Sat, 01 May 2021, 12:10 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

COMMERCE, Ga. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern 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: Dan Pomponio Runs 9.900/86.64, Now #6; Best prior run: 10.803/77.00, Was #6
Right Lane: John Headley Runs 13.145/54.06, Now #7; Best prior run: 16.323/53.20, Was #7

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 30.15 inches, adjusted altitude 1,577 feet.

Pomponio starts to lose traction early and clicks it off.

Headley lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Bob McCosh Runs 5.541/264.55, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.582/255.82, Was #3
Right Lane: Aryan Rochon Runs 5.703/217.81, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.104/236.55, Was #5

McCosh kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Bob McCosh's incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.491, 660ft-3.679/209.46 mph, 1,000ft-4.689.

Rochon started to use up an engine on the top end, but still move up the ladder one spot.

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Left Lane: DJ Cox Jr. Runs 5.499/267.64, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.547/263.51, Was #2
Right Lane: Matt Gill Runs 5.481/270.32, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.564/266.90, Was #3

This is a great side-by-side drag race to wrap up Top Alcohol Funny Car qualifying.

Cox Jr. is straight down the groove to the number two spot. DJ Cox Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.945 sec., 330ft-2.479, 660ft-3.659/211.20 mph, 1,000ft-4.657.

Gill kept it hitting on all eight all the way down the 1320. Gill goes to the number one spot, this is his first number one qualifier award.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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