SEATTLE - Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

Search for

DRC home :: Events :: Feedback :: Wallpaper :: Advanced Search


			Summit NHRA Events

<< Back To Search Result

Sat, 05 Aug 2017, 15:49 PM

Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By David Gerard

KENT, Wash. - Notes from final, round 3 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

Left Lane: Randy Parker Runs 5.959/242.15, Now #11; Best prior run: 12.716/109.77, Was #13

12:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.59 inches, adjusted altitude 2,126 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Doug Gordon is number one with a 5.528. Field not filled, no bump spot.

Parker needs be careful on his last attempt to improve and still leaves hard and gets a strong run to the finish line. It's good enough to move him up two spots to number eleven.

Randy Parker's incremental times: 60ft-1.003 sec., 330ft-2.634, 660ft-3.926/190.70 mph, 1,000ft-5.030.

Left Lane: Jirka Kaplan Runs 5.645/258.67, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.745/256.75, Was #10
Right Lane: Chip Beverett Runs 5.552/261.93, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.949/155.88, Was #13

Beverett is still looking for a full pass too and gets a great one this time. The Monte Carlo makes a hard leave and powers on down the track to move him right up into the current top four for now.

Kaplan got a small starting line advantage and makes hiss own best run of the weekend to move up a spot on a quicker and faster pass.

Jirka Kaplan's incremental times: 60ft-0.984 sec., 330ft-2.540, 660ft-3.748/205.57 mph, 1,000ft-4.777.
Chip Beverett's incremental times: 60ft-0.958 sec., 330ft-2.492, 660ft-3.681/208.91 mph, 1,000ft-4.694.

Left Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 5.641/247.84, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.649/262.03, Was #10
Right Lane: Nick Januik Runs 5.587/261.88, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.625/160.42, Was #13

Gasparrelli was on a strong pass and picks up a little ET. There is trouble in the engine compartment with smoke from under the body near the lights. He stays number ten.

Januik finally gets a full pass too and runs close to his season best ET to move up six spots to #7.

Steve Gasparrelli's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.511, 660ft-3.711/205.44 mph, 1,000ft-4.746.
Nick Januik's incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.509, 660ft-3.709/205.85 mph, 1,000ft-4.728.

Left Lane: Brian Hough Runs 5.539/268.38, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.597/266.48, Was #8
Right Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 9.516/91.21, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.680/259.06, Was #12

Bellemeur fires and falls back. He was away first and quicker to the sixty foot lights, but is coasting about 100 feet out.

Hough leave hard too and makes the fastest pass so far. He finishes well and moves five spots up into the current #3 spot.

Brian Hough's incremental times: 60ft-0.968 sec., 330ft-2.524, 660ft-3.705/210.64 mph, 1,000ft-4.701.
Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.956 sec., 330ft-2.734, 660ft-4.856/103.29 mph, 1,000ft-7.185.

Left Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.531/266.37, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.551/264.13, Was #4
Right Lane: Terry Ruckman Runs 5.501/268.87, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.629/264.29, Was #9

Ruckman gets a huge starting line advantage and just pulls steadily ahead of Payne to the new top spot with another big speed to boot.

Payne actually ran quicker and faster too, but looked slow to Ruckman. He will stay #4 for now.

Jay Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.962 sec., 330ft-2.502, 660ft-3.686/209.98 mph, 1,000ft-4.688.
Terry Ruckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.495, 660ft-3.668/211.69 mph, 1,000ft-4.662.

Left Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 5.532/270.86, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.528/268.01, Was #3
Right Lane: Shane Westerfield Runs 5.524/267.53, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.586/264.75, Was #8

Whiteley makes the fastest pass of the weekend, but is a little off pace and loses a spot to charging Westerfield.

Westerfield was away first by a bunch and runs hard to near the lights, where the parachutes are out early. It is still a great pass and he moves up six spots to #2.

Annie Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.964 sec., 330ft-2.534, 660ft-3.713/211.86 mph, 1,000ft-4.701.
Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.945 sec., 330ft-2.493, 660ft-3.681/209.52 mph, 1,000ft-4.682.

Left Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.459/269.24, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.528/268.17, Was #3
Right Lane: Chris Marshall Runs 5.491/265.80, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.561/261.72, Was #8

WOW! Looks like the best of the weekend is saved for the last pair.

Marshall runs his first forty of his career and reset both of his career bests to move way up to the final #2 spot!

Gordon started the session in number one and is #3 as the lights come down. He puts all of the power to the ground again and move right on back to the top of the pack for the last #1 spot.

Doug Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.944 sec., 330ft-2.466, 660ft-3.635/212.33 mph, 1,000ft-4.625.
Chris Marshall's incremental times: 60ft-0.946 sec., 330ft-2.458, 660ft-3.638/209.79 mph, 1,000ft-4.643.

12:44 p.m. Field not filled, no bump spot.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink