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Mon, 30 Oct 2023, 17:16 PM

Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Sean Bellemeur                       5087 Jim Whiteley                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.015  5.443 266.11                     0.034  5.459 263.62
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B McCosh    ) 0.059 11.205  72.93      (D Gordon    ) 0.012  5.453 264.23
E2    (C Marshall  ) 0.012  5.412 266.90      (A Whiteley  ) 0.046  5.442 263.82
E1    (H Jones     ) 0.053  5.424 266.64      (U Leanders  ) 0.041  5.479 261.88
 Qualified:             #3  5.492 264.49                        #8  5.549 257.38

2:09 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 13 percent, barometer 30.17 inches, adjusted altitude 2,667 feet.
Bellemeur is 1 - 0 against Whiteley in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round.
Bellemeur got out of the groove early in the run. he drifted toward the centerline, then steered it back into the groove. Whiteley made up ground while bellemeur was moving around, then Bellemeur was able to start pulling away again and go on through for the win.
Sean Bellemeur's incremental margins: 60ft(0.009), 330 ft(0.002), 660ft(0.013), 1,000ft(0.026). MOV: 0.0356 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

This is Bellemeur's 35th career win, the fourth this year.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink