Sat, 04 Oct 2014, 18:53 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  500 Dale Brand                            331 Tony Bogolo                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026  5.530 261.78                     0.085  5.928 240.77
 Qualified:             #4  5.590 261.47                       #13  5.824 244.56

6:19 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 1,720 feet, track temperature 68 degrees.

This race was Brand's from start to finish.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1002 Tyler Scott                            68 Clint Thompson               
E1                   0.085  7.205 118.52     ****WINNER****  0.071  5.747 260.01
 Qualified:            #12  5.731 254.66                        #5  5.600 254.95

Scott's car popped the blower at mid track. Thompson got the win and will meet Brand in the next round. Brand will have lane choice.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  799 Sean Bellemeur                       1625 Marie Ferriolo               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.095  5.780 257.24                     0.176  6.171 245.40
 Qualified:             #8  5.648 256.21                       #17  5.962 190.70

Ferriolo is in the field as an alternate for Fred Tigges, who broke his care in the final qualifying session earlier today. Bellemeur was quicker off the line and extended his lead on the track to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Dan Pomponio                          377 Paul Noakes                  
E1                   0.045  5.958 212.33     ****WINNER****  0.021  5.728 256.16
 Qualified:             #7  5.645 256.31                       #10  5.681 255.92

Noakes was first out of the gate, Pomponio's car had a bit of tire shake for the first couple hundred feet and that let Noakes pull away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1483 Matt Gill                              15 DJ Cox Jr.                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.023  5.607 256.70
 Qualified:             #6  5.613 259.16                       #11  5.713 250.32

Gill did his burnout, backed up to stage and then shut the car down without staging. Cox had a clean run down the groove to move on to the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Tony Bartone                            9 Todd Veney                   
E1                   0.077  8.294 101.80     ****WINNER****  0.072  5.744 260.56
 Qualified:             #3  5.557 260.76                       #14  5.838 199.73

Bartone got out to 330 feet, then started to drift out of the groove and toward the center line. He got off the throttle to keep from crossing over. In the other lane, Veney drove through some shake at the beginning of the run to take the win. He'll face Cox in the next round and Cox will have lane choice.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 John Lombardo Jr.                      39 Todd Robertson               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.086  5.568 263.62                     0.030  5.774 205.44
 Qualified:             #2  5.533 263.31                       #15  5.882 227.04

Robertson was first off the starting line and led the race to 330 feet. About that time, Lombardo's car made a little move to the left. He stayed with the run, straightened the car out and then got by Robertson to take the win. Lombardo will have lane choice over Noakes in round two tomorrow.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  806 Steve Harker                         1996 John Fiorini                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031  5.483 264.29                     0.042  8.516 110.49
 Qualified:             #1  5.510 263.77                       #16  5.939 247.47

Fiorini shook and pedaled his way down the track. Meanwhile, Harker had the quickest ET of the round to take the win. He'll have lane choice over Bellemeur in the second round tomorrow. That's it for racing here tonight. Racing is scheduled to resume tomorrow morning at 9:55 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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