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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 2606 Mark Billington 2 Doug Gordon E1 0.144 5.745 254.33 ****WINNER**** 0.088 5.468 268.49 Qualified: #16 5.755 252.71 #1 5.472 268.766:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.36 inches, adjusted altitude 3,478 feet, track temperature 110 degrees. Gordon is 1 - 0 against Billington in prior events. This is Doug Gordon's 125th start. This is his 3rd #1 spot of the year. The top qualifier in the class has not lost in the first round this year. Mark Billington is making his 39th start and his fourth at this event. Gordon gets out of the gate
first and starts to pull away. Billington drifts to the right near the end of the run but stays on
the throttle and makes his quickest pass of the weekend. Gordon goes right down the groove with his
quickest pass of the weekend and takes the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 433 Bryan Brown 4 Shane Westerfield E1 0.060 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.046 5.533 267.00 Qualified: #13 5.602 262.85 #4 5.524 267.37Westerfield is 1 - 0 against Brown in prior events. Westerfield won this event in 2013. Westerfield gets out of the gate first and starts pulling away. Brown gets out of the
groove, makes a hard move to the left, then the rear of the car scrapes the wall. Westerfield goes
on through with a decent pass to take the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 636 Ray Martin 799 Sean Bellemeur E1 0.066 5.620 256.36 ****WINNER**** 0.019 5.487 265.69 Qualified: #15 5.647 255.73 #2 5.478 265.85This is the first time Martin and Bellemeur have faced each other in eliminations. Sean Bellemeur has won this race in each of the last two years. He starts from the #2 spot and in the 30 year history of this race the #2 qualifier I TAFC is 26-4 in the first round. Bellemeur gets the
holeshot, goes right down the groove and pulls away for the win. Martin makes his quickest pass of
the weekend but was falling behind all the way through the run. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 800 Ulf Leanders 46 Jeff Jones E1 ****WINNER**** 0.031 5.570 255.19 0.012 5.624 256.36 Qualified: #3 5.497 265.43 #14 5.647 259.06This is the first time Leanders and Jones have faced each other in eliminations. Jones gets out of the gate first, stays in front past the 330 foot mark, then Leanders is able to get around him and pull away for the win. Jones makes his quickest pass of the weekend but couldn't hold off Leanders. Ulf Leanders' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.041), 330 ft(-0.012),
660ft(0.020), 1,000ft(0.036). MOV: 0.0355 seconds (approximately 13 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Kris Hool 8 Annie Whiteley
E1 0.056 5.598 260.26 ****WINNER**** 0.102 5.496 269.24
Qualified: #11 5.581 260.66 #6 5.536 269.40
Whiteley is 2 - 1 against Hool in prior events. Hool gets a big holeshot and starts to pull away. he extends his lead to the 330 foot mark, then Whiteley starts to reel Hool in. Whiteley is able to go around Hool past half track, then pulls away and takes the win with her quickest pass of the weekend. Annie Whiteley's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.027), 330 ft(-0.039), 660ft(-0.012), 1,000ft(0.026). MOV: 0.0563 seconds (approximately 21 feet). Whiteley
will have lane choice over Leanders in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Terry Ruckman 77 Jay Payne
E1 0.052 5.588 263.77 ****WINNER**** 0.062 5.569 263.77
Qualified: #8 5.558 265.59 #9 5.574 262.33
Between Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car Jay Payne has been to 381 NHRA national
races and that's more than any other driver. He has been to all 31 races at the Motorplex and has
been to the final round here in both classes. Terry Ruckman was runner-up here in 2014. Payne is 5 - 2 against Ruckman in prior events. Ruckman gets out of the gate first, stays in front to half track, then Payne is able to power by and pull away for the win with his quickest pass of the weekend. Jay Payne's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.035), 330 ft(-0.008), 660ft(0.001), 1,000ft(0.007). MOV: 0.0095 seconds (approximately 4 feet). Gordon will have lane
choice over Payne in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 729 Nick Januik 10 Steve Gasparrelli E1 ****WINNER**** 0.031 5.523 261.72 0.028 6.891 145.50 Qualified: #7 5.538 261.83 #10 5.579 263.98Januik is 2 - 1 against Gasparrelli in prior events. Gasparrelli gets the advantage off the line but Januik goes around him quickly. Gasparrelli gets to half track and the car noses over, not sure why. Januik goes on through with his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win. Bellemeur will have lane choice over Januik in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Andy Bohl 3 John Lombardo Jr.
E1 0.058 5.590 264.60 ****WINNER**** 0.079 5.517 268.44
Qualified: #12 5.598 266.48 #5 5.529 269.08
John Lombardo won here in 2009 and was runner-up last year.This is a rematch of the final round
in Charlotte a few weeks back, a race that Andy Bohl won.Bohl is 1 - 0 against Lombardo Jr. in prior events. Bohl gets out of the gate first but Lombardo is able to reel him in by the time they reach the 330 foot mark. lombardo goes around Bohl at that point and extends his lead through the rest of the run. Lombardo and Bohl both make their quickest passes of the weekend in this race. Lombardo will have lane choice over Westerfield in the next round.
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