Sat, 10 Apr 2010, 09:58 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Mickey Ferro                               Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.068  5.490 262.85     
 Qualified:             #1  5.507 262.69                     Bye

Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 956 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.

Ferro earns his second number one at a National event and earns his first bye. Ferro with his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend. Mickey Ferro's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.441, 660ft-3.622/210.67 mph, 1,000ft-4.634.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Steve Harker                          490 Ro Yale                      
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041  5.793 190.73                           No Time      
 Qualified:             #3  5.546 259.96                       #12  6.434 196.59

This is Harker's 61st National Event and Yale earned his third start, but is a no show. Harker clicked it off early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Tony Bartone                          418 Lee Callaway                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.102  5.539 259.01                     0.169  5.584 257.14
 Qualified:             #2  5.546 260.56                       #13 10.769  65.45

This is the first time Bartone and Callaway have faced each other in eliminations. Bartone is out of the gate first and run his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Tony Bartone's incremental times: 60ft-0.950 sec., 330ft-2.462, 660ft-3.650/209.33 mph, 1,000ft-4.671.
Callaway runs his career and fastest pass in a losing effort. Lee Callaway's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.489, 660ft-3.681/209.33 mph, 1,000ft-4.710. Bartone will get the bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   44 Steve Burck                            75 John Lombardo Jr.            
E1                   0.161 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.137  5.789 253.33
 Qualified:            #11  5.975 178.31                        #4  5.598 254.57

This is the first time Burck and Lombardo Jr. have faced each other in eliminations. Burck broke as soon as he let the clutch out and came to a stop on the track around 300 feet. Lombardo Jr. with the easy win...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 710D Alexis De Joria                         9 Steve Gasparrelli            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.051  5.860 258.12                     0.042  6.066 252.85
 Qualified:             #5  5.599 257.78                       #10  5.962 176.01

Gasparrelli is 2 - 0 against De Joria in prior events. Gasparrelli is out of the gate first, but then starts to shake and pedals it. De Joria with a nice clean pass for the win. She will give up lane choice to Lombardo Jr in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  551 Vern Moats                              7 Chris Foster                 
E1                   0.124 29.004  32.07     ****WINNER****  0.053  5.740 231.56
 Qualified:             #6  5.612 259.51                        #9  5.665 255.10

This is Vern Moats 250th National Event, and that is the most in the Alcohol funny Car ranks. He has violent tire shake right off the starting line and clicks it off. Foster with the easy win, and he will have lane choice over Harker.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   32 Andy Bohl                             303 Todd Veney                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.063  5.575 256.94                    -0.144 13.738  54.51
 Qualified:             #7  5.632 255.77                        #8  5.633 258.86

This is the first time Bohl and Veney have faced each other in eliminations. Veney is red and Bohl gets the easy win with his quickest pass of the weekend. Andy Bohl's incremental times: 60ft-0.955 sec., 330ft-2.471, 660ft-3.670/207.27 mph, 1,000ft-4.700. Bohl will give up lane choice to Ferro in the next round.

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