Sun, 1 Oct 2000, 04:48 PM TOPEKA - Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme Force does it again

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the 12th annual Advance Auto Parts Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 John Force          4.853 299.46  Q    3 Ron Capps           4.905 300.73
   (P Burkart   ) 0.519  4.970 292.08  E1   (B Gilbertson) 0.536  4.958 296.50
   (J Epler     ) 0.527  4.939 298.01  E2   (S Cannon    ) 0.506  4.987 294.82
   (J Toliver   ) 0.520  4.923 293.47  E3   (D Worsham   ) 0.501  4.938 290.32
 *****WINNER***** 0.503  4.933 291.82  E4                  0.481  8.875  91.65

3:40 PM This is Capps sixth final round appearance this season, with five runner-up finishes so far. Make that six. Capps was up in smoke at 200' and he was unable to drive through it. Force adds another event championship to his record-breaking total.