Fri, 28 Oct 2016, 22:25 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Cody Perkins No Time, Now #2
Right Lane: Johan Lindberg Runs 5.866/250.69, Now #1

2:02 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 27.74 inches, adjusted altitude 4,436 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

Perkins starts drifting to the right at the hit. He gets close to the centerline, tries to steer the car back to the groove, then takes out the timing blocks at half track. he continues to the right, falls in behind Lindberg and finishes the run in the right lane. Lindberg goes right down the groove with a decent pass.

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Left Lane: Mike Drake Runs 13.127/71.03, Now #3
Right Lane: Chip Beverett Runs 8.058/114.57, Now #2

Drake hits the throttle, makes a quick move toward the centerline, then gives up on the run. Beverett gets about 200 feet out, makes a move to the left and has to abort the run.

Rain started to fall after this pair went down the track and this session will be continued later.

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Left Lane: Stefan Kontos Runs 6.006/203.80, Now #2
Right Lane: Robert Turner No Time, Now #6

6:40 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 27.75 inches, adjusted altitude 4,247 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Kontos goes right down the groove with a decent pass and gets in the second spot for now. Turner got out of the groove, hit the wall, then crossed over and took out a timing block.

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Left Lane: Russ Parker Runs 5.936/242.58, Now #2
Right Lane: Hannes Wernhart Runs 6.076/196.99, Now #4

Parker makes a clean, straight pass and gets in the number two spot for now. Wernhart was on a good pass but the engine went silent early and he slowed.

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Left Lane: Greg Hunter Runs 5.992/250.09, Now #3
Right Lane: Bryan Brown Runs 11.748/97.74, Now #7

Brown goes up in smoke at the hit and was off the throttle quickly. Hunter gets about 200 feet out and hazes the tires. He pedals, gets the slicks to bite and goes on through with a decent pass.

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Left Lane: Mike Doushgounian Runs 6.180/244.16, Now #7
Right Lane: Chris Marshall Runs 5.785/245.54, Now #1

Marshall goes right down the groove with the quickest pass of the round so far to take the top spot for now. Doushgounian rattles the tires early, pedals and recovers, then goes on through with a decent pass.

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Left Lane: Jirka Kaplan Runs 6.232/185.92, Now #9
Right Lane: Ulf Leanders Runs 5.671/258.07, Now #1

Leanders goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the round so far to take the pole for now. Kaplan had problems and was off the throttle early.

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Left Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 8.611/105.88, Now #11
Right Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 10.449/71.65, Now #12

Bellemeur gets about 200 feet out, loses traction, makes a quick move toward the centerline and aborts the run. Gasparrelli hazes the tires, pedals a couple of times, then gives up on the run.

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Left Lane: Shane Westerfield Runs 5.663/262.54, Now #1
Right Lane: Clint Thompson Runs 12.438/103.37, Now #15

Thompson goes up in smoke at the hit and is off the throttle quickly. Westerfield makes a move to the right early, steers the car back to the groove, then goes on through with the quickest pass of the round so far to move into the top spot for now.

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Left Lane: Nick Januik Runs 5.670/256.26, Now #2
Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.716/241.07, Now #4

Januik drifts a little to the right early but hangs on for a good pass to get in the second spot for now. Payne makes a decent pass and gets in the fourth spot for now.

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Left Lane: Brian Hough Runs 15.241/64.39, Now #20
Right Lane: Terry Ruckman Runs 5.781/260.76, Now #5

Hough blows the tires off at the hit, gets about 50 feet out and backs off the throttle. Ruckman makes a decent pass and gets in the fifth spot for now.

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Left Lane: DJ Cox Jr. Runs 5.536/263.56, Now #1
Right Lane: Annie Whiteley No Time, Now #22

Whiteley goes up in smoke at the hit and backs off the throttle. Cox goes right down the groove with a good pass to take the top spot for now.

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Left Lane: Kris Hool Runs 5.816/253.33, Now #9
Right Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.601/262.08, Now #2

Hool rattles the tires at the hit, makes a move to the left, then back to the right. He stays on the throttle and makes a decent pass to get in the ninth spot for now. Gordon goes right down the groove with a good pass to get in the second spot for now.

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Left Lane: John Lombardo Jr. Runs 5.560/266.58, Now #3
Right Lane: Jonnie Lindberg Runs 5.496/265.01, Now #1

Lindberg makes an impressive pass, right down the groove with the quickest pass of the round and takes the pole. Lombardo makes a decent pass and gets in the third spot to end this session.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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