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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 41st annual Texas NHRA FallNationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 521 Christine Foster 4 Bob McCosh E1 0.014 5.586 264.99 ****WINNER**** 0.046 5.442 265.67 Qualified: #10 5.491 265.52 #7 5.440 267.435:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 30.37 inches, adjusted altitude 727 feet. Bob McCosh is 51 - 24 in Rd. 1 races overall (and 5 - 1 this year). Christine Foster is 0 - 3 against McCosh. Foster gets out of the gate first but McCosh reels her in before
they reach the sixty foot mark. McCosh got out of the groove, drifted to the left, but stayed on the throttle
and took the stripe for the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 433 Bryan Brown 744 Shane Westerfield E1 0.044 5.513 254.58 ****WINNER**** 0.056 5.483 265.52 Qualified: #13 5.598 249.94 #4 5.429 269.64Shane Westerfield wins 89% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice. Bryan Brown's 1st race was at this event in 2010. Westerfield is 2 - 0 against Brown in prior events. Brown gets the advantage off of the line and stays in front past the sixty foot mark. Westerfield drives around him soon after and starts to pull away. Brown starts making up ground late but Westerfield hangs on and takes the win. Shane
Westerfield's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.011), 330 ft(-0.004), 660ft(-0.017),
1,000ft(-0.009). MOV: 0.0180 seconds (approximately 7 feet). Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 6666 Max Yaremko 1 Sean Bellemeur E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.064 5.437 267.11 Qualified: #16 5.660 251.88 #1 5.388 271.15Sean Bellemeur is 43 - 5 in Rd. 1 when qualified #1. Max Yaremko is making his 1st start. Yaremko doesn't make the call to the line giving Bellemeur a bye run. Bellemeur goes down the groove with another good pass. Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.429, 660ft-3.595/212.87 mph,
1,000ft-4.593. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 573 Robert Kanenwisher 7524 Doug Gordon E1 0.109 12.724 63.14 ****WINNER**** 0.048 5.424 268.08 Qualified: #15 5.645 251.05 #2 5.411 268.29Doug Gordon is 135 - 53 (72%) in Rd. 1. Robert Kanenwisher is making his 12th start. This is the first time Kanenwisher and Gordon have faced each other in eliminations. Kanenwisher pulls the wheels at the hit, rattles the tires and makes a move toward the centerline before backing off of the throttle. Gordon goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the round so far to take the win. Doug Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.931 sec., 330ft-2.427, 660ft-3.588/213.75 mph, 1,000ft-4.583. Gordon will have lane choice over
McCosh in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 7038 Tobin Gasparrelli 9 Chris Foster E1 0.145 12.358 65.73 ****WINNER**** 0.035 5.439 266.41 Qualified: #14 5.639 261.01 #3 5.427 268.42Chris Foster's 5.427 in qualifying was a career best. Tobin Gasparrelli is making his 3rd start. This is the first time Gasparrelli and Foster have faced each other in eliminations. Gasparrelli rattles the
tires at the hit, gets about 100 feet out and gives up on the run. Foster goes down the groove with a clean,
straight pass to take the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 7797 Christopher Menapace 2606 Mark Billington E1 0.103 5.761 203.95 ****WINNER**** 0.036 5.530 263.81 Qualified: #9 5.468 265.24 #8 5.464 265.47Mark Billington's 5.464 - 265.47 in qualifying were both career bests. Chris Menapace's 5.468 - 268.43 in qualifying were both career bests. This is the first time Menapace and Billington have faced each other in eliminations. Billington gets the advantage off of the line and starts to pull away. he drifts toward the wall but is able to stay with it and take the win. Bellemeur will have lane choice over Billington in
the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 552 Kyle Smith 238 Mick Steele E1 ****WINNER**** 0.050 5.421 263.90 0.068 5.480 263.40 Qualified: #11 5.528 229.51 #6 5.433 265.71Mick Steele set Low E/T at Indy and Martin, MI. Kyle Smith is making his 3rd start this year. Smith is 1 - 0 against Steele in prior events. Smith gets the holeshot and starts pulling away. Steele makes up some ground after half track but runs out of racetrack. Smith takes the win with his quickest pass of the weekend. Kyle Smith's incremental margins: 60ft(0.123), 330 ft(0.171), 660ft(0.128), 1,000ft(0.092). MOV:
0.0770 seconds (approximately 30 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Phil Esz 489 Chase Copeland
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.096 5.570 246.87
Qualified: #5 5.430 262.39 #12 5.564 255.99
Phil Esz is 15 - 17 in Rd. 1 races. Chase Copeland is making his 1st start in a TAFC (made 43 in TAD). Esz doesn't make the call to the line. Copeland was sluggish all the way through the run. Westerfield will have lane choice over Copeland in the next round.   NHRA: 10 Most Recent Entries [ top ] Oct 17- DALLAS - Saturday Wrap Up Oct 17- DALLAS - Factory Stock Showdown Eliminations Ladder Oct 17- DALLAS - Factory Stock Showdown Final Qualifying, Session #2 Order Oct 17- DALLAS - Junior Dragster Shootout Qualifying, Session #1 Order Oct 17- DALLAS - Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations Oct 17- DALLAS - Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations Oct 17- DALLAS - Total Qualifying Bonus Points Oct 17- DALLAS - Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying, Session #4 Bonus Points Oct 17- DALLAS - JEGS Allstars Competition Eliminator Final, Round 3 Eliminations Oct 17- DALLAS - JEGS Allstars Top Sportsman Final, Round 3 Eliminations |
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