Sat, 17 Jun 2000, 09:14 PM CORDOVA - Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CORDOVA, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the 21st annual Amalie Motor Oil Summer Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   7 Bruce Litton        5.069 238.30  Q    6 Louie Allison       5.067 286.38
   (C Millican  ) 0.501  4.840 296.44  E1   (J Head      ) 0.522  4.993 297.42
 *****WINNER***** 0.493  4.793 302.55  E2                  0.502  5.653 173.29

Allison was thrashing as they they were pulling into the lanes. Litton apparently found out the what has been causing him problems all weekend. Litton was out of the gate first and clean all the way through the quarter mile. Allison started oiling the track around 400 feet.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   4 Paul Romine         4.915 298.73  Q    8 Jim Bailey          5.150 272.78
   (J Todd      ) 0.514  4.778 308.43  E1   (S Muldowney ) 0.633  4.862 294.37
 *****WINNER***** 0.521  4.804 304.32  E2                  0.504  4.960 282.48

After about a half an hour cleanup we are back in action. This a was a great drag race. Bailey left first, but Romine had caught by the 330-foot mark and just drove away from him from there.