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Elimination Rnd 2 Results
Elimination Rnd 3 Results
Final Round Results


Pro Stock

Results for Elimination 2 
DINWIDDIE, Va. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 2 eliminations in 
Pro Stock at the 5th annual Pennzoil Nationals:
 W/L  Driver                                 RT        ET   Speed
 
 (W) Richie Stevens (Pont Firebird)         0.435     6.926 198.03
 (L) Mike Edwards (Chevy Camaro)            0.435     6.958 198.79

11:30 AM and the cool, sunny weather is yet another variable that the 
crew chiefs will have to deal with today.  These crews have had a full day to 
tweak these cars after round, that could be a good thing or that could be a 
bad thing.  Here, identical starts lead to both cars getting out of shape, 
Edwards loose first then Stevens weaving in third gear.  It was a close one, 
the margin of victory = 0.032 seconds, about 9 feet.
 (W) Allen Johnson (Dodge Avenger)          0.460     7.537 130.80
 (L) George Marnell (Pont Firebird)         0.000(R) (Broke)

A strange one here, neither driver willing to stage then when they 
finally went in Marnell's Firebird crept forward when he brought the revs up, 
enough that he was thru the stage beams when the tree was activated.  So 
Johnson gets a lucky break into the next round, but almost surely will lose 
lane choice.
 (W) John Nobile (Olds Cutlass)             0.489     6.933 198.47
 (L) Mike Thomas (Pont Firebird)            0.538     6.895 199.43

Nobile cards a holeshot win here, Thomas significantly late off the 
line and giving up almost five hundredths to Nobile.  The margin was 0.011 
seconds, approximately 3 feet.
 (W) Kurt Johnson (Chevy Camaro)            0.501     7.089 198.73
 (L) Mark Pawuk (Pont Firebird)             0.292(R)  6.923 198.88

Pawuk took a chance and he likely didn't need to, the ACDelco car 
shaking the tires almost exactly like his dad yesterday.  Remarkably, that 
will still earn KJ lane choice, as he races the Dodge next time.
   
















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Results for Elimination 3





DINWIDDIE, Va. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 3 eliminations in 
Pro Stock at the 5th annual Pennzoil Nationals:
 W/L  Driver                                 RT        ET   Speed
 
 (W) Allen Johnson (Dodge Avenger)          0.436     6.969 198.12
 (L) Kurt Johnson (Chevy Camaro)            0.456    11.025  81.27

01:05 P, and the skies are fully overcast, very much like this time 
yesterday.  And the ACDelco Camaro shakes and gets out of the groove, while 
the Amoco Dodge goes right down the left lane, and straight into his 
first-ever final round.
 (W) Richie Stevens (Pont Firebird)         0.443     6.917 198.61
 (L) John Nobile (Olds Cutlass)             0.448     6.972 198.12

So the young lions take over the show, moving into the Pro Stock final. 
And Stevens has lane choice, after defeating Nobile by 0.060 seconds 
here.















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Results for Final Round





DINWIDDIE, Va. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of final round eliminations 
in Pro Stock at the 5th annual Pennzoil Nationals:
 W/L  Driver                                 RT        ET   Speed
 
 (W) Allen Johnson (Dodge Avenger)          0.433     6.970 198.17
 (L) Richie Stevens (Pont Firebird)         0.452     6.960 198.20

02:51 PM... Coming into this round, Stevens has the performance 
advantage, but Roy Johnson is the Crew Chief of the Race and they don't give 
that  award lightly.  Johnson told us that his Avenger had problems with the 
bump in the left lane next round, and if he can get over the bump this time
he thinks he has a shot at a win here.  

Well, it looks like he covered the 
bump about like he covered Stevens off the line, his 0.019 second starting 
line advantage enough to cover the quicker ET from Stevens.  The margin at 
the finish was 0.009 seconds, or almost 3 feet.  

So on a weekend when the factory Mopars stayed home, the Little Dodge That 
Could took home all the marbles, and made the Amoco folks and the Johnson 
family very, very happy.
   













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