Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series, 16th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
77 John Weaver 2 Steve Gasparrelli
E3 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.092 5.836 243.33
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Patton ) 0.059 5.790 239.23 (K Kraus ) 0.057 5.707 253.33
E1 (D VanGundy ) 0.058 5.717 247.97 (J Rupert ) 0.072 5.845 246.93
Qualified: #5 5.907 243.28 #2 5.805 250.27
Weaver is a no show here and Gasparrelli shook but stayed with it going for lane
choice.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Bucky Austin 72 Mert Littlefield
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.098 5.690 254.18 0.032 16.507 52.47
Prior rounds:
E2 (C Thompson ) 0.034 5.609 255.10 (H Coolidge ) 0.033 5.795 244.47
E1 (D Gordon ) 0.061 5.676 255.43 (J Knox ) 0.064 5.845 244.83
Qualified: #1 5.673 255.53 #15 15.306 47.76
Austin has lane choice and he picks the left lane and is straight down Broadway and
will have lane choice in the final. Littlefield shook the tires as soon as he hit the
throttle and clicked it off.
Timing data courtesy of
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