Sun, 28 Oct 2012, 12:37 PM
Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing
Series, 12th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
73 Doug Gordon 703 Mark Woznichak
E1 0.060 5.697 257.58 ****WINNER**** 0.034 5.660 254.95
Qualified: #8 5.640 257.28 #9 5.658 255.43
Gordon is 4 - 1 against Woznichak in prior events. gordon was runner-up at this event in 2010.
woznichak is out of the gate first and never trailed for the win...Mark Woznichak's MOV: 0.0637
seconds (approximately 24 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 John Lombardo Jr. 5 Mickey Ferro
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.088 5.597 258.52 0.075 5.636 253.90
Qualified: #7 5.630 257.19 #10 5.671 251.86
Ferro is 3 - 0 against Lombardo Jr. in prior events. Ferro was number two in the points coming
into this event, two points behind Bartone. Lombardo was number eight in the points coming into
this race. Ferro with the starting line advantage and then lead until just past half track when
Lombardo tracked him down and took the win. John Lombardo Jr.'s MOV: 0.0262 seconds (approximately
10 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
744 Shane Westerfield 6352 John Evanchuk
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.054 5.737 253.85 0.089 6.060 249.76
Qualified: #5 5.625 256.06 #12 5.693 254.14
Westerfield is 1 - 0 against Evanchuk in prior events. Westerfield with the starting line
advantage and never trailed for the win. Evanchuk shook and pedaled it and that was the end of his
weekend.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Steve Gasparrelli 7976 Keeter Ray
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.057 5.584 260.21 0.100 5.606 255.10
Qualified: #6 5.626 258.62 #11 5.690 252.80
Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 27.96
inches, adjusted altitude 3,119 feet, track temperature 74 degrees.Gasparrelli is 2 - 0 against
Ray in prior events. Gasparrelli is out of the gate first and drove through some tire shake right
off the starting line and takes the win by 0.0652 seconds (approximately 24 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
62 Clint Thompson 766 Jason Rupert
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.106 5.581 259.26 No Time
Qualified: #4 5.590 259.01 #13 5.723 253.33
This is the first time Thompson and Rupert have faced each other in eliminations. rupert broke
on the burnout and Thompson gets the freebie. Thompson with his quickest pass of the weekend.
Clint Thompson's incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.494, 660ft-3.693/207.05 mph,
1,000ft-4.713.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Jay Payne 799 Sean Bellemeur
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.103 5.561 260.26 0.052 5.833 253.80
Qualified: #3 5.590 259.06 #14 5.726 252.47
Payne is 6 - 1 against Bellemeur in prior events. This is Payne's 748th round of competition
in both Alcohol classes and that is the most of anybody in the Alcohol classes. He is 14th on the
all-time list of career rounds. Bellemeur with the starting line advantage, but Payne has the
difference made up by 100 feet and then runs the quickest pass of the event for the win. Jay
Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.955 sec., 330ft-2.480, 660ft-3.677/207.53 mph, 1,000ft-4.697.
Payne will have lane choice over Gasparrelli in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
584 Annie Whiteley 771 Charles McLaws
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.032 5.839 250.00 0.047 5.920 250.78
Qualified: #2 5.571 259.36 #15 5.749 254.14
This is the first time Whiteley and McLaws have faced each other in eliminations. McLaws with
career run in qualifying...Whiteley with the starting line advantage and then started drifting out
of the groove and pedaled it to hold on for the win. Annie Whiteley's MOV: 0.0964 seconds
(approximately 35 feet). She will give up lane choice to Lombardo in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Tony Bartone 10 Kris Hool
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.068 5.538 263.51 0.057 5.786 254.28
Qualified: #1 5.570 262.39 #16 5.752 255.53
Bartone is 3 - 1 against Hool in prior events. Bartone has qualified number one 39 time in Top
Alcohol Funny Car career. Hool with the starting line advantage, but Bartone has the difference
made up by 100 feet and then runs the quickest pass of the event for the win. Tony Bartone's
incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.492, 660ft-3.676/209.95 mph, 1,000ft-4.684. Bartone
will have lane choice over Woznichak in the next round.
Timing data courtesy of
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