Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series,
36th annual MAC Tools NHRA Gatornationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Jay Payne 1224 David Ray
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.111 5.826 230.94 0.061 8.807 99.61
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Gibson ) 0.080 5.673 250.48 (J Sickles ) 0.113 5.565 258.24
Qualified: #4 5.574 260.04 #5 5.650 253.87
Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.94
inches, adjusted altitude 998 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.
Ray with a big starting line advantage, but then had a lot of tire shake and got out of the groove
and had to wrestle it off the centerline.
Payne with problems and slowed, but still took the win
light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Bob Newberry 1 Cy Chesterman
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.069 5.574 257.58 0.049 5.606 259.74
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Martin ) 0.173 5.580 259.06 (B Martindale) 0.099 5.578 257.73
Qualified: #7 5.664 255.82 #2 5.560 259.81
Chesterman with a big starting line advantage, but Newberry was able to chase him down by the
330-foot mark. Newberry blasted on through for the win light Bob Newberry's incremental margins
(negative if behind): 60ft(-0.006), 330 ft(0.012), 660ft(0.016), 1,000ft(0.015). MOV: 0.0127
seconds (approximately 5 feet).Chesterman must of used up an engine as the Safety Safari rolls
for the clean up.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Mick Snyder 6 Tate Branch
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.113 5.682 250.76 0.015 5.789 253.73
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Townsend ) 0.108 5.701 247.25 (J McCulloch ) 0.077 5.704 255.82
Qualified: #6 5.650 250.83 #3 5.564 257.58
Branch with a big starting line advantage, but Snyder is able to chase him down by half track
and hold on for the win. Mick Snyder's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.085), 330
ft(-0.030), 660ft(0.006), 1,000ft(0.013). MOV: 0.0093 seconds (approximately 3 feet). snyder
will give up lane choice to Newberry in the semifinals.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
22 Mark Billington Bye
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.093 5.897 244.29
Prior rounds:
E1 (V Moats ) 0.120 5.682 254.59
Qualified: #9 5.773 252.88 Bye
Billington will get the bye into the semifinal. billington will give up lane choice to Payne
in the semifinal.
Timing data courtesy of
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