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Sat, 17 Oct 2020, 13:29 PM

Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 35th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals 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: Bryan Brown Runs 5.557/262.59, Now #9; Best prior run: 10.359/102.73, Was #14

Brown kept it hooked up and makes his quickest pass of the season to go to the number nine spot. Bryan Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.951 sec., 330ft-2.504, 660ft-3.687/209.33 mph, 1,000ft-4.701.

Left Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.501/268.06, Now #7; Best prior run: 9.379/92.81, Was #14
Right Lane: Aryan Rochon Runs 5.624/259.66, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.570/251.39, Was #11

Gordon with a good clean pass...Doug Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.959 sec., 330ft-2.496, 660ft-3.670/211.73 mph, 1,000ft-4.664.

Rochon with another good pass, but will not improve.

Left Lane: Chris Marshall Runs 5.475/270.59, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.696/131.20, Was #14

Marshall launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number three spot. Chris Marshall's incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.473, 660ft-3.649/211.89 mph, 1,000ft-4.642.

Left Lane: Kyle Smith Runs 5.526/261.27, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.502/257.28, Was #10
Right Lane: Brian Hough Runs 5.473/269.40, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.502/260.86, Was #9

This is a great side-by-side drag race.

Smith will not improve, but still makes a good looking pass. Kyle Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.939 sec., 330ft-2.473, 660ft-3.656/210.28 mph, 1,000ft-4.667.

Hough kept it hooked up and was straight down the groove to the number three spot. This is he season quickest and fastest pass. Brian Hough's incremental times: 60ft-0.989 sec., 330ft-2.491, 660ft-3.652/213.13 mph, 1,000ft-4.639.

Left Lane: Chris Foster Runs 5.539/265.80, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.480/268.76, Was #6
Right Lane: Kris Hool Runs 8.897/121.88, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.496/267.48, Was #8

Foster was skating around, but stayed with it. He will not improve, but still makes the fifth quickest pass of the session. Chris Foster's incremental times: 60ft-0.953 sec., 330ft-2.488, 660ft-3.681/208.36 mph, 1,000ft-4.692.

Hool makes a quick move toward the wall and clicks it off.

Left Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 5.474/272.01, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.429/274.00, Was #2
Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.504/266.79, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.486/260.66, Was #7

Whiteley launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the second quickest pass of the session, she will not improve on her pass from last night. Annie Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.503, 660ft-3.665/214.31 mph, 1,000ft-4.647.

Payne with another good looking pass, straight down the groove... Jay Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.958 sec., 330ft-2.481, 660ft-3.656/212.19 mph, 1,000ft-4.659.

Left Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 5.466/269.94, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.425/261.62, Was #1
Right Lane: Bob McCosh Runs 5.502/267.43, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.477/263.77, Was #5

Bellemeur launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest of the session. He will not improve, but holds on to the number one spot. This is the 15th time he has qualified number one. Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.476, 660ft-3.642/213.16 mph, 1,000ft-4.632.

McCosh with another great pass, he won't improve, but runs his fastest pass of the season. Bob McCosh's incremental times: 60ft-0.967 sec., 330ft-2.485, 660ft-3.662/210.83 mph, 1,000ft-4.661.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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