONA - Federal-Mogul Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Dragster at the 35th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Mark Woods          5.363 253.47  Q    3 Rick Santos         5.436 254.57
   (C Bingham   ) 0.531  5.402 252.19  E1   (M Strasburg ) 0.474  5.507 253.66
   (R Wendland  ) 0.522  5.303 257.97  E2   (D Sheilds   ) 0.458  5.457 254.09
   (M Troxel    ) 0.522  5.353 261.88  E3   (D Hirata    ) 0.449  5.468 245.63
                        No Time        E4 *****WINNER***** 0.443  5.448 251.81

5:51 PM Woods chose the left lane for his A-Fuel dragster. He launched, started to spin the tires, and then there was an explosion (small compared with the two big blown fuel explosions this weekend) and he coasted to a stop before reaching the finish line. Santos wins yet another event against the seemingly insurmountable performance edge of the A-Fuel cars with an impressive display of consistently quick runs. Congratulations to the 1999 Winston champion.