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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st 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: Mark Billington Runs 7.022/134.60, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.656/257.83, Was #15 Right Lane: Ro Yale Runs 5.721/250.69, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.784/252.24, Was #17 Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 29.41 inches, adjusted altitude 2,645 feet. Billington with a big cloud of engine smoke and
slowed on the top end. The word from the top end is it is all clean. Yale makes an improvement,
but not enough to get in the show. Left Lane: Steve Burck Runs 6.098/247.34, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.268/216.34, Was #19 Right Lane: Kris Hool Runs 5.619/260.11, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.690/259.76, Was #16 Burck improves, but will stay in the number 19 spot and he uses up an engine on the top end. Hool is straight down the groove to get off the bump spot. Left Lane: Nick Januik Runs 5.531/264.55, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.036/257.53, Was #18 Right Lane: Bryan Brown Runs 5.635/259.86, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.653/261.37, Was #15 Januik launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number five spot. Nick Januik's incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.480, 660ft-3.667/208.52 mph, 1,000ft-4.679. Brown improves, but stays in the number 15 spot. Bryan Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.517, 660ft-3.731/204.82 mph, 1,000ft-4.767. Left Lane: Terry Ruckman Runs 9.335/95.58, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.608/263.20, Was #12 Right Lane: Brian Hough Runs 5.627/259.66, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.647/259.76, Was #16 Ruckman with tire shake right off the starting line and clicks it off. Hough is straight down the groove to get off the bump spot. Brian Hough's incremental times: 60ft-0.964 sec., 330ft-2.526, 660ft-3.732/206.13 mph, 1,000ft-4.760. Left Lane: John Lombardo Jr. Runs 5.506/270.64, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.573/270.81, Was #9 Right Lane: Jay Payne No Time, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.616/237.59, Was #13 Lombardo Jr. launched hard and was straight down the groove to go to get into the top half of the show. John Lombardo Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.991 sec., 330ft-2.522, 660ft-3.687/213.06 mph, 1,000ft-4.675. Payne launched and car made a hard left and he collected the 330-foot cone. Left Lane: Clint Thompson Runs 5.522/263.67, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.540/262.13, Was #9 Right Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 5.629/260.01, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.574/261.22, Was #10 Thompson with a good looking pass to get into the top half of the show. Clint Thompson's incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.475, 660ft-3.658/208.68 mph, 1,000ft-4.669. No help here for Gasparrelli and he will stay in the number 10 spot. Left Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 5.509/266.69, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.535/267.69, Was #9 Right Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.508/257.19, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.533/263.67, Was #8 Whiteley kept it hooked up to go to move up the ladder a couple spots. Annie Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.479, 660ft-3.662/210.05 mph, 1,000ft-4.664. Gordon with a real nice pass to go to the number six spot. Doug Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.939 sec., 330ft-2.465, 660ft-3.650/209.17 mph, 1,000ft-4.655. Left Lane: Jeff Jones No Time, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.488/269.40, Was #3 Right Lane: Shane Westerfield Runs 5.460/270.75, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.505/268.33, Was #4 Jones is lose, but stayed with it and then right in the lights as he was drifting right he took out the finish line cones. After the finish line he got real close to Westerfield, but did a great job avoiding him. Westerfield with a great pass, straight down the groove to go to the number one spot. Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.458, 660ft-3.632/212.06 mph, 1,000ft-4.626. Left Lane: Jonnie Lindberg Runs 5.451/269.03, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.474/268.44, Was #2 Right Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 5.492/266.64, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.487/267.59, Was #3 Lindberg launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Jonnie Lindberg's incremental times: 60ft-0.965 sec., 330ft-2.464, 660ft-3.626/212.49 mph, 1,000ft-4.615. Bellemeur with another good looking pass, but will not improve. Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.940 sec., 330ft-2.467, 660ft-3.643/211.26 mph, 1,000ft-4.647.
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