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LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals 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: Right Lane: Robert Turner No Time, Now #21; No Prior Run 2:50 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 27.92 inches, adjusted altitude 4,275 feet, track temperature 105 degrees. Turner hits
the throttle and the car starts to move to the left. he keeps moving left, crosses the centerline
and takes out the half track timing block and will receive no time. Left Lane: Nick Januik Runs 5.641/246.17, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.846/151.53, Was #20 Right Lane: Chip Beverett Runs 5.729/255.24, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.603/250.32, Was #19 Januik drifts to the right, then back to the left, but goes on through with his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the eighth spot for now. Beverett makes his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the 11th spot. Left Lane: Clint Thompson Runs 10.445/80.99, Now #20; Best prior run: 6.204/247.20, Was #20 Right Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 5.718/255.68, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.082/252.80, Was #18 Thompson was moving around early in the run then backs off the throttle early. Gasparrelli makes his quickest pass of the weekend and gets in the field in the tenth spot. Left Lane: Hannes Wernhart Runs 6.257/188.73, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.186/176.53, Was #19 Right Lane: Terry Ruckman Runs 12.225/68.70, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.798/207.69, Was #15 Ruckman rattles the tires early and backs off the throttle. Wernhart was on a decent pass but the car nosed over about 1100 feet out. Left Lane: Mike Drake Runs 13.240/71.23, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.078/245.14, Was #18 Right Lane: Chris Marshall Runs 5.750/245.67, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.797/244.78, Was #14 Drake gets about 100 feet out, strikes the tires and backs off the throttle. Marshall goes right down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up a spot in the order. Left Lane: Ulf Leanders No Time, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.033/256.65, Was #17 Right Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 5.720/254.57, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.726/253.80, Was #11 Leanders goes up in smoke at the hit and is off the throttle quickly. Bellemeur goes right down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend. Left Lane: Greg Hunter Runs 5.876/241.24, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.825/245.49, Was #16 Right Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 5.558/263.20, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.680/261.47, Was #9 Hunter was moving around early in the run but stayed on the throttle for a decent pass. Whiteley makes her quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the fourth spot. Left Lane: Shane Westerfield Runs 10.707/78.24, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.771/245.32, Was #14 Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.677/260.06, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.635/260.06, Was #8 Westerfield starts spinning the tires at the hit, makes a quick move to the right, then gives up on the run about 300 feet out. Payne makes a clean pass but doesn't improve. Left Lane: Kris Hool Runs 5.673/256.41, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.621/257.92, Was #6 Right Lane: Todd Veney Runs 5.672/257.53, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.622/259.91, Was #7 A couple of good passes but neither driver improves. Left Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.558/261.72, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.580/261.27, Was #5 Right Lane: John Lombardo Jr. Runs 9.099/96.86, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.554/266.11, Was #3 Lombardo rattles the tires and is off the throttle early. Gordon improves a little but not enough to move in the order. Left Lane: Jonnie Lindberg Runs 5.540/263.62, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.478/264.91, Was #1 Right Lane: Mickey Ferro Runs 5.554/260.71, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.546/266.58, Was #2 Lindberg and Ferro both make straight, clean passes but neither can improve.
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