Sun, 10 Nov 2019, 15:08 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   69 Ray Martin                              9 Brian Hough                  
E1                   0.091  9.292  94.53     ****WINNER****  0.029  5.536 266.58
 Qualified:             #7  5.563 259.96                        #2  5.508 265.64

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 14 percent, barometer 27.92 inches, adjusted altitude 3,535 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Hough with a great light and never trailed for the win. He was straight down the groove with his second quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

Martin shook right at the hit and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Ulf Leanders                         7735 Steve Gasparrelli            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.090  5.476 265.59                     0.058  5.556 263.77
 Qualified:             #3  5.508 265.33                        #6  5.531 263.67

Gasparrelli with the starting line advantage, but Leanders has the lead by 100 feet and doesn't trail from there on for the win. He runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Ulf Leanders' MOV: 0.0486 seconds (approximately 19 feet). He will have lane choice over Hough in the semifinal.

Gasparrelli is just a tick off his qualifying time in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5757 Terry Ruckman                           1 Sean Bellemeur               
E1                   0.055  5.592 263.72     ****WINNER****  0.006  5.572 265.85
 Qualified:             #8  5.591 264.65                        #1  5.453 267.53

Bellemeur with a great light and has a little tire shake, does a quick pedal job and gets it to hook up and never trails for the win. Sean Bellemeur's MOV: 0.0692 seconds (approximately 27 feet).

Ruckman is just a tick off his qualifying time in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Annie Whiteley                          8 Jay Payne                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.098  5.500 269.67                     0.099  5.563 267.37
 Qualified:             #5  5.524 268.60                        #4  5.523 265.27

Whiteley with a tick on the tree and never trails for the win. Annie Whiteley's MOV: 0.0645 seconds (approximately 25 feet). She runs her quickest pass of the weekend for the win and lane choice over Bellemeur in the semifinal.

Payne with a good clean pass in the losing effort.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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