Sun, 4 Nov 2001, 09:55 PM FMDRS 7-6 - Federal-Mogul Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the Division Seven FMDRS Final:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Steve Harker        5.802 247.84  Q    4 Steve Gasparrelli   5.817 243.02
   (B Harrington) 0.503  6.120 243.19  E1   (M Oliver    ) 0.566  5.979 239.70
   (B Austin    ) 0.486  5.840 244.43  E2   (B Gallio    ) 0.485  5.938 205.32
   (J Weaver    ) 0.501  5.882 243.99  E3   (D Gordon    ) 0.451  5.868 240.64
 *****WINNER***** 0.439  5.836 247.75  E4                  0.436  5.855 240.81

These two leave almost at the same time and Gasparrelli is out in the lead up to just before the finish line and that was when Harker drove around him for the win. Margin of victory = 0.016 seconds (approximately 6 feet). This was a great drag race wrap up Federal-Mogul Funny Car this weekend.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink