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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Annie Whiteley 800 Ulf Leanders
E1 0.039 5.774 259.91 ****WINNER**** 0.064 5.602 260.26
Qualified: #8 5.603 264.65 #9 5.606 258.81
8:28 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent,
barometer 27.80 inches, adjusted altitude 4,145 feet. Whiteley and Leanders have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Whiteley gets out of the gate first, stays in front to
the sixty foot mark, then Leanders is able to drive around and pull away for the win with his
quickest pass of the weekend. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 6345 Clint Thompson 721 Chip Beverett E1 ****WINNER**** 0.035 5.677 260.61 0.038 5.743 255.77 Qualified: #7 5.589 260.71 #10 5.622 256.41This is the first time Thompson and Beverett have faced each other in eliminations. Beverett
rattles the tires off the line, makes a move toward the wall and has to pedal. Thompson made a move
to the right at the hit and had to pedal. Thompson as able to recover a little quicker and pulls
away from Beverett for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Shane Westerfield 77 Steve Gasparrelli
E1 0.031 5.686 261.37 ****WINNER**** 0.052 5.612 257.92
Qualified: #6 5.580 264.08 #11 5.633 258.57
Westerfield is 2 - 1 against Gasparrelli in prior events.Westerfield gets out of the gate first but has to pedal once. Gasparrelli drove around Westerfield and went on through with his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win. Steve Gasparrelli's incremental margins (negative
if behind): 60ft(-0.010), 330 ft(0.077), 660ft(0.077), 1,000ft(0.066). MOV: 0.0537 seconds
(approximately 21 feet). Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 76 Terry Ruckman 10 Jay Payne E1 ****WINNER**** 0.042 5.795 262.33 0.088 11.067 113.81 Qualified: #5 5.571 264.44 #12 5.634 258.22Payne is 4 - 1 against Ruckman in prior events. Payne is a little behind off the line,
strikes the tires and is off the throttle early. Ruckman goes right down the groove with a good
pass to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Doug Gordon 883 Johan Lindberg
E1 0.114 9.215 96.56 ****WINNER**** 0.072 5.597 250.00
Qualified: #4 5.547 265.12 #13 5.647 255.15
This is the first time Gordon and Lindberg have faced each other in eliminations.Lindberg gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Gordon gets about 300 feet out and the car noses over, not sure why. Lindberg will have lane choice over Leanders in the next
round. With the Gordon loss Jonnie Lindberg wins the Top Alcohol Funny Championship for the second consecutive year. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 15 DJ Cox Jr. 729 Nick Januik E1 ****WINNER**** 0.031 5.548 262.54 0.043 5.645 258.67 Qualified: #3 5.536 263.56 #14 5.650 259.61This is the first time Cox Jr. and Januik have faced each other in eliminations. Cox gets out of the gate first, starts pulling away, makes his slowest pass of the weekend but is able to extend his lead all the way through the run. Januik makes his quickest pass of the weekend but was falling behind at every marker. DJ Cox Jr.'s incremental margins: 60ft(0.045), 330 ft(0.064), 660ft(0.081), 1,000ft(0.095). MOV: 0.1097 seconds (approximately 42 feet). Cox will have lane
choice over Gasparrelli in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 John Lombardo Jr. 433 Bryan Brown
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.095 5.538 265.59 0.059 5.672 252.66
Qualified: #2 5.527 267.16 #15 5.655 255.48
Brown is 1 - 0 against Lombardo Jr. in prior events.Brown gets out of the gate first, stays in front to the 330 foot mark, then Lombardo pulls even and drives around for the win. Lombardo will have lane choice over Thompson in the next round. John Lombardo Jr.'s incremental margins
(negative if behind): 60ft(-0.016), 330 ft(-0.001), 660ft(0.034), 1,000ft(0.065). MOV: 0.0982
seconds (approximately 36 feet). Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 597 Greg Hunter 1 Jonnie Lindberg E1 0.030 5.931 236.34 ****WINNER**** 0.100 5.487 266.69 Qualified: #16 5.664 257.19 #1 5.463 267.48Lindberg is 1 - 0 against Hunter in prior events. Hunter gets a big holeshot but Lindberg starts reeling him in quickly. Hunter gets about 300 feet out, smoke starts pouring from the engine, then Lindberg goes around him and pulls away for the win. Jonnie Lindberg's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.080), 330 ft(0.009), 660ft(0.139), 1,000ft(0.266). MOV: 0.3748 seconds (more than 100 feet). Lindberg will have lane choice over Ruckman in the next
round.
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