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POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run: Right Lane: Bret Williamson Runs 5.756/249.67, Now #1 12:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 28.71 inches, adjusted altitude 2,649 feet, track temperature 89 degrees. Williamson made a nice opening run, smooth and straight down the
groove. Left Lane: Ron August Jr Runs 7.736/120.56, Now #3 Right Lane: Jason Rupert Runs 5.784/251.20, Now #2 Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 28.69 inches, adjusted altitude 2,712 feet, track temperature 89 degrees. August's car shook and danced early in the run and he clicked it off around half track.
Rupert made a good run, with a strong launch, posting a 0.938 60-foot time. Left Lane: Thomas Carter Runs 7.728/120.01, Now #3 Right Lane: Mark Woznichak Runs 10.491/79.92, Now #5 Oh-for-two, Woznichak losing traction just off the line and Carter with lots of tire shake about 100 feet out. Left Lane: Dennis Taylor Runs 10.258/72.33, Now #6 Right Lane: Keeter Ray Runs 9.048/96.99, Now #5 Oh-for-two again, Taylor's car getting very tail-happy before he shut it down. Ray's car just shook hard, but didn't do a lot of dancing around. Left Lane: Paul Gill Runs 5.881/252.57, Now #4 Right Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 5.846/251.16, Now #3 Back to good runs, a pair of them this time. Clean, straight, no fuss, no muss. Left Lane: Daniel Oliver Runs 5.806/252.76, Now #4 Right Lane: Steve Burck Runs 5.665/249.21, Now #1 Vegas winner Oliver was quicker initially, but lost some time with shake in the first 330 feet, then made a nice top-end charge. Burck made a smooth, straight run that took him right to the head of the list. Left Lane: John Lombardo Jr. Runs 5.661/254.62, Now #1 Right Lane: Brian Thiel Runs 5.769/247.70, Now #4 Lombardo's car took the long route to the other end, but still ended up atop the list with the best speed so far. Thiel's run was less exciting, just a clean pass from A to B. Left Lane: Vern Moats Runs 5.697/253.09, Now #3 Right Lane: Brian Hough Runs 5.745/252.24, Now #4 Moats' car got about 200 feet out, then made a hard move toward the wall and stayed left of the groove the rest of the way, kicking up a lot of dust on the top end. Hough's run was less aggressive and much smoother. Left Lane: Ken Webster Runs 9.302/90.54, Now #15 Right Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.761/255.15, Now #6 Webster got about 100 feet, then his car started shaking violently and dancing around, forcing him to lift. Gordon made a nice, smooth, straight run. Left Lane: Alexis De Joria Runs 5.851/252.99, Now #11 Right Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 6.097/243.85, Now #13 DeJoria's car started shaking about 100 feet out and she did a good job of pedaling to salvage the run. Gasparrelli's car shook harder and it took him a little longer to get the car tamed down. Left Lane: Mickey Ferro Runs 5.734/255.82, Now #5 Right Lane: Sean O'Bannon Runs 5.635/256.99, Now #1 Ferro's car used up a lot of the lane, but O'Bannon's went straight down the groove and straight to the top of the list, with top speed so far. Left Lane: Tony Bartone Runs 5.651/253.80, Now #3 Right Lane: Steve Harker Runs 5.596/257.09, Now #1 Last pair. Bartone's car moved around a lot, but he drove through it nicely. Meanwhile, Harker went straight down the groove and he is now quickest and fastest of the session.
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