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Sat, 12 Oct 2024, 20:09 PM

Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   32 Chris Foster                            3 Bob McCosh                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.061  5.517 265.38                     0.141  5.493 266.11
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Gill      ) 0.092  5.508 267.43      (M Steele    ) 0.053  5.517 267.28
 Qualified:             #5  5.494 268.13                        #4  5.492 266.76

6:45 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,833 feet.

Foster gets out of the gate first and holds off McCosh for the holeshot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  744 Shane Westerfield                       9 Annie Whiteley               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012  5.498 265.21                     0.826  5.493 268.05
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Coughlin  ) 0.024  5.489 265.49      (K Smith     ) 0.061  5.477 268.29
 Qualified:             #6  5.500 266.92                        #3  5.490 268.18

Westerfield is 8 - 4 against Whiteley in prior events.
Westerfield gets out of the gate first and gets the holeshot win.

Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.955 sec., 330ft-2.463, 660ft-3.641/210.89 mph, 1,000ft-4.646.
Annie Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.955 sec., 330ft-2.487, 660ft-3.657/212.36 mph, 1,000ft-4.653.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Sean Bellemeur                         34 Phil Esz                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031  5.474 266.87                     0.012  5.497 258.99
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Marie Whit) 0.064  5.439 269.14      (C Foster    ) 0.036  5.485 264.52
 Qualified:             #1  5.459 269.04                        #9  5.517 263.85

Bellemeur is 4 - 2 against Esz in prior events.
Esz gets out of the gate first, stays in front past the 1000 foot mark, then Bellemeur goes around him and takes the win.
Sean Bellemeur's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.034), 330 ft(-0.039), 660ft(-0.035), 1,000ft(-0.018). MOV: 0.0032 seconds (approximately 15 inches).

Bellemeur will have lane choice over Foster in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Brian Hough                           238 Mick Steele                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.055  5.511 264.33                     0.087  5.501 265.64
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Esz       ) 0.014  5.529 264.64      (S Bellemeur ) 0.172  5.490 267.35
 Qualified:             #7  5.500 265.19                        #2  5.461 263.47

Hough is 1 - 0 against Steele in prior events.
Hough gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Steele for the holeshot win.
Brian Hough's incremental margins: 60ft(0.122), 330 ft(0.132), 660ft(0.081), 1,000ft(0.038). MOV: 0.0220 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Westerfield will have lane choice over Hough in the next round.

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