Mon, 5 Nov 2001, 10:55 AM Federlin and Harker Hit the Jackpot at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Courtesy of NHRA Marketing

LAS VEGAS -- In the final results from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Federal-Mogul Dragster driver Steve Federlin and Federal-Mogul Funny Car pilot Steve Harker claimed victories this weekend at the NHRA Pacific Division finals.

Federlin of Oregon City, Ore., took on newly crowned Pacific Division champion, Brandon Bernstein of Lake Forrest, Calif., in the final and posted a 5.628-second, 254.38 mph pass to take the win.

Steve Harker

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia resident Harker squared off against Steve Gasparrelli of West Covina, Calif., in the Federal-Mogul Funny Car final. Harker ran a 5.836 second run at 247.75 mph in his '99 Avenger to turn on the win lights.

Others claiming victories at the Pacific division finals were Jeff Taylor of Lumberton, S.C., in Comp; Jeffrey Miller of Pearland, Texas in Super Stock; Gary Emmons of Pasadena, Texas in Stock; Mike Ferderer of Buckley, Wash., in Super Comp; Craig Anderson of Waxahatchie, Texas in Super Gas; Kurt Gross of Oregon City, Ore., in Super Street; Pat Jones of Norco, Calif., in Super Eliminator; and Jerry Stinson of Medford, Ore., in Motorcycle.

Receiving awards this weekend was: Jim Hughes from Phoenix, Ariz., and his '01 Corvette for Best Appearing Car. The Best Engineered Car award was taken home by Tom Huggins from Santa Paula, Calif., for his '01 Grand Am. Finally, Pete Cerda and his team from Sacramento, Calif., earned the Best Appearing Crew award.

The Pacific Division Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series makes it next stop at Firebird Int'l Raceway in Phoenix, Ariz., March 2002.

The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER
10) Steve Federlin, Oregon City, Ore., 5.628 seconds, 254.38 mph def.
4) Brandon Bernstein, Lake Forrest, Calif., 10.295, 106.79

FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR
3) Steve Harker, Brisbane, Queensland, '99 Avenger, 5.836 seconds, 247.75 def.
4) Steve Gasparrelli, West Covina, Calif., '99 Firebird, 5.855, 240.81

COMP ELIMINATOR
Jeff Taylor, Lumberton, S.C., '01 Grand Am, C/A, 7.707 seconds, 171.49 mph, def.
Brian Olson, Peru, Ind., '01 Dragster, A/ND, 7.424, 176.17

SUPER STOCK
Jeffrey Miller, Pearland, Texas, '97 Firebird, GT/AA, 9.779, 137.12 mph def.
Don Thomas, Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada, '89 Camaro, GT/EA, Foul

STOCK ELIMINATOR
Gary Emmons, Pasadena, Texas, '98 Firebird, E/SA, 11.358 seconds 111.10 mph def.
Toby Lang, Auburn, Wash., '69 Chevelle, G/SA, 12.217, 107.14

SUPER COMP
Mike Ferderer, Buckley, Wash., 9.055 seconds, 167.63 mph def.
Jim Schultz, Salina, Kan., Foul

SUPER GAS
Craig Anderson, Waxahatchie, Texas, '63 Corvette, 10.100 seconds, 159.87 mph def.
Steve Johnson, Henderson, Nev., '41 Willy, 10.104, 147.81

SUPER STREET
Kurt Gross, Oregon City, Ore., '77 Vega, 11.115 seconds, 126.74 mph def.
Jimmy Band, Boise, Idaho, '57 Chevrolet, Foul

SUPER ELIMINATOR
Pat Jones, '96 Dragster, Norco, Calif., 8.042 seconds, 166.54 mph def.
Denny Hills, '95 Dragster, Gilbert, Ariz., Foul

MOTORCYCLE
Jerry Stinson, Medford, Ore., '84 Ninja, 9.123 seconds (9.15 dial-in),
137.51 mph def. Sean Conner, Boulder City, Nev., '98 Kawasaki, 8.336 (8.41
dial-in), 152.30 mph