Sat, 4 Nov 2000, 07:34 PM DALLAS-2 - Federal-Mogul Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the 15th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  11 Richard Shaver      5.997 242.63  Q   15 Todd Simpson        8.130 113.28
   (V Moats     ) 0.799  6.454 180.96  E1   (C Cheeseman ) 0.440  5.771 248.34
                  0.557  5.865 246.30  E2   (T Branch    ) 0.434  5.946 245.18
                  0.000 No Data        E3 *****WINNER***** 0.000 10.296 113.41

4:23 PM Shaver's engine left a narrow trail of oil to about 300 feet on the burnout, so he was signaled to shut it off. Simpson launched at idle, the car lurching and bouncing

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  16 Scott Palmer       10.450  71.19  Q   12 Jackie Stidham      6.609 155.90
   (T Bartone   ) 0.533 11.511  66.99  E1   (R Fleming   ) 0.458  5.816 244.60
   (J Rupert    ) 0.439  6.278 187.83  E2   (J Payne     ) 0.519  5.752 245.09
                  0.438 No Time        E3 *****WINNER*****        5.840 245.49

Palmer's Achieva got very tail-happy, crossing the centerline, taking out the 660-foot timing reflector.