the wins, Ellis overtook Giard in the
Funnybike points chase.
Louie Grist took his BVR Suzuki to
the Fast by Gast Pro Mod series win
for the second time this season, with a
final-round victory over Ashley
Owens, who red-lighted away a struggling 8.03 elapsed time. But Grist was
there for the taking, as he faced his
own problems and could only produce
an 8.33. Tommy Miceli took the
Canada win, getting by number-one
qualifier Steve Drake in the final.
Todd Doege has had a number of
number-one qualifying efforts in the
Lectron Pro Stock class, but that first
win has proved elusive. Doege broke
though in a big way on the Ward Performance/Vortex
Race
Heads
Hayabusa, taking wins for both Canada and Indy. Both final-round wins
came at the expense of Paul Gast.
Team Green rider Ryan Schnitz
took his second win of the year in the
Zero Gravity 600 Supersport class.
Hometown favorite Chip Hunter led
qualifying with a 10.01/133 and made
the final for the second time this year.
Schnitz took the final with a 10.03 to
Hunter's 10.10. Johnnie Locklear, on
the Color Rite ZX-6R, took the Canada final over the Vance & Hines Suzuki GSX-R of reigning champ Marty
Ladwig.
In the Mickey Thompson Top Eliminator class, Shane Williams took his
first-ever win, getting by number-one
qualifier and current champion Matt
Smith. Williams ran a 7.80 at 168
mph as Smith found some problems
at the last minute on his Victory 1
Suzuki and struggled to an 8.45.
Jon Cornell kept his win streak
alive in the Yamaha Hot Rod Cruiser
class, bagging his fifth straight win.
Cornell established a new performance standard for the class, recording the first-ever sub-ll-second run
with a 10.992 at 119 mph to take the
number-one qualifying position. Cornell lowered the mark to a 10.963 to
take the win over Jon Binns in an allHarley-Davidson final.
Indianapolis IIIH:eway Pan
Indianapolis, Indiana
Result August 10-12, 2001 (Round & of 81
TOP FUEL: I. Larry McBride (Kaw)
6.179/232.07; 2. Chris Hand (TRT) 6.897157.48.
FUNNVBIKE: 1. Chip Ellis (Kaw) 6.728/208.62;
2. Robert Giard (Kaw) 6.824/200.17.
PRO MOD: 1. Lou., Grist (Suz) 8.333/1 18.15; 2.
Ashley Owens (Suz) Foul.
PRO STOCK: I Todd Doege (Suz) 7.249/185.22;
2. Paul Gast (Suz) 7.390/183.44.
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