NHRA: Final Results--FMDRS-Houston Raceway Park

15 February 2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION
Houston Raceway Park, Baytown, Texas
Monday, February 14, 2000

RAIN STOPS LONG ENOUGH TO FINISH RACING AT HOUSTON RACEWAY PARK

     Baytown, Texas--The Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series event at Houston
Raceway Park concluded today due to inclement weather on Sunday evening.

        
The following are the final results from the NHRA Federal-Mogul Sportsman
Challenge event at Houston Raceway Park:

FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER

Round 1

1.  Jay Meyer, Freeport, Texas, (no time available) def. 8. Eric    
Edelmann, Clearwater, Fla.,(Red Light)
2.  Troy Buff, Spring, Texas, 5.556 seconds, 253.30 miles per hour    def.
7. Greg Roberts, Kenner, La., 6.539, 147.63
3.  Billy Bybee, McLean, Texas, 6.023, 231.48 def. 6. Lee Callaway,  
Channelview, Texas, 6.017, 214.03
4.  Shelly Howard, Tulsa, Okla., 5.503, 254.23 def. 5. Bill Ancona,  
Mansfield, Texas, 9.050, 86.68

Round 2

   1.  Meyer, 5.521, 256.11, def.  4.  Howard, 5.954, 196.33 (red          
  light)
   2.  Buff, 5.607, 253.16 def. 3.  Bybee, (Broke)

Final Round

   1.  Meyer, 5.415, 256.77, def.  2.  Buff, 5.591, 254.16  





FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR 

1. Tate Branch, Artesia, N.M., '99 Dodge, 5.762 Seconds, 249.58 Miles Per
Hour def. 8. Vern Moats, Des Moines, Iowa, 2000 Chevrolet, 5.924, 249.51  
2. Jackie Stidham, Chickasha, Okla., '2000 Chevrolet 5.920, 245.83 def. 7.
Kevin Richardson, Winnipeg, MB CAN, '96 Oldsmobile, 15.300, 65.55 
3. Tony Bartone, Manhasset, N.Y., '99 Chevrolet, 5.801, 248.20 def. 6.
Randy Fleming, Independence, Mo., '99 Pontiac 5.829, 243.83
4. Todd Simpson, Ponder, Texas, 14.081, '98 Dodge 60.15 def. 5. Jimmy
Jones, Cleburne, Texas, '97 Chevrolet, (Red Light)


Round 2

1. Branch, 5.742, 250.55 def. 4.  Simpson, 5.820, 245.16
3.  Bartone, 5.820, 243.83 def.  2.  Stidham, 5.876, 247.11

Final Round

1. Branch, 5.786, 250.00 def. Bartone, 5.974, 229.94 


COMP ELIMINATOR

Joey Tanksley, Greenwell Springs, La., '92 Dragster, 8.497, 90.43 def. Pete
Carbery. Odessa, Texas, '88 Oldsmobile, 8.400, 106.46

SUPER STOCK

Terry Emmons, Pasadena, Texas, '96 Pontiac, 10.284, 127.20 def. Isaac
Caswell, Houston, Texas, '88 Oldsmobile, no time recorded

STOCK ELIMINATOR

Verne Buchanan, Conway, Ark., '73 Ford, 11.508, 113.83 def. Greg Hill,
Memphis, Tenn., '71 Chevrolet, 11.457, 113.79

SUPER COMP

Frank Kohutek, Mesquite, Texas, 8.938, 163.72 def. Phillip Levatino, La
Place, La., 8.899, 164.14

SUPER GAS

Joe Harper, Florence, Miss., '86 Dodge, 9.875, 153.88 def. Allen Firestone,
Velma, Okla., '77 Chevrolet, 9.868, 143.26

SUPER STREET

David Robinson, Denham Springs, La., '69 Chevrolet, 10.919, 120.82 def.
Kevin Huckaby, Red Oak, Texas, '76 Chevrolet, 10.896, 121.47



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