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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals 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: Left Lane: Scott McVey Runs 5.547/263.51, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.940/219.33, Was #17 Right Lane: Nancy Matter Runs 5.963/238.98, Now #18; No Prior Run 11:12 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.78 inches, adjusted altitude 1,622 feet, track temperature 80 degrees. mcVey goes right down the groove with a career best run and moves into the ninth spot for now. Matter has had
problems this weekend and this is her first pass. She drifts a little to the left, then gets it back
in the groove but can't run quick enough to get in the show. Left Lane: Steve Burck Runs 10.576/74.26, Now #20; No Prior Run Right Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 5.536/263.82, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.045/244.69, Was #19 Burck rattles the tires off the line, gets about 100 feet out and backs off the throttle. Gasparrelli goes right down the groove with a good pass and gets in the show in the seventh spot. Left Lane: Ro Yale Runs 5.948/253.37, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.687/232.59, Was #17 Right Lane: Lance Van Hauen Runs 5.641/254.23, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.745/249.49, Was #18 Yale gets bout 200 feet out, has to pedal, then goes on through but doesn't get in the show. Van Hauen goes down the groove with a career best pass to get in the show on the bump spot. Left Lane: Todd Veney Runs 5.671/215.41, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.577/263.26, Was #13 Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.500/265.85, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.685/259.16, Was #17 Payne was just bumped out and this is his last chance to get in. He drifts to the right toward the wall, steers it back to the groove, then goes on through with a good run to get deep into the field. Veney makes a clean pass and improves but will drop a spot in the order as Payne goes around him. With this run by Payne we now have the quickest field ever in this class. Left Lane: Brian Hough Runs 5.507/258.91, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.557/258.52, Was #12 Right Lane: Bryan Brown Runs 6.041/182.53, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.621/255.82, Was #16 Hough goes right down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the sixth spot. Brown was on a decent pass, then the engine made a loud pop about 1200 feet out. The car starts drifting to the left as he crosses the finish line, then makes a hard move to the right and hits the wall. Word from the top end is that Brown is out of the car walking. Left Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.439/267.37, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.546/264.08, Was #11 Right Lane: Chris Foster Runs 5.563/262.13, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.614/257.78, Was #15 Gordon goes right down the groove with an impressive pass, a career best, and he moves all the way to the top spot. Foster improves and moves up to the 14th spot. Left Lane: Shane Westerfield No Time, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.538/262.28, Was #11 Right Lane: Kris Hool No Time, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.560/260.76, Was #13 Hool stages, brings up the engine, then the car pulls through the beams. Westerfield left when he saw Hool moving and neither received a time. Left Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 5.453/272.28, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.524/269.19, Was #8 Right Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 5.453/266.90, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.528/264.23, Was #9 Bellemeur goes right down the groove with a career best pass, both ET and speed, and he moves up to the second spot. Whiteley also has a career best run and moves up to the third spot. Left Lane: Mike Doushgounian Runs 5.533/266.27, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.496/263.98, Was #7 Right Lane: John Lombardo Jr. Runs 5.413/272.01, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.494/268.81, Was #6 The hits keep coming. Lombardo moves around a little early in the run but stays on the throttle and runs a career best to move into the top spot. Doushgounian drifts a little to the right around the middle of the run but steers it back to the center of the lane. He does not improve and stays in the seventh spot. Left Lane: Jonnie Lindberg Runs 5.428/269.08, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.478/267.00, Was #6 Right Lane: Steve Harker Runs 5.453/262.74, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.458/266.06, Was #5 A good side-by-side, both right down the groove. Lindberg improves and moves up to the second spot. Harker improves a little but drops a spot as Lindberg goes around him in the order.
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