Sat, 17 Jun 2000, 05:26 PM CORDOVA - Sunoco Race Fuels Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CORDOVA, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Sunoco Race Fuels Pro Stock at the 21st annual Amalie Motor Oil Summer Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   8 Tim Nabors          6.734 205.66  Q    9 Jason Collins       6.737 206.95
                  0.457  6.769 205.72  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.451  6.736 205.82

Collins left first and never looked back.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   7 Steve Spiess        6.698 207.59  Q   10 Mark Hay            6.740 206.16
 *****WINNER***** 0.501  6.696 207.91  E1                  0.516  8.085 123.50

Hay had trouble just pass half track and clicked it off.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  11 Floyd Cheek         6.744 206.54  Q    6 Jon Yoak            6.697 209.01
                  0.114  6.899 206.92  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.455  6.684 209.72

Cheek rolled the light and that gave Yoak the freebie.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   5 Ron Miller          6.689 207.78  Q   12 Gene Wilson         6.763 206.51
 *****WINNER***** 0.453  6.701 208.07  E1                  0.470  6.712 207.43

Chevy vs Ford and Miller looking to pick up where he left off at in Canada. Miller takes his Ford into round two.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  13 Carl Baker          6.783 206.57  Q    4 John Montecalvo     6.688 208.10
                  0.454  6.780 203.43  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.405  6.706 208.88

Another Ford vs Chevy. Chevy gets this one, Montecalvo won this one on both ends of the track.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  14 Charlie Peppers     6.786 204.39  Q    3 Dwayne Rice         6.684 206.99
                  0.566  6.819 204.17  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.408  6.725 207.15

Rice mowed the tree down here and will move on.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   2 Jerry Yeoman        6.681 207.85  Q   15 Robert Killian      6.797 205.47
 *****WINNER***** 0.486  6.684 208.49  E1                  0.545  6.772 205.63

Yeoman almost matches his qualifying time to take the win light.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  16 Chuck Demory        6.807 203.58  Q    1 Tom Lee             6.667 208.46
                  0.000 No Time        E1 *****WINNER***** 0.544  6.694 208.39

Demory left before the tree was activated and that gave Lee the freebie.