Sat, 9 Sep 2000, 06:22 PM ENGLISHTOWN - Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By David Rowe

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the 31st Matco Tools Spring SuperNationals presented by Racing Champions:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   5 Cruz Pedregon       5.053 295.27  Q   16 Ron Capps           7.236 264.96
   (T Haddock   ) 0.541  5.018 297.22  E1   (J Epler     ) 0.503  5.020 304.12
   (C Powell    ) 0.474  5.026 308.14  E2   (S Cannon    ) 0.517  4.947 307.72
 *****WINNER***** 0.513  4.985 309.27  E3                  0.516  5.414 209.65

6:04 PM Capps has a good .924 60 foot time and is still ahead at the 330 foot mark. The car then erupts in a ball of flame. Cruz makes his best run of the weekend and takes the win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   6 Del Worsham         5.098 274.83  Q    7 John Force          5.107 299.80
   (A Hofmann   ) 0.510  5.012 296.63  E1   (G Densham   ) 0.496  5.191 282.84
   (T Paton     ) 0.523  4.987 305.98  E2   (J Toliver   ) 0.507  4.940 310.70
                  0.525  5.481 189.31  E3 *****WINNER***** 0.526  4.955 304.67

6:16 PM and were back after a short cleanup in the right lane. These two were almost even off the line, but that was about it. Force had a .902 60 foot time compared to a .952 for Worsham. He will face Cruz Pedregon in the finals, Force with the lane choice.