Sun, 13 Oct 2002, 05:23 PM Stock Eliminator Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 17th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  58 Sammy Pizzolato    10.472 -0.828 Q   56 Dan Fletcher       10.706 -0.844
      A/SA  Dial: 10.45                       B/SA  Dial: 10.49
   (D Holder    ) 0.571 10.536  0.066 E1   (C Ford Jr   ) 0.526 10.801  0.071
   (T Wood      ) 0.563 10.435 -0.865 E2   (R Watson    ) 0.503 10.937  0.217
   (L Zane      ) 0.574 10.496  0.036 E3   (J Emmons    ) 0.517 10.763  0.063
   (B Valentine ) 0.592 10.472 -0.008 E4   (B Howell    ) 0.540 10.534 -1.016
   (H Emmons III) 0.546 10.457  0.017 E5   (J Hefler    ) 0.477 10.649 -0.001
   (K La Porte  ) 0.560 10.463  0.013 E6   (A Ford      ) 0.537 10.375 -1.175
                  0.582 10.443 -0.007 E7 *****WINNER***** 0.517 10.544  0.054

4:17 PM Pizzolato's last national event win was in 1977. Fletcher had this one in hand from the start, running Pizzolato out on the top end.