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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 799 Sean Bellemeur 5 Terry Ruckman E1 0.044 5.576 261.22 ****WINNER**** 0.013 5.587 263.56 Qualified: #9 5.668 260.06 #8 5.649 251.062:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 28.82 inches, adjusted altitude 2,498 feet, track temperature 93 degrees. This will be Ruckman's 23rd first round appearance. He has a 64% win record to date. Bellemeur has 102 first round starts and a 49% win record. Ruckman is 1 - 0 against Bellemeur in prior events. Ruckman makes a great 0.013 leave and drives away for the close hole shot win. Bellemeur has his hands full down track and he has to heard the Camaro to the lights. Terry Ruckman's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.000), 330
ft(-0.007), 660ft(0.000), 1,000ft(0.012). MOV: 0.0205 seconds (approximately 8 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Jonnie Lindberg 676M Chris Marshall
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.119 5.458 263.41 0.010 No Time
Qualified: #7 5.583 259.11 #10 5.704 256.84
Jonnie Lindberg has won this race in each of the last two years.Marshall get s big starting line advantage and holds off Lindberg, in Jay Payne's car, untill near the 330 lights. The car gets loose and he stays with it too long and slaps the wall. Lindberg makes his best pass of the weekend for the easy win. Jonnie Lindberg's incremental times: 60ft-0.941 sec., 330ft-2.443,
660ft-3.611/212.73 mph, 1,000ft-4.608.
2:55 p.m. Clean up time.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 DJ Cox Jr. 800 Ulf Leanders
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.134 169.81 -0.098 8.929 114.45
Qualified: #1 5.471 268.17 #16 6.712 137.79
3:01 p.m. Back to racing. This is the first time that DJ Cox has ever competed at the
Winternationals. He is driving the Bartone Brothers car. Tony Bartone won this race four times.
Leanders has won over 58% of his first round races. Cox Jr. is 1 - 0 against Leanders in prior
events. Leanders goes red and gives the easy win to Cox. He will lose lane choice to Ruckman in round two. Things go bad for Cox as the engine goes quiet about the eighth mile mark. The Camaro
doesn't slow down much without any chutes and flies on down towards the sand trap. The chutes
finally come out before he hits the water soaked sand and the Camaro soars across the sand and
right up to the front of the net. No major damage, bit still a lot of work for tonight.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Shane Westerfield 757 Mike Doushgounian
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.028 5.457 270.43 0.035 5.685 257.19
Qualified: #4 5.544 268.38 #13 6.005 252.57
3:19 p.m. The sand trap is now clean and eliminations continue. Westerfield has won almost 63 %
of his first round races. Doushgounian has eleven first round appearances to date and has won
almost 82% of them. Westerfield is 1 - 0 against Doushgounian in prior events. Two strong leaves, and Westerfield gets the tod. He pulls steadily ahead to make his best pass of the weekend for the decisive win Micky D made his best pass too, but can't match the pace. Shane
Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.452, 660ft-3.628/211.69 mph,
1,000ft-4.621.
Mike Doushgounian's incremental times: 60ft-0.988 sec., 330ft-2.553, 660ft-3.772/203.95 mph,
1,000ft-4.810.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 John Lombardo Jr. 715 Mike Drake
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.085 5.477 270.64 0.143 6.551 168.11
Qualified: #2 5.483 268.60 #15 6.249 236.22
John Lombardo Jr. won here in 2013 and was runner-up to Jonnie Lindberg last year. This his
77th first round appearance and he has over a 71% win record. Drake is making his fifth first round
appearance at a National Event and is looking for a win. This is the first time Lombardo Jr. and
Drake have faced each other in eliminations. Drake has his hands full in the first half of the after a late leave and he finally hass to lift near the center line. Lombardo gets a big advantage at the green and powers on down the track for his best pass of the weekend. He will face Lindberg in round two tomorrow. John Lombardo Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.952 sec.,
330ft-2.488, 660ft-3.658/212.69 mph, 1,000ft-4.645. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 65 Brian Hough 721 Chip Beverett E1 ****WINNER**** 0.053 5.690 263.72 0.049 7.073 133.00 Qualified: #5 5.552 264.39 #12 5.760 256.89Brian Hough was the 2014 winner here and he has been the runner-up four times. This is Beverett is making his forth first round start and is still looking for his first win. This is the first time Hough and Beverett have faced each other in eliminations. Beverett gets a small head starts and then has the engine drop cylinders after that, The engine goes bang shortly after that and he slows. Clean pass for Hough to the finish line, but he gives up lane choice to Westerfield tomorrow morning. Brian Hough's incremental times: 60ft-0.958 sec., 330ft-2.603,
660ft-3.817/206.20 mph, 1,000ft-4.835. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 10 Steve Gasparrelli 7238 Bret Williamson E1 ****WINNER**** 0.055 5.627 259.16 0.253 12.831 69.38 Qualified: #6 5.568 263.72 #11 5.709 252.99This is Steve Gasparrelli's 19th Winternationals. His father, Lou, who won it in 1986 & 1993, competed here 16 times. There has been a Gasparrelli family member competing here every year since 1984. Brett Williamson was runner-up here in 1989 and 2001. This is his 31st Winternationals' event. Gasparrelli is 1 - 0 against Williamson in prior events. Williamson strike the tires hard at the green and the back end jumps out. Gasparrelli was on a strong pass until near the 1000 foot lights, where there is smoke from the engine. Steve Gasparrelli's incremental times:
60ft-0.969 sec., 330ft-2.512, 660ft-3.723/203.92 mph, 1,000ft-4.758. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 568 Cody Perkins 2 Doug Gordon E1 0.040 5.678 254.90 ****WINNER**** 0.063 5.476 270.86 Qualified: #14 6.133 249.03 #3 5.513 268.71Doug Gordon won this event in 2003 and was runner-up in 2009, 2010 & 2011. Perkins has a 54% first round win record. This is the first time Perkins and Gordon have faced each other in eliminations. Both cars make their best passes of the weekend. Perkins leaves first, but is quickly passe by Gordon. He runs his fastest pass ever to take the win and will keep lane choice over Gasparrelli in round two. Doug Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.947 sec., 330ft-2.476, 660ft-3.652/211.86 mph, 1,000ft-4.643. 3:35 p.m.
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