Fri, 17 May 2013, 20:30 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Jim Samuel

NORWALK, Ohio - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division, Mickey Mart Rewards Cavalcade of Stars presented by Budweiser listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Right Lane: Rob Pfeister Runs 6.494/200.23, Now #1

8:06 p.m. - Pfeister started to get out of the groove at about 330 feet and kept drifting toward the wall. He never lifted off the throttle and ran alongside the wall for the last couple hundred feet of this run.

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Left Lane: Cassie Simonton Runs 5.882/251.81, Now #2
Right Lane: Ray Drew Runs 5.879/253.42, Now #1

Drew and Simonton were side-by-side most of the way down the track. Drew drifted in and out of the groove several times as he traveled the quarter mile.

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Left Lane: Paul Noakes Runs 7.102/107.39, Now #5
Right Lane: John Bojec Runs 5.757/251.11, Now #1

Noakes' car started throwing parts into the air just before he reached mid track. The chutes came out shortly afterward.

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Left Lane: John Anderika Runs 5.632/255.63, Now #1
Right Lane: Mickey Ferro Runs 5.663/252.61, Now #2

Anderika and Ferro both had good runs to take over the top two spots in the order for now.

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Left Lane: Andy Bohl Runs 5.660/259.21, Now #2
Right Lane: Chris Foster Runs 6.983/138.57, Now #8

Foster was quick for the first 330 feet but then started to slow. Bohl had a good run to move into the second spot in the order.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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