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KENT, Wash. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run: Right Lane: Randy Parker Runs 12.716/109.77, Now #1 1:38 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.52 inches, adjusted altitude 3,079 feet, track temperature 129 degrees. Parker's
crew is scrambling to get something repaired behind the motor before starting the Impala. They get
it squared it away and he will make a single to start off the round. Left Lane: Chip Beverett Runs 11.045/84.42, Now #1 Right Lane: Jirka Kaplan Runs 11.988/97.28, Now #2 Dueling tire smokers! The both overpower the track as soon as the green light came on! Left Lane: Nick Januik Runs 11.224/74.64, Now #3 Right Lane: Brian Hough Runs 5.641/265.48, Now #1 These two are making much longer burnouts to try to get some rubber down off the line. Hopefully, they adjusted the launch settings too! Januik car was strong initially, but over powers the track and he has to lift. Hough softened up the power enough and eases on down the track to get a number up to tune to later. Smart crew chief! Brian Hough's incremental times: 60ft-1.001 sec., 330ft-2.594, 660ft-3.787/208.23 mph, 1,000ft-4.793. Left Lane: Terry Ruckman Runs 5.629/264.29, Now #1 Right Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 5.649/262.03, Now #3 We finally get a pair of cars to the finish line almost together. Ruckman is away first by a bunch and tiptoes to past the 60 foot light and then powers o down the track into the new top spot for now. Gasparrelli is right behind him to slide right into the number two spot. Terry Ruckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.984 sec., 330ft-2.564, 660ft-3.765/207.11 mph, 1,000ft-4.776. Steve Gasparrelli's incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.563, 660ft-3.770/205.91 mph, 1,000ft-4.790. Left Lane: Chris Marshall Runs 5.561/261.72, Now #1 Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.623/262.95, Now #2 Looks like crew chiefs are learning fast, as their competitors run in front of them. They leave right together and run right together to take over the top two spots. Marshall is quickest and Payne fastest. Chris Marshall's incremental times: 60ft-0.955 sec., 330ft-2.489, 660ft-3.683/207.82 mph, 1,000ft-4.702. Jay Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.987 sec., 330ft-2.553, 660ft-3.754/207.34 mph, 1,000ft-4.768. Left Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 5.710/258.96, Now #7 Right Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 5.538/269.67, Now #1 Whiteley runs the table, with better numbers from start to finish. Big jump in speed to the rest of the field and she is now in the top spot. Clean and straight pass for Bellemeur to finish in the top eight for now. Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.984 sec., 330ft-2.590, 660ft-3.808/203.77 mph, 1,000ft-4.840. Annie Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.965 sec., 330ft-2.530, 660ft-3.712/210.70 mph, 1,000ft-4.703. Left Lane: Shane Westerfield Runs 5.586/264.75, Now #4 Right Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.561/265.53, Now #2 They leave almost together and run identical sixty-foot times and are just 0.009 different at 330 feet. Gordon starts to pull steadily ahead at that point and ends up in the final #2 spot for the round. Westerfield is strong too and runs right behind him for the #4 spot. Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.529, 660ft-3.725/208.14 mph, 1,000ft-4.735. Doug Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.520, 660ft-3.712/208.81 mph, 1,000ft-4.716. 2:02 p.m. Annie Whiteley is number one at 5.538.Field not filled, no bump spot.
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