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Sun, 04 Oct 2015, 13:07 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, 31st annual NHRA Keystone Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1002 Tyler Scott                           377 Paul Noakes                  
E1                   0.042  5.699 244.87     ****WINNER****  0.103  5.625 262.69
 Qualified:            #14 11.327  73.63                        #1  5.535 263.87

12:41 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.69 inches, adjusted altitude 955 feet, track temperature 64 degrees.

Scott was quicker out of the gate and was out in front, with Noakes closing the gap. Scott held on to 1,000 feet but then Noakes got by him to take the win. Noakes will have a bye in the second round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Steve Harker                           14 DJ Cox Jr.                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.080  5.645 250.97                     0.007  7.218 138.40
 Qualified:             #3  5.690 254.81                       #12  9.193  98.61

Cox's car came out of the gate quickly but \carried the front wheels in the air for about 100 feet. When the front wheels came down, the car got a little loose and drifted toward the wall. Harker, meanwhile, took his car straight down the groove for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  244 Joshua Haskett                          6 John Lombardo Jr.            
E1                   0.190 17.741  41.83     ****WINNER****  0.131  6.472 164.67
 Qualified:             #7  6.723 174.35                        #8  7.318 140.17

Haskett launched, shook the rear tires, pedaled once and clicked it off. Lombardo drove through some tire shake to 330 feet, then pedaled it once, went to midtrack and then clicked it off to coast the rest of the way for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1625 Marie Ferriolo                         12 Matt Gill                    
E1                   0.204  6.359 210.70     ****WINNER****  0.064  6.489 155.11
 Qualified:            #11  8.576 107.69                        #4  5.823 260.51

Gill was out in front but had some tire smoke and shake. That gave Ferriolo the chance to catch up and she did. She almost got by Gill but came up three feet short at the finish line, giving Gill the holeshot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   11 Mickey Ferro                           18 John Headley                 
E1                   0.209 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.320  6.888 133.09
 Qualified:             #6  6.036 180.84                        #9  7.917 134.85

This was a wild one for Ferro. As soon as he launched, the front wheels came up in the air. When the car came back down, it made a move toward the wall. Ferro corrected and looked like he was going to get it straightened out but then the car moved hard to the left, striking the wall. Ferro's car bounced off the wall and went across the center line in front of Headley. Headley will race Harker in the next round and Harker will have lane choice.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  147 Fred Tigges                             8 Dan Pomponio                 
E1                  -0.074  9.574  90.46     ****WINNER****  0.102  5.908 256.89
 Qualified:            #10  7.935 116.72                        #5  5.934 255.39

A red light by Tigges means that Pomponio will move on to the next round. He'll have lane choice over Matt Gill in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Doug Gordon                            15 Todd Veney                   
E1                   0.055  6.451 175.14     ****WINNER****  0.054  5.567 259.71
 Qualified:            #13 10.838  78.57                        #2  5.588 263.15

Veney and Gordon came out of the gate at almost the same time. Gordon's car started to drift toward the center line at 330 feet so he had to pedal it to keep from crossing over. Veney got the win and will have lane choice over Lombardo in round two.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink