Fri, 30 May 2008, 07:28 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

TOPEKA, Kan. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: John Foster Runs 5.882/245.99, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.572/127.63, Was #15
Right Lane: Alexis De Joria Runs 11.715/76.98, Now #16; Best prior run: 16.239/48.65, Was #16

Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 28.64 inches, adjusted altitude 4,117 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

DeJoria shook hard and pedaled it and when she got back on it the front end lifted and she clicked it off. Foster with a nice clean pass...John Foster's incremental times: 60ft-1.002 sec., 330ft-2.617, 660ft-3.887/193.77mph, 1,000ft-4.968

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Left Lane: Nancy Matter Runs 5.892/243.99, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.301/227.54, Was #15
Right Lane: Kirk Williams Runs 5.883/237.46, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.031/237.50, Was #14

Matter with a real nice straight pass right down the groove...Nancy Matter's incremental times: 60ft-0.996 sec., 330ft-2.617, 660ft-3.888/194.55mph, 1,000ft-4.972 Williams with a nice pass until right in the lights when the engine went away with a quick flash of flame.

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Right Lane: Kebin Kinsley Runs 5.765/249.67, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.872/245.36, Was #10

Kinsley with a real nice pass to go to the number three spot...Kebin Kinsley's incremental times: 60ft-0.992 sec., 330ft-2.569, 660ft-3.811/198.44mph, 1,000ft-4.870

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Left Lane: Scott McVey Runs 13.063/71.17, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.878/247.57, Was #11
Right Lane: Cy Chesterman Runs 6.120/187.00, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.848/250.27, Was #9

McVey was up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle. Chesterman clicks it off early.

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Left Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 5.790/246.48, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.865/247.47, Was #10
Right Lane: Daniel Wilkerson Runs 14.165/61.40, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.819/249.53, Was #6

Wilkerson with tire shake as soon as he hit the throttle...Gasparrelli with a nice clean pass to move into the top half of the show. Steve Gasparrelli's incremental times: 60ft-0.999 sec., 330ft-2.588, 660ft-3.835/198.50mph, 1,000ft-4.894

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Left Lane: Jimmy Jones Runs 5.725/254.90, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.833/250.41, Was #9
Right Lane: Steve Harker Runs 9.061/97.12, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.809/250.41, Was #6

Jones with great looking run to go to the number one spot...Jimmy Jones' incremental times: 60ft-1.001 sec., 330ft-2.576, 660ft-3.801/202.21mph, 1,000ft-4.844 Harker shook and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.705/251.63, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.825/250.32, Was #9
Right Lane: Sean O'Bannon Runs 5.683/253.95, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.750/251.86, Was #3

This was a great side-by-side drag race, going to number on and two...Jay Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.986 sec., 330ft-2.544, 660ft-3.764/203.43mph, 1,000ft-4.813
Sean O'Bannon's incremental times: 60ft-0.977 sec., 330ft-2.548, 660ft-3.766/202.79mph, 1,000ft-4.804

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Left Lane: Von Smith Runs 5.707/254.52, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.788/250.04, Was #6
Right Lane: Roger Bateman Runs 5.748/249.16, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.728/248.25, Was #4

Smith goes to number three...Von Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.993 sec., 330ft-2.560, 660ft-3.782/201.79mph, 1,000ft-4.825 Another nice pass for Bateman, but he doesn't improve.

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