Sun, 12 Nov 2000, 10:56 PM POMONA-2 - Federal-Mogul Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the 36th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  11 Russ Parker         5.842 247.34  Q    9 Steve Gasparrelli   5.815 238.26
   (P Swayne    ) 0.413  5.846 226.47  E1   (J Payne     ) 0.453  5.741 252.95
   (J Weaver    ) 0.534  5.786 246.71  E2   (P Austin    ) 0.480  5.592 255.82
   (R Alexander ) 0.459  5.793  24.07  E3   (B Austin    ) 0.475  5.677 245.76
                  0.419 10.212 101.07  E4 *****WINNER***** 0.478  5.785 223.47

7:05 PM We're a few minutes past the curfew, but this is the final pair of the event and we're going to finish the season today. Parker launched into severe tire shake and Gasparrelli streaked away to an almost-uncontested win by a big margin. That's a wrap, the season is over. See you back here in February.