Results of round 2 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
6345 Clint Thompson 5 Bucky Austin
E2 0.032 5.915 237.55 ****WINNER**** 0.034 5.609
255.10
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Bateman ) 0.061 5.745 250.13 (D Gordon ) 0.061 5.676 255.43
Qualified: #3 5.874 246.03 #1 5.673 255.53
Bucky Austin with a great looking pass here and with Manzo losing in round
one this morning back east has to believe his National Championship hopes are
improving. The quickest pass of the weekend and sets the track E.T.
record.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
777 John Patton 77 John Weaver
E2 0.079 5.871 240.72 ****WINNER**** 0.059 5.790
239.23
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Evanchuk ) 0.113 5.831 245.49 (D VanGundy ) 0.058 5.717 247.97
Qualified: #7 5.950 208.20 #5 5.907 243.28
Weaver was out of the gate first and never looked back, it looked like a
little flash of flames out of Weaver's headers on the top end.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6959 Ken Kraus 2 Steve Gasparrelli
E2 0.088 5.787 248.75 ****WINNER**** 0.057 5.707
253.33
Prior rounds:
E1 (F Le Blanc ) 0.047 5.885 243.15 (J Rupert ) 0.072 5.845 246.93
Qualified: #11 6.079 242.63 #2 5.805 250.27
Gasparrelli with the starting line advantage and straight down Broadway for
the win and he will have lane choice against Weaver in the semifinals.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6634 Henry Coolidge 72 Mert Littlefield
E2 0.064 5.797 249.67 ****WINNER**** 0.033 5.795
244.47
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Goss ) 0.057 5.859 247.93 (J Knox ) 0.064 5.845 244.83
Qualified: #4 5.906 245.23 #15 15.306 47.76
Littlefield was out of the gate and this was a good looking drag race taking
the win by about 12 feet. He will give up lane choice to Weaver by 0.005
seconds in the semifinals.
Timing data
courtesy of CompuLink
