Sat, 5 Jun 2010, 08:56 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

JOLIET, Ill. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 13th annual United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by Miller Welders 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:

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Left Lane: Fred Hagen Jr. Runs 5.672/252.43, Now #4; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Jason McKnight Runs 5.724/251.16, Now #7; No Prior Run

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 83 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 2,895 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Hagen Jr. with good clean pass and will move into the top half of the spot. Fred Hagen Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.957 sec., 330ft-2.511, 660ft-3.735/202.64 mph, 1,000ft-4.781. McKnight launched hard and keep it hooked up to get into the top half of the show. Jason McKnight's incremental times: 60ft-1.006 sec., 330ft-2.554, 660ft-3.780/201.07 mph, 1,000ft-4.830.

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Left Lane: Vern Moats Runs 6.040/249.72, Now #18; Best prior run: 15.562/51.96, Was #21
Right Lane: Brent Henry Runs 5.693/252.10, Now #5; No Prior Run

Moats was skating around and he will not get into the show. This is only the 17th time in 252 National events that Moats has not qualified. Henry with a great looking pass to get into the top half of the show. Brent Henry's incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.545, 660ft-3.765/203.46 mph, 1,000ft-4.807.

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Left Lane: Rick Cortino Runs 6.485/210.21, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.560/192.44, Was #21
Right Lane: Tony Bartone Runs 16.824/31.34, Now #23; No Prior Run

Cortino will improve, but will not get into the show. Bartone banged the burst panel and the chutes automatically deployed and Bartone will not qualify for only the second time in 123 Top Alcohol Funny Car National events, the only other time was Houston of last year.

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Left Lane: Wayne Butler Runs 19.253/24.40, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.093/221.13, Was #20
Right Lane: Alexis De Joria Runs 5.751/249.86, Now #9; Best prior run: 22.684/57.53, Was #24

Butler with a lot of shake as soon as he hits the throttle and he pedals it and is back into tire shake before he clicks it off. DeJoria with a lot of tire shake as soon as she lets the clutch out and she pedals it. She is out of the groove and doe a great job reeling it back in the groove and into the show. Alexis De Joria's incremental times: 60ft-0.987 sec., 330ft-2.608, 660ft-3.829/204.11 mph, 1,000ft-4.864.

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Left Lane: John Bojec Runs 5.770/252.38, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.775/250.51, Was #14
Right Lane: Ray Drew Runs 6.138/248.39, Now #22; Best prior run: 8.459/108.86, Was #23

Drew with the front wheels out in the air non the launch and gets out of the groove around 100 feet and he will not get into the show. Bojec improves and will move up the ladder one spot. John Bojec's incremental times: 60ft-1.010 sec., 330ft-2.588, 660ft-3.825/200.00 mph, 1,000ft-4.879.

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Left Lane: Jay Payne No Time, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.767/251.49, Was #12
Right Lane: Kevin Newburgh No Time, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.059/232.55, Was #20

Payne and Newburgh do their burnouts and then it started to sprinkle.

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Left Lane: Frank Manzo Runs 5.563/259.21, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.551/259.56, Was #1
Right Lane: John Anderika No Time, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.002/239.53, Was #14

These are from round one of the Allstars...Manzo with another great looking pass. Frank Manzo's incremental times: 60ft-0.942 sec., 330ft-2.474, 660ft-3.671/207.30 mph, 1,000ft-4.695. Anderika broke as soon as the light turned green.

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Left Lane: Mickey Ferro Runs 5.594/255.77, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.606/256.16, Was #2
Right Lane: Roger Bateman Runs 5.639/253.52, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.977/249.21, Was #17

Ferro with his quickest pass of the weekend...Mickey Ferro's incremental times: 60ft-0.936 sec., 330ft-2.475, 660ft-3.683/204.01 mph, 1,000ft-4.716. Bateman with a great pass to move all the way up to the number four spot. Roger Bateman's incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.499, 660ft-3.713/203.77 mph, 1,000ft-4.754.

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Left Lane: Andy Bohl Runs 5.701/252.00, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.762/252.24, Was #11
Right Lane: Ken Webster Runs 5.713/252.52, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.788/250.51, Was #17

Bohl moves up the ladder a couple spots...Andy Bohl's incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.530, 660ft-3.760/200.86 mph, 1,000ft-4.810. Webster gets into the show and that bumps out Gasparrelli...Ken Webster's incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.541, 660ft-3.773/200.56 mph, 1,000ft-4.823.

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Left Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 9.271/96.35, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.786/255.24, Was #17

Gasparrelli who just got bumped out got real loose and clicked it off as he got real close to the centerline.

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Left Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.653/249.53, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.767/251.49, Was #8

Payne with a real nice looking pass to move to the number five spot. Jay Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.486, 660ft-3.703/202.97 mph, 1,000ft-4.754.

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Left Lane: Chris Foster Runs 7.731/118.96, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.765/251.53, Was #14

Foster started shake and clicked it off early...

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Left Lane: Steve Harker Runs 5.730/254.04, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.694/253.61, Was #8
Right Lane: Kevin Newburgh No Time, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.059/232.55, Was #20

No help here for Harker...Steve Harker's incremental times: 60ft-1.009 sec., 330ft-2.576, 660ft-3.800/201.82 mph, 1,000ft-4.844. Newburgh got real loose and crossed the centerline and then darted back across his lane and hit the wall real hard...and the body went flying off the car and the chassis came to stop in the middle of the track. The word from the top end is that Newburgh was checked out and okay.

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Left Lane: John Lombardo Jr. Runs 8.577/103.99, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.621/256.21, Was #3
Right Lane: Paul Gill No Time, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.695/251.34, Was #9

Lombardo Jr. got out of the groove early and real close to the wall before he clicked it off...something went wrong because as soon as Gill left the starting line his E.T. came up on the scoreboard. So his time will not count.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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