Columbus FMD Eliminations

>From the Prodigy Auto Racing BB and Newsgroup Sunday-Round 1 - Alcohol Dragster -Left lane first- 1997 NHRA Pontiac Excitement Nationals by Matt Davis Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed TAD 199 DENNIS DRATH 0.508 5.693 242.39W TAD 25 BILL McCORNACK 0.466 5.763 245.90 Drath with his best pass of the weekend, taking out part one of the Demand Flow team TAD 11 CLIFF BOZZELLI 0.441 5.771 240.77W TAD 34 SHAWN BOWEN 0.504 5.742 238.66 The Muffler Man snoozes and loses as Bozzelli drives through tireshake and on to victory. TAD 3141 DON DeVAULT 0.536 5.867 221.67 TAD 721 FRANK PEDREGON 0.411 5.729 244.36W Pedregon's the first to choose the right lane and it works good for him, cutting a great light and nice time TAD 532 JOHN CASTANZA 0.537 5.809 239.68 TAD 3 DARRELL RUSSELL 0.445 5.620 245.56W Russell with his best run of the weekend, taking out the man behind Demand Flow and JCIT TAD 185 MIKE KOSKY 0.463 10.761 75.71 TAD 72 RICK SANTOS 0.480 5.672 243.77W Kosky pops again as he did last night as Santos goes to round two TAD 4 RANDY PARKS 0.482 5.603 249.37W TAD 23 BOB BEARS 0.416 5.803 240.44 Bears did what he had to, cut a good light, but the Marc White horsepower put Parks into round two TAD 51 MARK TALIAFERRO 0.477 5.682 241.67W TAD 311 JEFF BOHR NO TREE Bohr leaves before the tree is activated and back to Michigan he goes, Taliaferro to round two TAD 398 CHRISTOPHR DAKIN 0.715 14.705 77.75 TAD 110 RICH McPHILLIPS 0.557 5.553 240.51W Both injected nitro dragsters here and McPhillips keep them lite again, ticking off the blower guys

Sunday-Round 2 - Alcohol Dragster         -Left lane first- 
1997 NHRA Pontiac Excitement Nationals by Matt Davis        
                                                            
Number    Driver               R/T           E.T.   Speed   
TAD   51  MARK TALIAFERRO     0.502          5.696  240.51  
TAD   11  CLIFF BOZZELLI      0.454          5.675  242.00W 
   Great race here in the heat of the day                   
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TAD    3  DARRELL RUSSELL     0.438          5.676  242.45W 
TAD   72  RICK SANTOS         0.457          5.693  245.76  
   Another nice race here in round two. MOV .036            
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TAD    4  RANDY PARKS         0.452          5.737  242.63W 
TAD  721  FRANK PEDREGON      0.449          5.784  240.12  
   Parks sends the Burger car packing in a great race with  
   the margin of victory .044                               
TAD  199  DENNIS DRATH        0.482          5.766  239.42W 
TAD  110  RICH McPHILLIPS     0.518          5.813  218.92  
   McPhillips drops a cylinder and hazes the tires,         
   allowing the battery care to charge by for the victory   

Sunday-Round 3 - Alcohol Dragster         -Left lane first- 
1997 NHRA Pontiac Excitement Nationals by Matt Davis        
                                                            
Number    Driver               R/T           E.T.   Speed   
TAD  199  DENNIS DRATH        0.496          5.777  241.28  
TAD    3  DARRELL RUSSELL     0.454          5.676  243.96W 
   Drath shakes ever so slightly as Russell has a clean     
   run into the finals                                      
TAD    4  RANDY PARKS         0.498          5.785  243.57  
TAD   11  CLIFF BOZZELLI      0.480          5.692  241.74W 
   Slight upset here as Parks chatters the tires more than  
   Bozzelli and it costs him                              

Sunday-Round 4 - Alcohol Dragster         -Left lane first- 
1997 NHRA Pontiac Excitement Nationals by Matt Davis        
                                                            
Number    Driver               R/T           E.T.   Speed   
TAD   11  CLIFF BOZZELLI      0.475          5.720  241.02W 
TAD    3  DARRELL RUSSELL     0.476          5.737  242.45  
   Tremendous race and Bozzelli takes his first NHRA        
   National Event victory