Sun, 07 Oct 2018, 16:13 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  729 Nick Januik                             3 Doug Gordon                  
E3                   0.075 10.110 173.36     ****WINNER****  0.109  5.533 266.58
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lombardo  ) 0.043  5.595 259.76      (A Whiteley  ) 0.076  5.524 267.32
E1    (L Van Hauen ) 0.071  5.587 259.81      (A Rochon    ) 0.065  5.617 264.39
 Qualified:             #7  5.661 258.17                        #5  5.574 265.38

Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.29 inches, adjusted altitude 3,722 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.

Januik with problems on the burnout...

Januik with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.

Gordon starts to drift out of the groove and over by the centerline, but kept it in his lane and gets the win. gordon goes to his second final round this season and the 24th of his career.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Shane Westerfield                       5 Sean Bellemeur               
E3                   0.046  5.530 266.74     ****WINNER****  0.019  5.478 267.22
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Payne     ) 0.075  5.549 266.85                     0.062  5.489 264.86
E1    (B Hough     ) 0.028  5.572 266.79      (C Marshall  ) 0.023  5.481 268.28
 Qualified:             #3  5.521 267.75                       #13  8.954  99.95

Bellemeur is 5 - 0 against Westerfield in prior events.

Bellemeur with a great light and never trailed for the win. Bellemeur with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win and lane choice in the final. He is advancing to his sixth final round this season and 16th of his career.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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