Sun, 31 Oct 2004, 07:43 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Gary Scelzi                             3 John Force
E4   ****WINNER****  0.020  4.790 326.32                     0.081  4.754 322.81
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Worsham   ) 0.088  4.794 324.05      (G Densham   ) 0.056  4.804 322.34
E2    (C Pedregon  ) 0.101  4.770 325.45      (E Medlen    ) 0.121  5.043 284.56
E1    (T Johnson Jr) 0.095  4.809 319.75      (R Capps     ) 0.087  4.787 322.88
 Qualified:             #5  4.772 322.42                        #7  4.777 319.75

4:31 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 27.93 inches, adjusted altitude 3,327 feet, track temperature 76 degrees.

Scelzi deep stages and gets a big hole-shot, then Force reels him in quickly. Force hangs on to the lead until half-track, then Scelzi drives around and pulls away for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink