Fri, 14 Nov 2014, 18:10 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 10.900/77.96, Now #22; Best prior run: 10.481/82.22, Was #22
Right Lane: Nick Januik Runs 12.061/71.74, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.605/127.45, Was #21

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 28.86 inches, adjusted altitude 2,760 feet, track temperature 90 degrees.

Whiteley with severe tire shake and clicked it off. Januik was real loose right at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Terry Ruckman Runs 5.654/258.62, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.247/162.55, Was #18
Right Lane: Ulf Leanders Runs 5.504/265.59, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.354/121.97, Was #20

Ruckman with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Terry Ruckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.540, 660ft-3.753/204.79 mph, 1,000ft-4.784. Leanders launched hard and keep it hooked up to go to the top of the list. Ulf Leanders' incremental times: 60ft-0.965 sec., 330ft-2.473, 660ft-3.652/210.57 mph, 1,000ft-4.658.

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Left Lane: John Cannuli Runs 10.212/81.81, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.872/244.29, Was #17
Right Lane: Shane Westerfield Runs 5.588/260.81, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.523/165.09, Was #20

Cannuli made a quick move toward the wall and clicked it off. Westerfield with a real nice pass, his quickest of the weekend to get in the show. Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.956 sec., 330ft-2.497, 660ft-3.703/205.76 mph, 1,000ft-4.724.

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Left Lane: Todd Veney Runs 5.532/262.85, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.785/255.34, Was #17
Right Lane: Brian Hough Runs 5.605/257.24, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.912/250.37, Was #20

Veney made a move toward the centerline, but stayed with it and reeled it in ...to go to the number two spot. Todd Veney's incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.484, 660ft-3.667/210.24 mph, 1,000ft-4.677. Hough with his quickest pass of the weekend with a good looking pass to get in the show. Brian Hough's incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.500, 660ft-3.703/205.32 mph, 1,000ft-4.731.

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Left Lane: Greg Hunter Runs 5.618/256.60, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.695/255.97, Was #17
Right Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 12.345/67.43, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.912/254.81, Was #20

Hunter with a real nice pass, straight down the groove to get in the show. Greg Hunter's incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.487, 660ft-3.703/203.49 mph, 1,000ft-4.741. Bellemeur with severe tire shake right at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Bernie Harrington Runs 14.644/51.56, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.644/251.95, Was #15
Right Lane: Bret Williamson Runs 5.880/247.61, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.732/247.57, Was #18

Harrington with a lot of tire spin right at the hit and then pitches the blower belt and coast on through the 1320. Williamson will not improve here and will not get in the show.

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Left Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 5.584/262.18, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.634/261.42, Was #14
Right Lane: Hannes Wernhart No Time, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.693/252.05, Was #17

Gasparrelli launched hard and was straight down the groove to move up to the number 10 spot. Steve Gasparrelli's incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.512, 660ft-3.709/207.21 mph, 1,000ft-4.725.

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Left Lane: Kris Hool Runs 5.568/261.57, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.629/260.51, Was #14
Right Lane: John Lombardo Jr. Runs 10.863/75.99, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.565/265.27, Was #7

Hool launched hard and keep it hooked up to get into the top half of the show. Kris Hool's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.495, 660ft-3.690/207.11 mph, 1,000ft-4.708. Lombardo Jr. shook and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Jay Payne No Time, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.583/263.00, Was #10
Right Lane: Mike Doushgounian No Time, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.563/261.72, Was #6

Payne with a lot of shake and then makes a quick move toward the centerline and collects the half track timing cones. He then finished the run in Doushgounian's lane, so his run will not count either...

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Left Lane: Tony Bartone Runs 5.572/261.62, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.570/262.23, Was #9
Right Lane: Jonnie Lindberg Runs 5.531/263.05, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.547/261.88, Was #4

Bartone was straight down the groove with another good pass, but will not improve. Tony Bartone's incremental times: 60ft-0.958 sec., 330ft-2.502, 660ft-3.697/207.02 mph, 1,000ft-4.712. Lindberg with a great looking pass to go to the number two spot. Jonnie Lindberg's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.484, 660ft-3.670/209.39 mph, 1,000ft-4.678.

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Left Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.562/258.76, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.562/259.31, Was #5
Right Lane: Steve Harker Runs 5.536/263.26, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.544/262.13, Was #4

Gordon with another great pass and matched his quickest pass of the weekend, so he will stay in the number five spot. Doug Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.463, 660ft-3.666/206.35 mph, 1,000ft-4.692. Harker with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number four spot. Steve Harker's incremental times: 60ft-0.965 sec., 330ft-2.491, 660ft-3.675/209.23 mph, 1,000ft-4.683.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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