Sun, 8 Oct 2000, 04:36 PM MEMPHIS - Federal-Mogul Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By David Rowe

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 2 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    2 Randy Fleming       5.764 249.67
   (D VanGundy  ) 0.468  5.750 250.09  E1   (J Freeman   ) 0.459  5.887 245.18
 *****WINNER***** 0.514  5.674 250.09  E2                  0.461  5.870 219.90

3:27 PM Cheeseman makes his best run of the weekend and takes the win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Jay Payne           5.661 252.14  Q    4 Todd Veney          5.856 244.65
   (L Engels    ) 0.478  5.827 247.61  E1   (T Branch    ) 0.483  5.885 240.55
                  0.478  6.826 130.30  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.469  5.787 245.63

Payne has trouble around the 1000' mark, the car sounded like it banged the blower.Veney gets the holeshot and extends his lead with his career best ET. He will run Cheeseman in the finals, Cheeseman with the lane choice.