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Sun, 25 Oct 2020, 15:22 PM

Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                   1 Sean Bellemeur               
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.057  5.519 266.58
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (A Rochon    ) 0.038  5.459 269.40
 Qualified:                                                       #1  5.422 270.86

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 29.89 inches, adjusted altitude 2,047 feet, track temperature 88 degrees.

Bellemeur with the single...he is straight down the groove with a nice pass.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Jay Payne                               2 Brian Hough                  
E2                   0.107  5.539 259.16     ****WINNER****  0.068  5.498 265.38
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Marie Whit) 0.049  5.571 265.48      (M Billington) 0.073  5.461 268.49
 Qualified:             #5  5.497 267.80                        #2  5.447 269.73

Payne is 11 - 5 against Hough in prior events.
Hough with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will have a bye into the final.

Payne starts drifting out of the groove over by the wall and he tags it after the finish line.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Kris Hool                               4 Chris Marshall               
E2                  -0.022  5.572 263.62     ****WINNER****  0.082  5.447 268.97
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Gordon    ) 0.062  5.486 264.80      (B McCosh    ) 0.078  5.462 267.85
 Qualified:             #8  5.625 260.66                        #4  5.464 268.92

This is the first time Hool and Marshall have faced each other in eliminations.
Hool goes red to give Marshall the win.

Marshall launched hard and kept it hooked up to make a great pass. He will lane choice over Bellemeur in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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