Sat, 17 Jun 2000, 11:24 PM CORDOVA - ihra.com Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CORDOVA, Ill. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in ihra.com Funny Car at the 21st annual Amalie Motor Oil Summer Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   2 Von Smith           5.948 236.05  Q    1 Dale Brand          5.940 235.76
   (S Ruda      ) 0.480  5.918 236.01  E1   (P Athey     ) 0.478  5.940 232.23
   (S Weney     ) 0.405  5.956 239.23  E2   (W Butler    ) 0.463  5.952 233.76
   (B Gibson    ) 0.483  5.850 238.72  E3   (S Volpe     ) 0.442  5.972 233.44
 *****WINNER***** 0.416  5.924 238.93  E4                  0.448  5.989 234.21

Smith with a great light and the power to hold off the hard charging Brand to take his second consecutive win.