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CLERMONT, Ind. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil 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: Wayne Butler Runs 17.162/45.23, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.102/229.74, Was #17 Right Lane: Larry Dobbs Runs 5.772/253.42, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.724/234.33, Was #19 9:53 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.15 inches, adjusted altitude 1,830 feet, track temperature 82 degrees. John Hart is
on the bump spot at 6.037. Left Lane: Brian Harvanek No Time, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.891/240.42, Was #15 Right Lane: John Hart No Time, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.037/233.88, Was #17 Rick Cortino is on the bump spot at 5.936. Harvanek's new engine challenges continue, as it goes silent in the burnout and he pulls the Camaro over to the wall. Hart's car just sits in the lights at the green. It sounded like it was having problems holding high RPMs and then zings at the green. Left Lane: Cassie Simonton Runs 6.422/243.81, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.693/253.80, Was #9 Right Lane: Rick Cortino No Time, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.936/232.71, Was #16 Cortino pulls out of line, as he can't get bumped from the field. Simonton is on and off the throttle before clicking it early. Left Lane: Vern Moats Runs 5.646/254.04, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.668/255.77, Was #8 Right Lane: John Lombardo Jr. No Time, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.766/254.14, Was #13 A great pass for Moats to move up a position on the ladder into the new #7 position. Lombardo shook and spun and just clipped the guardrail near the 330 lights. Left Lane: Steve Harker Runs 5.669/224.21, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.660/252.76, Was #8 Right Lane: Thomas Carter Runs 7.379/127.70, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.735/241.28, Was #12 Harker was on a good pass until right in the lights where he slowed. Carter stayed with him until near mid-track where the Mustang slowed. Left Lane: John Bojec Runs 5.621/258.07, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.620/256.06, Was #5 Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.640/256.84, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.721/255.34, Was #11 Two good looking runs and Payne finally gets a great pass to move up into the top half of the field. John Bojec's incremental times: 60ft-0.973 sec., 330ft-2.515, 660ft-3.721/205.69 mph, 1,000ft-4.751. Jay Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.972 sec., 330ft-2.521, 660ft-3.733/204.57 mph, 1,000ft-4.766. Left Lane: Alexis De Joria Runs 5.577/259.71, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.580/257.78, Was #4 Right Lane: Chris Foster Runs 5.917/194.02, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.709/249.39, Was #11 De Joria uses a lot of track getting to the finish line. The Mustang got close to the wall near mid-track. She moves up a spot. Foster was running well until near the 1000 foot lights and then slowed. Left Lane: Mickey Ferro Runs 5.521/257.68, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.579/256.45, Was #4 Right Lane: Brent Henry Runs 10.507/67.15, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.638/257.68, Was #6 Henry fires and falls back. Ferro gets the best 330 time off the weekend and parlays that into two spots up the ladder into the current #2 spot. Nice. Mickey Ferro's incremental times: 60ft-0.933 sec., 330ft-2.437, 660ft-3.630/206.16 mph, 1,000ft-4.652. Left Lane: Tony Bartone Runs 17.888/55.31, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.498/261.37, Was #1 Right Lane: Fred Hagen Jr. Runs 5.512/262.13, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.550/260.56, Was #3 Bartone kicks the tires right at the green. Hagan makes a terrific looking pass and is now the new the new #2 qualifier. Big time MPH. Fred Hagen Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.460, 660ft-3.643/209.20 mph, 1,000ft-4.655.
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