Sun, 9 Oct 2005, 03:37 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  405 Jon Johnson                           455 Jimmy Jones                  
E3                   0.069  5.835 250.97     ****WINNER****  0.074  5.728 252.99
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Rupert    ) 0.085  5.938 245.45      (R McClain   ) 0.091  5.797 247.25
E1    (V Moats     ) 0.054  5.802 252.99      (B Lewis     ) 0.151  5.625 256.06
 Qualified:            #10  5.841 244.43                       #14  5.976 250.23

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 29.74 inches, adjusted altitude 1,554 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Jones brings an end to Johnson's National event debut in a Top Alcohol Funny Car.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   56 Bernie Harrington                      43 Steve Gasparrelli            
E3                   0.086  7.789 117.08     ****WINNER****  0.141  5.612 257.48
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Kinsley   ) 0.031  5.750 247.29      (J Stidham   ) 0.093  5.573 259.06
E1    (E McDow     ) 0.441  5.780 248.71      (S Harker    ) 0.041  5.728 255.77
 Qualified:             #4  5.738 249.44                       #16  6.320 242.36

Gasparrelli with a great looking pass for the win and lane choice in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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