Sun, 1 Nov 2009, 08:08 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Ninth annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 710D Alexis De Joria                       779 Daniel Oliver                
E4                   0.103  5.641 255.63     ****WINNER****  0.039  5.658 254.09
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Lombardo j) 0.066  5.679 253.23      (M Ferro     ) 0.011  5.720 253.71
E2    (K Ray       ) 0.087  5.677 253.47      (S Burck     ) 0.073  5.648 252.99
E1    (S O'Bannon  ) 0.062  5.609 256.21      (K Webster   ) 0.066  5.622 255.10
 Qualified:            #13  5.702 253.85                        #7  5.649 253.04

5:04 p.m. Neither of these drivers has won a national event in this class. De Joria won the Pacific SportsNationals in '06 in Super Comp.

Oliver gets a huge hole-shot, then goes right down the groove and holds De Joria off for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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