Fri, 13 Oct 2023, 16:33 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 38th annual 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:

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Left Lane: Brian Hough Runs 9.802/84.68, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.486/265.60, Was #5
Right Lane: Kyle Smith Runs 5.538/260.31, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.555/252.84, Was #9

Hough has traction problems and has to give up on the run. Smith goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the eighth spot.

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Left Lane: DJ Cox Jr. Runs 5.833/259.76, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.469/266.48, Was #4
Right Lane: Chris Marshall Runs 11.702/92.22, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.574/259.14, Was #10

Cox loses traction early and has to pedal. he recovers but doesn't improve. Marshall goes up in smoke off of the line and gives up on the run.

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Left Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 5.433/267.90, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.453/267.28, Was #1
Right Lane: Andy Bohl Runs 5.580/267.27, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.595/265.80, Was #12

Bellemeur goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend. Bohl makes his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up a spot in the order.

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Left Lane: Matt Gill Runs 5.469/268.67, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.536/265.63, Was #7
Right Lane: Bob McCosh Runs 11.101/98.21, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.545/264.07, Was #9

Gill makes his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the fourth spot in the order. McCosh has traction problems and is off of the throttle early.

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Right Lane: Chris Foster Runs 5.550/263.67, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.595/261.58, Was #13

Foster makes a little move to the left early in the run but is able to stay on the throttle and improve.

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Right Lane: Christine Foster No Time, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.592/263.08, Was #13

Foster starts the burnout, gets about 50 feet out, the engine goes silent and the chutes pop out.

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Left Lane: Hunter Jones Runs 5.564/259.61, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.640/259.59, Was #14
Right Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 5.433/268.69, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.492/266.54, Was #7

Jones goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the 11th spot for now. Whiteley makes an impressive pass and moves up to the top spot in the order.

Annie Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.952 sec., 330ft-2.446, 660ft-3.606/213.32 mph, 1,000ft-4.595.

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Left Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 10.308/82.93, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.462/268.95, Was #3
Right Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 5.456/265.35, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.465/264.13, Was #4

Gordon rattles the tires at the hit, makes a little move to the left, then backs off of the throttle. Whiteley makes another career best pass and moves up a spot in the order.

Jim Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.936 sec., 330ft-2.426, 660ft-3.599/210.98 mph, 1,000ft-4.606.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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