Sun, 12 Feb 2017, 17:18 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 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
    1 Jonnie Lindberg                         2 Doug Gordon                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.147 13.860 106.32                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lombardo  ) 0.071  5.445 268.01      (S Gasparrell) 0.046  5.497 269.08
E1    (C Marshall  ) 0.119  5.458 263.41      (C Perkins   ) 0.063  5.476 270.86
 Qualified:             #7  5.583 259.11                        #3  5.513 268.71

2:04 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 28.89 inches, adjusted altitude 2,672 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Gordon is 3 - 1 against Lindberg in prior events. Gordon gets the revs up and has the Camaro shutter through the lights for a "No Time" pass.

Lindberg was there for the taking, as the tires go up in smoke.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 DJ Cox Jr.                              4 Shane Westerfield            
E3                   0.016 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.015  5.458 269.56
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Ruckman   ) 0.113  5.411 270.10      (B Hough     ) 0.031  5.479 269.73
E1    (U Leanders  ) 0.010  6.134 169.81      (M Doushgouni) 0.028  5.457 270.43
 Qualified:             #1  5.471 268.17                        #4  5.544 268.38

Westerfield is 1 - 0 against Cox Jr. in prior events.

WOW! CRAZY PASS! They leave just 0.001 apart in RT's and Cox's Camaro just jumps up in the air and goes dead sideways. Cox lifts, but the wheel speed is so high that the car rotates hard. He tries to save it, but the back end on the car crosses the centerline right after the 60 foot lights. It shoots direct towards the wall and he cranks the wheels over hard. The car rotates again and the back end just nails the wall. He finally gets the car stopped on the track without further issues.

Westerfield was long gone and makes his best pass of the weekend. He will have lane choice over Lindberg in the final round.

Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.936 sec., 330ft-2.452, 660ft-3.628/211.06 mph, 1,000ft-4.621.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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