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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, 16th 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: Chip Beverett Runs 5.622/256.41, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.141/251.39, Was #25 7:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 27.83 inches, adjusted altitude 4,327 feet, track temperature 90 degrees. Beverett goes
right down the groove with a career best pass and he gets in the show in the ninth spot for
now. Left Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 5.785/252.10, Now #19; Best prior run: 8.611/105.88, Was #27 Right Lane: Hannes Wernhart No Time, Now #25; Best prior run: 5.938/244.83, Was #24 Wernhart has problems and does not make a pass. Bellemeur rattles the tires at the
hit and has to pedal. He gets the slicks to settle down and makes his quickest pass of the weekend
but does not make the show. Left Lane: Jirka Kaplan Runs 5.863/255.29, Now #24; Best prior run: 6.232/185.92, Was #27 Right Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 5.633/258.57, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.833/257.09, Was #23 Kaplan makes his quickest pass of the weekend but does not make the field. Gasparrelli goes right down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he gets in the show in the 11th spot for now. Left Lane: Stefan Kontos Runs 7.032/248.48, Now #27; Best prior run: 6.006/203.80, Was #27 Right Lane: Robert Turner Runs 12.629/64.30, Now #23; Best prior run: 5.832/239.74, Was #23 Kontos goes up in smoke at the hit, pedals once, then goes on through the run. He doesn't improve and will not make the show. Turner has traction problems and gives up on the run early. Left Lane: Cody Perkins Runs 5.857/245.67, Now #24; Best prior run: 5.929/242.76, Was #25 Right Lane: Chris Marshall Runs 5.695/251.30, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.676/251.16, Was #17 Perkins makes a decent pass, his quickest of the weekend, but he comes up a little short. Marshall slows from his earlier attempt and will not make the field. Left Lane: Russ Parker Runs 5.827/248.34, Now #22; Best prior run: 5.825/245.32, Was #22 Right Lane: Bryan Brown Runs 5.725/229.74, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.655/255.48, Was #15 Parker almost equals his earlier attempt and does not make the show. Brown slows from his earlier attempt but is already in the show. Left Lane: Kris Hool Runs 7.433/179.64, Now #21; Best prior run: 5.816/253.33, Was #21 Right Lane: Johan Lindberg Runs 6.726/139.49, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.647/255.15, Was #13 Hool goes up in smoke about 50 feet out and has to pedal. He can't improve and will not be racing tomorrow. Lindberg has traction problems and is off the throttle early. Left Lane: Mike Doushgounian Runs 5.714/257.24, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.713/255.87, Was #19 Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.647/256.11, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.634/258.22, Was #12 No help for either driver. Left Lane: Greg Hunter Runs 5.664/257.19, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.677/257.33, Was #18 Right Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 5.603/264.65, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.631/263.87, Was #10 Whiteley goes right down the groove with her quickest pass of the weekend and moves up a couple of spots in the order. Hunter improves and gets in the show on the bump spot. Left Lane: Brian Hough Runs 5.690/256.31, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.676/256.45, Was #17 Right Lane: Ulf Leanders Runs 5.606/258.81, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.619/259.71, Was #9 Leanders makes his quickest pass of the weekend but he stays in the ninth spot. Hough makes a clean pass but can't get back in the show. Left Lane: Nick Januik Runs 5.704/255.19, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.650/259.61, Was #14 Right Lane: Clint Thompson Runs 5.625/260.16, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.589/260.71, Was #6 Thompson makes a decent pass but can't improve. Januik slows from his earlier attempt. Left Lane: Shane Westerfield Runs 5.580/264.08, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.596/264.55, Was #7 Right Lane: Terry Ruckman Runs 5.608/262.28, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.571/264.44, Was #5 Westerfield goes right down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up a spot in the order. Ruckman makes a decent pass but slows from his earlier attempt. Left Lane: John Lombardo Jr. Runs 5.527/267.16, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.560/266.58, Was #4 Right Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.552/263.26, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.547/265.12, Was #3 Lombardo makes an impressive pass and moves up to the second spot. Gordon doesn't improve and drops a spot in the order as Lombardo goes around him. Left Lane: DJ Cox Jr. No Time, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.536/263.56, Was #3 Right Lane: Jonnie Lindberg Runs 5.463/267.48, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.496/265.01, Was #1 Cox had problems and did not make a pass. Lindberg goes right down the groove with
the quickest pass of the weekend.
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