Sat, 27 Sep 2003, 04:41 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Allstar Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car Allstar at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual NHRA Jeg's Allstars:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Bucky Austin                           10 Chuck Cheeseman
E2   ****WINNER****  0.076  5.701 252.00                     0.044 11.498  73.36
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Branch    ) 0.078  5.592 258.42      (F Manzo     ) 0.047 11.857  70.89
 Qualified:             #3  5.670 251.95                        #2  5.654 252.76

3:24 PM Cheeseman got up on the tires, moved to the left and was off the throttle at about 200 feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Jay Payne                              52 Cy Chesterman
E2                   0.052 12.450  60.52     ****WINNER****  0.029  5.550 257.24
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Sickles   ) 0.057  5.583 259.86      (S Gasparrell) 0.036  5.613 256.70
 Qualified:             #4  5.679 251.34                        #1  5.614 256.99

Payne shook on the hit and he shut it off almost immediately. Chesterman runs .001-seconds short of the TA/FC ET record.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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