Terry Neiman was the Pro Eliminator champ.

In getting to the 5K final, Jewell was helped by the fact his quarter and semifinal opponents both had itchy trigger fingers. Bob Mullaney (Rockaway, N..J.) fouled out in the quarterfinals and George Walleigh (Spring City, Pa.) was out in the semis. However, Thimm, a veteran racer himself, was patient enough in the final. Jewell had a near perfect reaction time of .001, but Thimm, driving a ‘76 Vega, was right behind at .009. That made a difference as Jewell raced to the win in 10.077 at 129.77.

Pro Eliminator Footbrake Nationals 10K

Quarterfinals
Brock Mosher, ‘71 Vega, .040 reaction time, 9.30 dial-in, 9.316 seconds, 129.82 mph; def. Gary Wyler, ‘77 Vega, -.027, 10.11, 10.062, 134.46.
Terry Neiman, ‘68 Nova, .019, 10.59, 10.604, 125.56; def. Paul Thimm Jr., ‘76 Vega, .030, 9.20, 9.224, 134.34.
Dan Walleigh, Falcon wagon, .24, 10.45, 10.481, 117.09; def. Brian Mullaney, ‘83 Monte Carlo, .048, 11.84, 11.836, 111.41.
Martin Flegal, ‘98 S-10, .049, 9.16, 9.331, 120.44; def. Bret Schlichtig, ‘92 Camaro, -.008, 9.71, 12.832, 92.37.

Semifinals
Neiman, .018, 10.59, 10.593, 125.99; def. Walleigh, .061, 10.45, 10.460, 114.17.
Moshier, .020, 9.29, 9.325, 138.30; def. Flegal .050, 9.17, 9.187, 139.66.

Final
Neiman, .025, 10.58, 10.578, 125.96; def. Moshier, .038, 9.30, 9.292, 132.15.

Pro Eliminator Footbrake Nationals 5K

Quarterfinals
George Walleigh, Bel Air, .014, 10.14, 10.137, 122.74; single
Jeff Jewell, ‘67 Chevy, .003, 10.07, 10.224, 108.41; def. Bob Mullaney, ‘72 Nova, -.015, 9.68, 9.789, 119.45.
Mike Barber, ‘92 Mustang, .017, 10.73, 10.743, 116.24; def. Jillian Dittbrenner, .024, 9.16, 9.206, 146.38.
Paul Thimm Jr., ‘76 Vega, .033, 9.15, 9.182, 139.03; def. Bob Mullaney, ‘72 Nova, .068, 9.69, 9.699, 134.44.

Semifinals
Jewell, .048, 10.06, 10.223, 110.51; def. Walleigh, -.007, 10.14, 10.182, 122.17.
Thimm, .038, 9.15, 9.169, 135.47; def. Barber, .034, 10.73, 10.761, 115.33.

Final
Jewell, .001, 10.05, 10.077, 129.77; def. Thimm, .009, 9.14, 9.162, 140.61.