Fri, 18 Aug 2017, 19:09 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA 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:

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Left Lane: Kirk Williams Runs 5.706/255.43, Now #9; Best prior run: 8.276/88.85, Was #10
Right Lane: Chris Foster Runs 5.721/256.50, Now #10; Best prior run: 10.909/109.80, Was #11

5:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 71 percent, barometer 28.54 inches, adjusted altitude 3,271 feet.

Williams had to fight to keep his car off of the centerline before half track. A good looking pass by Foster.

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Left Lane: Bill Bernard Runs 5.938/254.66, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.667/254.18, Was #7
Right Lane: Johan Lindberg Runs 11.735/66.37, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.706/257.48, Was #8

Bernard had to pedal through some early tire shake. Lindberg had traction troubles early and he lifted.

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Left Lane: Andy Bohl Runs 5.549/266.32, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.620/265.01, Was #6
Right Lane: Scott McVey Runs 12.797/65.49, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.600/260.46, Was #5

McVey moved to the right of the groove just past the tree and he lifted.

A good looking pass for Bohl. Andy Bohl's incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.499, 660ft-3.695/208.39 mph, 1,000ft-4.703.

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Left Lane: John Lombardo Jr. Runs 5.895/192.03, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.540/269.40, Was #2
Right Lane: Kris Hool Runs 8.549/103.56, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.583/261.42, Was #5

Hool took the same path as McVey did in the previous pair and he also lifted. Lombardo launched a burst panel at the 1,000-foot mark.

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Left Lane: Jay Payne Runs 14.218/56.08, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.531/265.27, Was #1
Right Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 11.116/83.55, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.566/269.13, Was #4

Both drivers shook on the hit and they both lifted at about 150 feet.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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