Sun, 01 Nov 2015, 19:06 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   11 Mickey Ferro                            4 Doug Gordon                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.030  5.546 266.00                     0.067  5.554 262.74
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Hool      ) 0.042  5.551 266.53      (J Lindberg  ) 0.061  5.821 256.94
E2    (S Gasparrell) 0.036  5.681 263.15      (C Marshall  ) 0.073  5.567 261.57
E1    (T Ruckman   ) 0.064  5.580 265.06      (C Beverett  ) 0.081  5.656 261.27
 Qualified:             #2  5.546 266.58                        #5  5.558 261.72

3:57 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 27.78 inches, adjusted altitude 4,336 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Ferro has nine wins, one this year. He won this race in 2010.

Gordon has six wins, one this year.

Ferro is 3 - 0 against Gordon in prior events and Ferro is 1 - 0 against Gordon in prior final rounds.

Ferro gets out of the gate first but Gordon starts to reel him in. Gordon gets close at the 330 foot mark, then Ferro is able to start pulling away again.

Mickey Ferro's incremental margins: 60ft(0.018), 330 ft(0.008), 660ft(0.022), 1,000ft(0.034). MOV: 0.0452 seconds (approximately 17 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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