Sun, 1 Oct 2006, 01:59 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division, event at Atlanta Dragway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Mark Billington                       289 John Sullivan                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.094  5.893 243.81
 Qualified:             #3  5.848 241.32                        #6  6.526 181.23

1:43 p.m. Billington is a no-show, giving Sullivan the free pass. Sullivan goes right down Broadway and makes his quickest pass of the weekend.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  196 Bill Naves                            222 Monty Todd                   
E1                   0.111  6.277 226.66     ****WINNER****  0.070  5.922 242.23
 Qualified:             #5  6.299 227.54                        #4  5.966 241.11

Todd is first off the line and just drives away from Naves to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  274 William Fulford                       806 Steve Harker                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.137  5.789 253.33
 Qualified:             #7  6.851 206.23                        #2  5.725 253.99

Fulford leaves before the tree is activated and gets no time. Harker makes a nice pass and will have lane chocie over Sullivan in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                   4 Jay Payne                    
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.060  5.690 255.82
 Qualified:                                                       #1  5.707 256.80

Payne gets the bye here and could take it easy down the track...yeah, right. he goes right dwon the groove and runs the quickest run of the weekend so far to get lane choice over Todd in round two.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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