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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 13th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run: Left Lane: Von Smith Runs 8.498/111.69, Now #2 Right Lane: Cody Perkins Runs 5.676/256.70, Now #1 Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 27.99 inches, adjusted altitude 3,952 feet. This is Smith's first race this year. He rattles the tires off the line, gets about 100 feet out and backs off the throttle. Perkins is making his first pass in a Alcohol Funny Car and his first time out
since last year at this event where he was in an Alcohol Dragster. He moves around a little early in the run but hangs
on for a decent pass. Left Lane: Ulf Leanders Runs 6.331/255.48, Now #2 Right Lane: Steve Harker Runs 8.642/101.35, Now #4 This is Leanders first race this year. he goes up min smoke at the hit and has to back off the throttle. he gets about 200 feet out and gets back on the throttle. Harker is making his first pass since Reading in 2010. He gets
about 200 feet out, starts shaking the tires and has to back off the throttle. Left Lane: Nick Januik Runs 20.487/23.64, Now #6 Right Lane: Bernie Harrington Runs 13.441/59.85, Now #5 Januik hits the throttle, loses traction and makes a move toward the centerline. He backs off the throttle and coasts through the lights. Harrington has traction problems early and backs off the throttle about 200 feet out. Left Lane: Hannes Wernhart Runs 5.744/250.97, Now #2 Right Lane: Bret Williamson Runs 5.765/249.12, Now #3 Wernhart was drifting to the left all the way through the run but stays on the throttle and gets in the second spot for now. Williamson went right down the groove with a decent pass to get in the third spot for now. Left Lane: Mark Woznichak Runs 5.683/257.24, Now #2 Right Lane: Charles McLaws Runs 5.859/247.61, Now #5 Woznichak goes down the groove with a decent run and gets in the second spot for now. McLaws makes a clean pass to get in the show in the fifth spot for now. Left Lane: John Evanchuk Runs 10.550/81.04, Now #10 Right Lane: Clint Thompson Runs 5.707/248.07, Now #3 Evanchuk made a move to the right at the hit and backed off the throttle early. Thompson made a clean, straight pass and gets in the third spot for now. Left Lane: Jason Rupert Runs 5.742/253.85, Now #4 Right Lane: Jirka Kaplan Runs 12.741/62.28, Now #12 Kaplan shook the tires at the hit and backed off the throttle about 200 feet out. Rupert made a clean pass and gets in the fourth spot for now. Left Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 7.082/112.72, Now #9 Right Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 8.862/99.88, Now #12 Bellemeur gets about 300 feet out, the chute deploys and he backs off the throttle. Gordon lost traction at the hit and was off the throttle before he reached the 330 foot mark. Left Lane: Kris Hool Runs 5.806/253.23, Now #8 Right Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 5.674/255.82, Now #1 Gasparelli goes right down the groove with a clean pass to take the top spot for now. Hool makes a decent pass and gets in the eighth spot for now. Left Lane: Tony Bartone Runs 5.601/259.86, Now #1 Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.690/254.42, Now #5 Payne went to the right, then back to the left, but hangs on for a decent pass. Bartone makes an impressive pass to take the top spot for now. Left Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 5.560/257.73, Now #1 Right Lane: Shane Westerfield Runs 8.807/103.20, Now #17 Westerfield shook the tires off the line, pedaled a couple of times, then gives up on the run. Whiteley goes right down the groove with a clean, straight pass to take the top spot for now. Left Lane: John Lombardo Jr. Runs 5.643/259.41, Now #3 Right Lane: Frank Manzo Runs 5.774/257.43, Now #12 Manzo makes a clean pass but not up to his usual standards and he gets in the 12th spot to end this session. Lombardo makes a decent pass and gets in the third spot.
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