Sat, 30 Sep 2000, 05:54 PM TOPEKA - Top Fuel Eliminations Ladder

TOPEKA, Kan. - Eliminations ladder in Top Fuel at the 12th annual Advance Auto Parts Nationals:

Psn-Driver------------ET------------------------------ET--Driver-------Psn

  1 G Scelzi        4.604 _                      _  4.612 T Schumacher   2
                           \_                  _/ 
 16 L Novelli       4.835 _/ \                / \_  4.818 R Hartman-Smit15
                              \_            _/    
  8 D Lampus        4.677 _   / \          / \   _  4.645 M Troxel       7
                           \_/   \        /   \_/ 
  9 B Vandergriff   4.693 _/      \      /      \_  4.703 D Grubnic     10
                                   \____/         
  4 K Bernstein     4.616 _        /    \        _  4.612 D Kalitta      3
                           \_     /      \     _/ 
 13 J Amato         4.749 _/ \   /        \   / \_  4.816 P Romine      14
                              \_/          \_/    
  5 C McClenathan   4.639 _   /              \   _  4.643 L Dixon        6
                           \_/                \_/ 
 12 T Gibson        4.724 _/                    \_  4.723 D Herbert     11