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Sat, 28 Oct 2023, 15:03 PM

Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Dave Rowe





LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Nevada 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:
Left Lane: Will Martin Runs 5.632/256.60, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.694/255.43, Was #12

11:38 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 29.91 inches, adjusted altitude 3,078 feet.

Martin moved a little to the left, then back to the right, then he goes on through with his quickest pass of his career and moves up to the 11th spot for now.

Left Lane: Ulf Leanders Runs 5.543/260.26, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.575/259.76, Was #10
Right Lane: Ray Martin Runs 5.706/257.04, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.780/255.53, Was #13

A good side-by-side, both down the groove with good runs. Leanders makes his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the sixth spot for now. Martin makes his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the 13th spot, for now.

Ulf Leanders' incremental times: 60ft-0.945 sec., 330ft-2.466, 660ft-3.659/206.64 mph, 1,000ft-4.679.

Ray Martin's incremental times: 60ft-0.994 sec., 330ft-2.579, 660ft-3.798/203.68 mph, 1,000ft-4.831.

Left Lane: Chip Beverett Runs 5.565/263.77, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.558/262.64, Was #10
Right Lane: Hunter Jones Runs 5.658/258.57, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.642/259.21, Was #12

Beverett makes a decent pass but slows from his best attempt. Jones makes a clean, straight pass but doesn't improve.

Left Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 7.611/120.61, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.549/257.38, Was #8
Right Lane: Brian Hough Runs 5.584/257.83, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.552/261.72, Was #9

Whiteley is a little sluggish off of the line, gets about 300 feet out and backs off of the throttle. Hough makes a decent pass but doesn't improve.

Left Lane: Chris Marshall Runs 5.518/262.54, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.544/254.81, Was #7
Right Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 5.465/266.53, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.532/263.26, Was #5

Marshall goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the year and he moves up a spot in the order. Whiteley goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the tops pot for now.

Chris Marshall's incremental times: 60ft-0.942 sec., 330ft-2.459, 660ft-3.648/208.94 mph, 1,000ft-4.660.

Annie Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.946 sec., 330ft-2.455, 660ft-3.627/211.43 mph, 1,000ft-4.621.

Left Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.499/265.38, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.507/265.43, Was #5
Right Lane: Shane Westerfield Runs 5.496/262.08, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.505/262.23, Was #4

A good side-by-side, both down the groove with their quickest passes of the weekend. Gordon stays in the fifth spot, Westerfield stays in the fourth.

Doug Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.952 sec., 330ft-2.465, 660ft-3.645/209.75 mph, 1,000ft-4.649.

Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.947 sec., 330ft-2.451, 660ft-3.631/210.21 mph, 1,000ft-4.638.

Left Lane: Bob McCosh Runs 5.466/265.48, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.476/264.44, Was #2
Right Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 5.493/263.67, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.492/264.49, Was #3

McCosh goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend but it isn't quite enough to take over the top spot. Bellemeur almost equals his best run of the weekend and he stays in the third spot.

Bob McCosh's incremental times: 60ft-0.955 sec., 330ft-2.454, 660ft-3.623/211.26 mph, 1,000ft-4.619.

Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.947 sec., 330ft-2.454, 660ft-3.634/209.56 mph, 1,000ft-4.640.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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