Sun, 14 Feb 2010, 04:02 PM
Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing
Series, 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
61 Brian Hough 78 Daniel Oliver
E2 0.057 5.807 252.43 ****WINNER**** 0.041 5.626 246.03
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Williamson) 0.066 5.811 250.41 (M Woznichak ) 0.041 5.753 251.20
Qualified: #6 5.654 256.36 #3 5.587 258.17
Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.92
inches, adjusted altitude 2,578 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.Hough won the "Best
Appearing Car" award this weekend. Hough is real loose right at the hit and made a quick move
toward the centerline and pedaled it. He got it back in the groove, but couldn't chase Oliver
down. Oliver was starting to mixing up the cylinders on the top end apparently lost an engine to
take the win. The Safety Safari is rolling...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Jay Payne 73 Doug Gordon
E2 0.075 5.655 257.63 ****WINNER**** 0.043 5.574 260.86
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Gasparrell) 0.044 5.664 256.89 (R August Jr ) 0.051 5.590 261.22
Qualified: #4 5.599 260.51 #5 5.609 260.66
Payne is 5 - 3 against Gordon in prior events. Gordon is out of the gate first runs his
quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Doug Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.950 sec.,
330ft-2.485, 660ft-3.689/205.94 mph, 1,000ft-4.710.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
717 Brian Thiel 4 Tony Bartone
E2 0.059 5.703 252.19 ****WINNER**** 0.071 5.600 257.33
Prior rounds:
E1 (K Ray ) 0.041 5.707 252.52 (B Smith ) 0.085 5.556 259.51
Qualified: #9 5.685 253.90 #1 5.570 257.28
This is the first time Thiel and Bartone have faced each other in eliminations. Thiel was out
of the gate first, but made a quick move toward the centerline, but was able to reel it in, but not
chase him down. Bartone will give up lane choice to Gordon in the semifinals.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
75 John Lombardo Jr. 3 Sean O'Bannon
E2 0.092 5.624 254.04 ****WINNER**** 0.087 5.594 258.47
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Thompson ) 0.304 8.565 113.81 (J Rupert ) 0.072 5.581 259.36
Qualified: #7 5.675 235.02 #2 5.582 259.61
This is the first time Lombardo Jr. and O'Bannon have faced each other in eliminations. They
leave together and then it was O'Bannon all the way. O'Bannon will have lane choice against Oliver
in the semifinal.
Timing data courtesy of
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