Sun, 21 Oct 2012, 20:24 PM Nostalgia Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Nostalgia Funny Car at the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, California Hot Rod Reunion XXI:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  394 Mike Lewis                            700 Steven Densham               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.030  5.785 244.38                     0.111  6.577 150.33
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Head      ) 0.153  6.796 213.03      (G Eickmann  ) 0.088  5.764 247.25
E2    (R Konno     ) 0.165  5.777 240.68      (R Rogers    ) 0.109  5.759 244.92
E1    (W Martin    ) 0.195  5.805 242.89      (J Smith     ) 0.116  5.803 242.63
 Qualified:             #4  5.820 243.15                        #7  5.834 244.25

5:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 29.18 inches, adjusted altitude 2,724 feet.

We are down to our first final round of the weekend.

Lewis nails the tree with a terrific 0.030 RT and starts to pull steadily ahead. Densham's engine goes South right after mid-track and that gives the win to Lewis on another strong pass.

Mike Lewis' incremental margins: 60ft(0.040), 330 ft(0.093), 660ft(0.154), 1,000ft(0.401). MOV: 0.8737 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Mike Lewis' incremental times: 60ft-1.019 sec., 330ft-2.572, 660ft-3.812/199.55 mph, 1,000ft-4.873.
Steven Densham's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.584, 660ft-3.885/186.74 mph, 1,000ft-5.193.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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