Fri, 17 Sep 2010, 06:08 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Larry Sullivan

CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Third annual O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals 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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Right Lane: Tony Bogolo Runs 5.817/241.67, Now #7; Best prior run: 18.304/27.27, Was #13

Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.28 inches, adjusted altitude 3,338 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Bogolo lost traction almost immediately on his first try today. This time he softened it way up, the car very sluggish early in the run - but it worked well enough to get him down the track with a run he can tune from.

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Left Lane: Clint Thompson Runs 5.610/258.22, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.201/132.58, Was #9
Right Lane: John Bojec Runs 5.820/251.91, Now #9; Best prior run: 15.093/27.39, Was #13

Both drivers ahd problems with tire shake last round, Bojec immediately and Thompson in the middle of the run.

This time both got in full passes, Bojec going all the way to the #1 qualifying position.

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Right Lane: Cassie Simonton Runs 5.840/242.36, Now #10; Best prior run: 9.327/100.70, Was #13

imonton also had tire shake problems in the first round.

No shake problems this time around, she made a nice, safe, easy pass and her crew should be able to tune from that.

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Left Lane: Mark Billington Runs 5.668/255.10, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.765/251.20, Was #5
Right Lane: Ken Webster Runs 5.682/252.80, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.789/251.77, Was #6

Both had relatively clean runs in the first session, though Billington used up a lot of race track on his run.

Both drivers picked up about a tenth over their first runs today, Billington with his best speed of the year.

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Left Lane: John Anderika Runs 5.795/236.26, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.740/250.04, Was #7
Right Lane: Todd Veney Runs 5.759/253.47, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.721/254.81, Was #6

Both drivers made solid opening runs, but both were about two tenths slower than their career-bests.

Once again both made clean-looking runs with no obvious problems, but neither driver improved over their opening pass.

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Left Lane: Frank Manzo Runs 5.579/260.36, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.639/257.14, Was #2
Right Lane: Brent Henry Runs 5.701/256.55, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.686/257.63, Was #5

Manzo assumed his rightful place with this run, straight and quick and fast. Henry did not improve over his opening effort.

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