Sun, 14 Nov 1999, 09:31 PM POMONA - Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex Bam! Slam! Smoke!

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car 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
   3 John Force          4.923 300.46  Q    5 Jerry Toliver       5.000 303.64
   (T Wilkerson ) 0.523  5.082 292.27  E1   (D Worsham   ) 0.526  5.053 304.87
   (S Cannon    ) 0.499  4.836 318.09  E2   (T Pedregon  ) 0.480  5.229 306.74
   (J Epler     ) 0.460  7.749 218.58  E3   (D Creasy Jr.) 0.482  6.879 250.41
                  0.486  8.897 122.31  E4 *****WINNER***** 0.550  6.717 300.33

6:21 PM It sounds like the Castrol brain trust has given Force an "animal" for the final, the motor dancing and popping loudly on the burnout.

Both cars boiled the hides, First it was Force, then Toliver. Both drivers pedaled several times, finally it was Toliver that out pedaled the master, getting his very first win in Fuel Funny Car. Stone Cold will be proud, congrats to Jerry, Rob Flynn an d the rest of the WWF team.