Sun, 8 Oct 2000, 06:22 PM MEMPHIS - Federal-Mogul Funny Car Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By David Rowe

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of final, round 3 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the 13th annual AutoZone Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Chuck Cheeseman     5.823 251.20  Q    4 Todd Veney          5.856 244.65
   (D VanGundy  ) 0.468  5.750 250.09  E1   (T Branch    ) 0.483  5.885 240.55
   (R Fleming   ) 0.514  5.674 250.09  E2   (J Payne     ) 0.469  5.787 245.63
 *****WINNER***** 0.531  5.663 253.04  E3                  0.418  5.916 240.77

5:17 PM This is Veney's first NHRA National Event. He gets a big holeshot on Cheeseman but gets out of the groove early. He does a great job of driving to get the car back in the middle of the lane. Cheeseman is late off the line but makes up the difference by the time they get to the 1000' mark. Margin of victory = 0.140 seconds (approximately 49 feet).