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Sat, 15 Nov 2008, 04:56 PM

Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 44th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  779 Daniel Oliver                         118 DJ Cox Jr.                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053  5.682 245.90                     0.155  5.638 255.10
 Qualified:             #8  5.660 253.23                        #9  5.664 256.89

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 28.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,987 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

After starting the weekend by bowling for cones this team has come all the way back. First Goodwin's new driver gets the car in the show on a hail Mary and now he gets a round win. Cox was late and Oliver jumped all over the lights for his holeshot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   75 Doug Gordon                             6 Mickey Ferro                 
E1                   0.077 11.233  76.99     ****WINNER****  0.051  5.669 256.06
 Qualified:            #10  5.664 255.05                        #7  5.651 259.26

These two meet for the very first time in eliminations and now Ferro has a 1-0 lead. Gordon was all over the lane and couldn't come back.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Brian Hough                          7735 Steve Gasparrelli            
E1                   0.125  5.777 252.90     ****WINNER****  0.101  5.698 255.10
 Qualified:             #5  5.638 257.58                       #12  5.671 254.23

Hough owns Gasparrelli with a 3-1 record. Hough was all over that left lane and Gasparrelli narrows that career won/loss record to 3-2.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   33 Marty Nothstein                      710D Alexis De Joria              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.115  5.666 252.38                           No Time      
 Qualified:             #6  5.647 252.71                       #11  5.669 250.97

De Joria's car didn't start until the very last second. She made a short burnout and then compounded the problem by over staging. Nothstein was motioned forward and wound up singling for the win. Tough break for the Patron team and good news for Nothstein.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Sean Bellemeur                          2 Jay Payne                    
E1                   0.031  5.818 250.13     ****WINNER****  0.113  5.658 251.34
 Qualified:            #14  5.692 253.18                        #3  5.585 258.17

For those that need to know this is Payne's 652nd round of alcohol racing. He's also 2-0 against Bellemeur...make that 3-0. Bellemeur was first at the lights but Payne had the performance edge by about a ton. Payne will have choice over Nothstein in round 2.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  365 Bobby Martin                           53 Roger Bateman                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.060  5.685 253.90                     0.035  5.867 243.55
 Qualified:            #13  5.687 247.79                        #4  5.604 253.23

Bateman now has his first round 1 loss of 2008 in the first round. He just had to do it at the final event of the year. Martin has choice over Gasparrelli.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   32 Mick Snyder                           727 Ron August Jr                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054  5.600 255.87                     0.070  5.762 252.00
 Qualified:             #2  5.565 258.86                       #15  5.695 253.99

August just wasn't in this race. Snyder was first at the lights and a tenth and a half quicker. Snyder has choice over Ferro.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Steve Harker                          756 Don Hudson                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.119  5.549 257.24                     0.044  5.662 253.85
 Qualified:             #1  5.556 252.57                       #16  5.695 252.57

Hudson becomes the 50th different driver that Harker has faced in Alcohol Funny Car. I guess a bad light really doesn't matter much in this pairing. Harker misses his career best ET by only .009 and gets to choose the lane when he races Oliver. Good round of Funny Car!

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink