Sun, 8 Oct 2000, 07:16 PM MEMPHIS - Federal-Mogul Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Dragster at the 13th annual AutoZone Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Troy Buff           5.457 251.25  Q    6 Keith Stark         5.570 269.24
   (D Fiorelli  ) 0.464  5.444 255.77  E1   (D Hirata    ) 0.527  5.556 271.24
                  0.614  5.477 256.70  E2   (J Bohr      ) 0.541  5.497 265.27
   (S Howard    ) 0.466  5.484 254.18  E3                  0.585  5.500 264.60
 *****WINNER***** 0.467  5.704 199.43  E4                  0.620  5.667 260.56

6:04 PM Stark almost pulled this out with his huge top end speed when Buff's supercharger let go around 1,000 feet down the track, the margin of victory = 0.116 seconds (approximately 44 feet) and closing fast.