Sun, 03 Mar 2013, 15:08 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, Showdown at Sundown at Royal Purple Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   33 Ray Drew                                7 Kris Hool                    
E1                   0.048  5.746 255.15     ****WINNER****  0.152  5.563 264.55
 Qualified:             #6  8.109 111.42                        #3  5.591 260.97

1:54 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 30.11 inches, adjusted altitude 618 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

Drew had a tenth of a second holeshot advantage, but that wasn't enough because once Hool got moving, he took the lead before half track, then pulled away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                   5 John Lombardo Jr.            
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.126  5.491 266.37
 Qualified:                                                       #1  5.527 263.67

Lombardo gets the odd-lot bye to get ready for the semifinals. He made a very nice run - he's ready.

John Lombardo Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.946 sec., 330ft-2.468, 660ft-3.644/212.23 mph, 1,000ft-4.645.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  433 Bryan Brown                            10 Shane Westerfield            
E1                   0.049  5.955 193.13     ****WINNER****  0.034  5.573 256.26
 Qualified:             #7 11.305 102.58                        #2  5.535 261.12

Brown had a good light, but Westerfield's was even better. It was close at 60 feet, then Westerfield started pulling away and Brown's car ran out of steam well short of the stripe.

Westerfield lost lane choice to Hool in the semifinals by a hundredth.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Chris Foster                         2606 Mark Billington              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.192  5.569 262.33                           No Time      
 Qualified:             #5  5.748 253.28                        #4  5.616 244.60

Billington popped his supercharger in qualifying and is already headed home. Foster made a nice run to get ready to face Lombardo in the semifinals, Lombardo will have lane choice.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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