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Sat, 15 May 2021, 19:36 PM

Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations
By Rick Green





CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NGK NTK NHRA Four-Wide Nationals:
 Order Car# Lane  Driver         Car                Qual  RT       ET   Speed
  1.     13   4  Dan Pomponio, '16 Monte Carlo        4  0.161   5.517 261.72
  2.      8   1  Kris Hool, '20 Camaro                5  0.128   5.562 259.56
  3.    729   2  Nick Januik, '20 Camaro             12  0.120   8.778 101.20
  4.   1718   3  Christopher Zgoda, '12 Camaro       13  -0.205(R)
                                                                 9.347  91.76
Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 30.20 inches, adjusted altitude 1,611 feet.

Hool is second off the line and finishes second in the quad to advance to Sunday.

Januik is first off the line, but lost traction and will finish third.

Pomponio is third off the line and wins the quad just off his qualifying time.

Finish Order & Margins: 1. Dan Pomponio was 0.0122 sec./about 5 feet ahead of 2. Kris Hool, who was 3.208 sec./more than 100 feet ahead of 3. Nick Januik, who was Green ahead of 4. Christopher Zgoda who was Red

Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):

                             Start  60 ft  330 ft  660 ft  1,000 ft   Finish
           Kris Hool Lane 1: 0.008  0.019  0.012 0.011/000  0.010 0.012/002
         Nick Januik Lane 2: 0.000  0.000  0.125 0.871/097  1.972 3.220/161
   Christopher Zgoda Lane 3: Red
        Dan Pomponio Lane 4: 0.041  0.018  0.000 0.000/002  0.000 0.000/000

 Order Car# Lane  Driver         Car                Qual  RT       ET   Speed
  1.      1   4  Doug Gordon, '20 Camaro              1  0.075   5.429 270.21
  2.    313   3  Andy Bohl, '20 Camaro                9  0.041   5.600 262.64
  3.     32   1  Ray Drew, '14 Mustang                8  0.087   5.559 264.13
Drew is last off the line and runs his quickest pass of the weekend, but he will not advance.

Bohl is first off the line and will finish second in this quad to race on Sunday.

Gordon is second off the line and wins this quad. He is just a few ticks off his qualifying time.

Finish Order & Margins: 1. Doug Gordon was 0.1372 sec./about 53 feet ahead of 2. Andy Bohl, who was 0.005 sec./about 23 inches ahead of 3. Ray Drew

Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):

                             Start  60 ft  330 ft  660 ft  1,000 ft   Finish
            Ray Drew Lane 1: 0.046  0.043  0.076 0.103/005  0.124 0.142/006
                     Lane 2: Lane empty.
           Andy Bohl Lane 3: 0.000  0.000  0.050 0.089/007  0.116 0.137/008
         Doug Gordon Lane 4: 0.034  0.000  0.000 0.000/000  0.000 0.000/000

Gordon will have lane choice, Pomponio will get the second pick, Hool will get the third choice and Bohl will go where they put him.

 Order Car# Lane  Driver         Car                Qual  RT       ET   Speed
  1.      2   1  Sean Bellemeur, '20 Camaro           2  0.066   5.599 266.06
  2.     34   2  Tony Bogolo, '19 Camaro              7  0.142   7.857 123.20
  3.     15   3  Brian Gawlik, '17 Camaro            10  -0.297(R)
                                                                 5.694 254.47
Bellemeur with the starting line advantage and the win

Bogolo is second off the line and will advance to Sunday.

Gawlik goes red.

Finish Order & Margins: 1. Sean Bellemeur was 2.3341 sec./more than 100 feet ahead of 2. Tony Bogolo, who was Green ahead of 3. Brian Gawlik

Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):

                             Start  60 ft  330 ft  660 ft  1,000 ft   Finish
      Sean Bellemeur Lane 1: 0.000  0.000  0.000 0.000/000  0.000 0.000/000
         Tony Bogolo Lane 2: 0.076  0.122  0.251 0.686/072  1.443 2.334/143
        Brian Gawlik Lane 3: Red
                     Lane 4: Lane empty.

 Order Car# Lane  Driver         Car                Qual  RT       ET   Speed
  1.     10   1  DJ Cox Jr., '19 Camaro               3  0.139   5.484 267.37
  2.     31   4  Chris Foster, '16 Camaro             6  0.134   5.569 259.81
  3.     33   2  Chip Beverett, '18 Camaro           11  0.101   5.638 260.31
  4.    196   3  Bill Naves, '14 Mustang             14  0.219   6.099 188.99
Cox Jr. is third off the line, but wins the quad.

Beverett is first off the line and runs his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

Naves is last off the line.

Foster is second off the line and finishes second in this quad.

Finish Order & Margins: 1. DJ Cox Jr. was 0.0803 sec./about 31 feet ahead of 2. Chris Foster, who was 0.036 sec./about 14 feet ahead of 3. Chip Beverett, who was 0.579 sec./more than 100 feet ahead of 4. Bill Naves Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):

                             Start  60 ft  330 ft  660 ft  1,000 ft   Finish
          DJ Cox Jr. Lane 1: 0.038  0.000  0.000 0.000/002  0.000 0.000/000
       Chip Beverett Lane 2: 0.000  0.097  0.117 0.109/000  0.104 0.116/007
          Bill Naves Lane 3: 0.118  0.094  0.145 0.281/026  0.430 0.695/078
        Chris Foster Lane 4: 0.033  0.032  0.041 0.053/004  0.066 0.080/008

Cox will have lane choice, Bellemeur will get the second choice, foster will pick third and bogolo will go where they put him.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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