Sun, 23 Sep 2007, 06:40 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Cy Chesterman                         237 Von Smith                    
E4                   0.041  5.702 255.97     ****WINNER****  0.054  5.647 256.36
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Callaway  ) 0.062  5.650 256.06      (S Bellemeur ) 0.041  5.639 254.18
E2    (V Moats     ) 0.046  5.740 256.11      (R Bateman   ) 0.084  5.648 255.00
E1    (K Kinsley   ) 0.028  5.643 257.19      (K Ray       ) 0.069  5.651 255.73
 Qualified:             #8  5.698 256.60                        #2  5.634 254.90

Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.33 inches, adjusted altitude 2,422 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Chesterman with the starting line advantage, but Smith has the difference made up by 330 feet and drives away for his third National event win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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