Sun, 16 Oct 2011, 05:48 PM Nostalgia Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Nostalgia Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 6143 Mark Hentges                          666 Tim Boychuk                  
E2                   0.104  5.974 237.00     ****WINNER****  0.089  5.838 244.60
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Savage    ) 0.124  5.856 242.06      (B Thompson  ) 0.093  5.700 250.69
 Qualified:             #2  5.857 236.05                        #3  5.899 238.68

2:40 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 28.62 inches, adjusted altitude 3,731 feet, track temperature 129 degrees.

It's Boychuk from wire to wire. He gets away first and holds off Hentges going down the track to take the big win.

Tim Boychuk's incremental margins: 60ft(0.065), 330 ft(0.138), 660ft(0.143), 1,000ft(0.135). MOV: 0.1512 seconds (approximately 53 feet).

Mark Hentges' incremental times: 60ft-1.026 sec., 330ft-2.692, 660ft-3.956/196.30 mph, 1,000ft-5.035.
Tim Boychuk's incremental times: 60ft-0.976 sec., 330ft-2.569, 660ft-3.828/194.18 mph, 1,000ft-4.915.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7800 John Powers                           766 Jason Rupert                 
E2                   0.098  6.061 212.03     ****WINNER****  0.134  5.788 252.95
 Prior rounds:
E1                         No Time            (J Day       ) 0.144  5.868 248.84
 Qualified:             #6  6.091 211.13                        #1  5.725 245.45

Powers gets the head start and holds off Rupert until right after the 330 lights. The Littlefield FC drives on by and pulls steadily ahead for the easy win.

Jason Rupert's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.019), 330 ft(-0.005), 660ft(0.045), 1,000ft(0.122). MOV: 0.2377 seconds (approximately 74 feet).

John Powers' incremental times: 60ft-1.011 sec., 330ft-2.620, 660ft-3.919/188.02 mph, 1,000ft-5.054.
Jason Rupert's incremental times: 60ft-0.994 sec., 330ft-2.589, 660ft-3.838/198.55 mph, 1,000ft-4.896.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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