Sat, 21 Sep 2013, 21:29 PM
Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing
Series, 28th annual AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
490 Ro Yale 1 Frank Manzo
E1 0.004 6.127 237.96 ****WINNER**** 0.060 5.605 263.41
Qualified: #16 6.006 239.74 #1 5.502 264.86
Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.28
inches, adjusted altitude 2,502 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.This is the first time Yale
and Manzo have faced each other in eliminations. Yale with a great light, but Manzo has the
difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trailed from that point on
for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
703 Mark Woznichak 78 Doug Gordon
E1 0.095 5.631 258.52 ****WINNER**** 0.074 5.626 256.89
Qualified: #10 5.669 257.73 #7 5.629 256.80
Gordon is 4 - 2 against Woznichak in prior events. Gordon with the starting line advantage and
never trailed for the win. Doug Gordon's MOV: 0.0268 seconds (approximately 10 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
10 Shane Westerfield 440 Steve Burck
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.092 5.526 261.02 0.106 5.937 200.86
Qualified: #3 5.545 259.96 #14 5.770 249.12
Westerfield is 1 - 0 against Burck in prior events. Westerfield is out of the gate first and
never trailed as he run his quickest pass of the weekend and the quickest pass of eliminations for
the win. This is also his career quickest pass. Shane Westerfield's incremental times:
60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.457, 660ft-3.646/209.10 mph, 1,000ft-4.664.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
556 Lance Van Hauen 6 Jay Payne
E1 0.083 5.763 244.96 ****WINNER**** 0.126 5.552 260.66
Qualified: #13 5.741 246.17 #4 5.559 260.31
Payne is 2 - 0 against Van Hauen in prior events. Van Hauen is out of the gate first, but
Payne has him chased down by 250 feet and then runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.
Jay Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.953 sec., 330ft-2.466, 660ft-3.661/206.23 mph,
1,000ft-4.687.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
16 Dan Pomponio 433 Bryan Brown
E1 0.070 5.750 254.42 ****WINNER**** 0.039 5.683 250.04
Qualified: #9 5.662 255.97 #8 5.658 252.05
This is the first time Pomponio and Brown have faced each other in eliminations. Brown with the
starting line advantage and never trailed for the win by 0.0980 seconds (approximately 37 feet). He
did a great job driving as he was out of the groove early, but stayed with it. He will give up
lane choice to Manzo in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 John Lombardo Jr. 9 Steve Gasparrelli
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.067 5.571 261.02 0.059 5.685 258.17
Qualified: #6 5.588 261.42 #11 5.695 257.92
Lombardo Jr. is 5 - 2 against Gasparrelli in prior events. Gasparrelli with the slight starting
line advantage, but Lombardo Jr. had the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas
tree and ran his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up lane choice to
Westerfield in the next round. Gasparrelli with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing
effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Chris Foster 33 Ray Drew
E1 0.104 5.731 255.97 ****WINNER**** 0.104 5.703 251.06
Qualified: #5 5.583 258.91 #12 5.720 253.66
Foster is 1 - 0 against Drew in prior events. They leave together and then it sounded like
Foster did a quick pedal job and that was all Drew needed to to take the win. Drew with his
quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Ray Drew's MOV: 0.0288 seconds (approximately 11 feet).
He will give up lane choice to Payne in the next round. Drew was left a little oil when he
launched, so there is a quick clean up.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Annie Whiteley 5807 Billy Davis
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.074 5.521 260.11 0.094 10.199 82.57
Qualified: #2 5.521 259.56 #15 5.847 215.41
This is the first time Whiteley and Davis have faced each other in eliminations. Whiteley with
the starting line advantage and never trailed as Davis launched and made a quick move toward the
wall and had to lift...Whiteley matched her qualifying time for the win and she will have lane
choice over Gordon in the next round.
Timing data courtesy of
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