FMDRS Event- Sunday from Las Vegas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES- PACIFIC DIVISION
THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER, 4, 2001


FEDERLIN AND HARKER HIT THE JACKPOT AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

        LAS VEGAS- In the final results from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway, Federal-Mogul Dragster driver Steve Federlin and Federal-Mogul
Funny Car pilot Steve Harker claimed victories this weekend at the NHRA
Pacific Division finals.
        Federlin of Oregon City, Ore., took on newly crowned Pacific
Division champion, Brandon Bernstein of Lake Forrest, Calif., in the final
and posted a 5.628-second, 254.38 mph pass to take the win.
        Brisbane, Queensland, Australia resident Harker squared off against
Steve Gasparrelli of West Covina, Calif., in the Federal-Mogul Funny Car
final.  Harker ran a 5.836 second run at 247.75 mph in his '99 Avenger to
turn on the win lights.
        Others claiming victories at the Pacific division finals were Jeff
Taylor of Lumberton, S.C., in Comp; Jeffrey Miller of Pearland, Texas in
Super Stock; Gary Emmons of Pasadena, Texas in Stock; Mike Ferderer of
Buckley, Wash., in Super Comp; Craig Anderson of Waxahatchie, Texas in
Super Gas; Kurt Gross of Oregon City, Ore., in Super Street; Pat Jones of
Norco, Calif., in Super Eliminator; and Jerry Stinson of Medford, Ore., in
Motorcycle.
        Receiving awards this weekend was: Jim Hughes from Phoenix, Ariz.,
and his '01 Corvette for Best Appearing Car.  The Best Engineered Car award
was taken home by Tom Huggins from Santa Paula, Calif., for his '01 Grand
Am.  Finally, Pete Cerda and his team from Sacramento, Calif., earned the
Best Appearing Crew award.
        The Pacific Division Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series makes it next
stop at Firebird Int'l Raceway in Phoenix, Ariz., March 2002.

 The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag
Racing Series event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER
Second Round
8) Mike Strasburg, Lehi, Utah, 5.573 seconds, 253.33 mph def. 1) Duane
Shields, Las Vegas, Nev., 5.658, 257.83
4) Brandon Bernstein, Lake Forrest, Calif., 5.562, 247.84 def. 12) Kent
Nuckols, Albuquerque, N.M., 8.037, 111.83
10) Steve Federlin, Oregon City, Ore., 5.585, 254.14 def. 2) Brian Hough,
Eugene, Ore., 5.598, 256.11
3) Darren Nicholson, Mission Viejo, Calif., 5.558, 252.38 def. Karl
Brounkowski, Magnolia, Texas, Broke

Semi-Final
Bernstein, 5.553 seconds, 243.55 mph def. Strasburg, 5.667, 252.43
Federlin, 5.611, 243.77 def. Nicholson, Foul
Final
Federlin, 5.628 seconds, 254.38 mph def. Bernstein, 10.295, 106.79

FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR
Second Round
8) Doug Gordon, Templeton, Calif., '00 Camaro, 5.901 seconds, 244.47 mph
def. 1) Marc White, Glendale Heights, Ill., '01 Firebird, 5.885, 244.21
4) Steve Gasparrelli, West Covina, Calif., '99 Firebird, 5.938, 205.32 def.
Bil Gallio, Placentia, Calif., '00 Camaro, 6.134, 231.44
7) John Weaver, Hanford, Calif., '00 Firebird, 5.936, 239.44 def. 2) Jay
Payne, '01 Camaro, 5.843, 241.80
3) Steve Harker, Brisbane, Queensland, '99 Avenger, 5.840, 244.43 def. 6)
Bucky Austin, Fife, Wash., '01 Firebird, 5.825, 247.57

Semi-Final
Gasparrelli, '99 Firebird, 5.868 seconds, 240.64 mph def. Gordon, '00
Camaro, 5.957, 244.47
Harker, '99 Avenger, 5.882, 243.99 def. Weaver, '00 Firebird, 6.007, 240.47

Final
Harker, '99 Avenger, 5.836 seconds, 247.75 mph def. Gasparrelli, '99
Firebird, 5.855, 240.81


COMP ELIMINATOR
Jeff Taylor, Lumberton, S.C., '01 Grand Am, C/A, 7.707 seconds, 171.49 mph,
def. Brian Olson, Peru, Ind., '01 Dragster, A/ND, 7.424, 176.17

SUPER STOCK
Jeffrey Miller, Pearland, Texas, '97 Firebird, GT/AA, 9.779, 137.12 mph
def. Don Thomas, Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada, '89 Camaro, GT/EA, Foul

STOCK ELIMINATOR 
Gary Emmons, Pasadena, Texas, '98 Firebird, E/SA, 11.358 seconds 111.10 mph
def. Toby Lang, Auburn, Wash., '69 Chevelle, G/SA, 12.217, 107.14

SUPER COMP
Mike Ferderer, Buckley, Wash., 9.055 seconds, 167.63 mph def. Jim Schultz,
Salina, Kan., Foul

SUPER GAS
Craig Anderson, Waxahatchie, Texas, '63 Corvette, 10.100 seconds, 159.87
mph def. Steve Johnson, Henderson, Nev., '41 Willy, 10.104, 147.81 

SUPER STREET
Kurt Gross, Oregon City, Ore., '77 Vega, 11.115 seconds, 126.74 mph def.
Jimmy Band, Boise, Idaho, '57 Chevrolet, Foul

SUPER ELIMINATOR
Pat Jones, '96 Dragster, Norco, Calif., 8.042 seconds, 166.54 mph def.
Denny Hills, '95 Dragster, Gilbert, Ariz., Foul

MOTORCYCLE
Jerry Stinson, Medford, Ore., '84 Ninja, 9.123 seconds (9.15 dial-in),
137.51 mph def. Sean Conner, Boulder City, Nev., '98 Kawasaki, 8.336 (8.41
dial-in), 152.30 mph

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