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LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Tenth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals 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: Left Lane: Ron August Jr Runs 5.952/236.51, Now #14; No Prior Run Right Lane: Mike Drake Runs 6.258/233.44, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.535/217.11, Was #17 2:37 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 14 percent, barometer 27.89 inches, adjusted altitude 3,500 feet, track temperature 108 degrees. Drake improves, but not by enough. August was skating around early but he stayed on the throttle. Ron
August Jr's incremental times: 60ft-1.038 sec., 330ft-2.630, 660ft-3.935/190.19 mph,
1,000ft-5.027. Right Lane: Keeter Ray Runs 6.808/193.96, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.036/224.02, Was #16 Ray left soft and he wasn't accelerating like an TAFC should. I didn't hear a shift, so he may not have been in the right gear on the launch. Keeter Ray's incremental times: 60ft-1.201
sec., 330ft-3.097, 660ft-4.523/176.65 mph, 1,000ft-5.713. Left Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.746/257.14, Now #8; Best prior run: 8.758/107.72, Was #21 Right Lane: John Patton No Time, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.838/229.24, Was #13 Patton moved to the left of the groove starting at about 250 feet. He continued to move to the left and he crossed the centerline, taking out both half track timing cones. Gordon had a slight wiggle off the line, then he took it straight down the track. Doug Gordon's incremental
times: 60ft-1.034 sec., 330ft-2.624, 660ft-3.841/203.92 mph, 1,000ft-4.873. Left Lane: Paul Crifasi Runs 9.223/74.89, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.074/210.93, Was #21 Right Lane: Brian Smith Runs 5.784/247.07, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.763/245.05, Was #11 Crifasi's engine went away and he had the chute deployed at half track. No problems for Smith. Brian Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.984 sec., 330ft-2.561, 660ft-3.810/198.35 mph,
1,000ft-4.876. Left Lane: Brian Hough Runs 5.853/206.99, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.552/180.72, Was #20 Right Lane: Brian Thiel Runs 5.730/248.61, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.759/222.03, Was #10 Both cars were moving around quite a bit with Hough very close to the centerline at half track. Brian Hough's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.532, 660ft-3.752/202.45
mph, 1,000ft-4.826. Left Lane: Charles McLaws Runs 6.605/213.57, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.487/215.44, Was #20 Right Lane: Dennis Taylor Runs 5.736/252.80, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.759/249.90, Was #10 McLaws was laboring down the track during this pass. A good looking pass for Taylor.Dennis Taylor's incremental times: 60ft-0.972 sec., 330ft-2.560, 660ft-3.796/200.14 mph, 1,000ft-4.847. Left Lane: Jason Rupert Runs 5.911/240.12, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.998/200.47, Was #17 Right Lane: Daniel Oliver Runs 5.723/252.61, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.742/250.27, Was #9 A straight and smooth pass in both lanes. Jason Rupert's incremental times:
60ft-0.975 sec., 330ft-2.604, 660ft-3.886/193.85 mph, 1,000ft-4.979. Left Lane: Leif Andreasson No Time, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.791/243.85, Was #13 Right Lane: Clint Thompson No Time, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.728/251.86, Was #7 Thompson made a move toward the wall right after the launch. The car was sideways facing to the left when it then crossed the centerline and it took out the 330-foot timing cone. Thompson was very close to hitting Andreasson in the left lane but he managed to avoid a collision. Left Lane: Mark Woznichak Runs 5.756/250.92, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.764/250.09, Was #12 Right Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 5.765/252.00, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.691/253.14, Was #5 A decent looking pass for both drivers. Mark Woznichak's incremental times:
60ft-1.014 sec., 330ft-2.578, 660ft-3.804/201.28 mph, 1,000ft-4.861. Left Lane: Jay Payne Runs 7.798/117.89, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.671/256.16, Was #4 Right Lane: Sean O'Bannon Runs 5.678/255.92, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.626/256.99, Was #2 Payne was out of shape and very close to the centerline at half track. No problems for O'Bannon. Sean O'Bannon's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.547, 660ft-3.763/204.08
mph, 1,000ft-4.800. Left Lane: Roger Bateman Runs 5.628/254.09, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.640/253.99, Was #3 Right Lane: Tony Bartone Runs 5.623/255.68, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.586/255.15, Was #1 Bartone has had the number one qualifying position 26 times in his career. He qualified number one in Top Alcohol Dragster at this event in 2003. Make it 27 times at the top of the ladder for Bartone. A very good looking pass for both drivers. Roger Bateman's incremental times:
60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.507, 660ft-3.714/204.42 mph, 1,000ft-4.748.
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