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LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 26th annual MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge 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: Jim Whiteley Runs 5.622/259.76, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.631/123.60, Was #11 9:35 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 59 degrees, relative humidity 80 percent, barometer 29.96 inches, adjusted altitude 2,851 feet. Whiteley goes down the groove with his first full pass of the weekend and he moves up to the seventh spot. Jim Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.974 sec., 330ft-2.539, 660ft-3.739/206.89 mph, 1,000ft-4.758. Left Lane: Doug Schneider Runs 5.727/254.52, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.758/252.61, Was #11 Schneider drifted to the left all the way through the run but he stayed with it and made his quickest pass of the weekend to move up a spot in the order. Doug Schneider's incremental times: 60ft-0.982 sec., 330ft-2.562, 660ft-3.794/201.46 mph, 1,000ft-4.841. Left Lane: Will Martin Runs 5.560/269.03, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.754/231.83, Was #11 Right Lane: Bret Williamson Runs 5.580/258.12, Now #6; Best prior run: 9.385/122.33, Was #12 Martin went down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he gets in the top half of the field. Williamson makes his first full pass of the weekend and he moves up to the sixth spot. Will Martin's incremental times: 60ft-1.015 sec., 330ft-2.624, 660ft-3.802/215.55 mph, 1,000ft-4.756. Bret Williamson's incremental times: 60ft-0.946 sec., 330ft-2.476, 660ft-3.680/205.51 mph, 1,000ft-4.709. Left Lane: Steve Macklyn Runs 5.589/252.52, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.633/251.44, Was #11 Right Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.574/258.47, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.622/259.01, Was #10 Macklyn makes his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the eighth spot in the order. Gordon improves and moves up to the sixth spot. Steve Macklyn's incremental times: 60ft-0.940 sec., 330ft-2.459, 660ft-3.660/205.04 mph, 1,000ft-4.700. Doug Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.949 sec., 330ft-2.482, 660ft-3.682/206.64 mph, 1,000ft-4.705. Left Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 5.495/264.70, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.552/262.64, Was #4 Right Lane: Tobin Gasparrelli Runs 5.641/258.76, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.619/260.16, Was #10 Whiteley goes down the groove with an impressive run, the quickest of the weekend so far, and she moves to the top of the order. Gasparrelli makes a decent run but slows from his pass yesterday. Annie Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.949 sec., 330ft-2.465, 660ft-3.644/209.88 mph, 1,000ft-4.645. Tobin Gasparrelli's incremental times: 60ft-0.970 sec., 330ft-2.534, 660ft-3.748/204.82 mph, 1,000ft-4.774. Left Lane: Shane Westerfield Runs 5.505/264.18, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.545/262.59, Was #4 Right Lane: Ray Martin No Time, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.598/261.22, Was #9 Martin can't get the car to back up from the burnout and did not make a pass. Westerfield makes his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the second spot for now. Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.940 sec., 330ft-2.463, 660ft-3.646/209.69 mph, 1,000ft-4.652. Left Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 5.484/264.39, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.509/261.78, Was #3 Right Lane: Bob McCosh Runs 5.500/260.76, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.530/260.36, Was #4 Bellemeur goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the weekend and he moves to the top spot. McCosh improves and moves up a spot to third. Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.451, 660ft-3.629/209.79 mph, 1,000ft-4.632. Bob McCosh's incremental times: 60ft-0.938 sec., 330ft-2.444, 660ft-3.625/209.26 mph, 1,000ft-4.639.
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