Mon, 5 Sep 2011, 01:20 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  744 Shane Westerfield                     562 Kris Hool                    
E2                   0.055  5.628 256.41     ****WINNER****  0.010  5.673 258.91
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Carter    ) 0.025  5.672 254.47      (T Bartone   ) 0.039  5.687 256.02
 Qualified:            #10  5.708 252.66                       #15  5.780 254.42

1:02 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.09 inches, adjusted altitude 1,922 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

This is the first time Westerfield and Hool have faced each other in eliminations.

Hool gets away first by a lot and is able to stay out there to the finish line for the hole shot win. Just three inches.

Kris Hool's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.025), 330 ft(-0.001), 660ft(-0.007), 1,000ft(-0.006). MOV: 0.0006 seconds (approximately 3 inches).

Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.962 sec., 330ft-2.504, 660ft-3.718/203.61 mph, 1,000ft-4.752.
Kris Hool's incremental times: 60ft-0.982 sec., 330ft-2.550, 660ft-3.770/204.57 mph, 1,000ft-4.803.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   36 Fred Hagen                            147 Fred Tigges                  
E2                   0.034  7.641  82.30     ****WINNER****  0.184  5.623 255.48
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Harvanek  ) 0.066  5.569 259.26      (S Gasparrell) 0.007  5.587 256.36
 Qualified:             #3  5.606 256.11                        #6  5.663 253.71

Hagen is 1 - 0 against Tigges in prior events.

Tigges is dead late off the line and chasing Hagen down the track to no avail.

Hagen's day goes really bad, when the chute comes out after mid-track and he slows. Tigges will have lane choice over Hool later.

Fred Tigges' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.179), 330 ft(-0.213), 660ft(-0.059), 1,000ft(0.531). MOV: 1.8688 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Fred Hagen's incremental times: 60ft-0.930 sec., 330ft-2.434, 660ft-3.799/159.89 mph, 1,000ft-5.425.
Fred Tigges' incremental times: 60ft-0.959 sec., 330ft-2.497, 660ft-3.708/204.82 mph, 1,000ft-4.744.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 710D Alexis De Joria                        72 John Lombardo Jr.            
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.118 10.211  82.25
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Bojec     ) 0.073  5.565 260.86      (V Moats     ) 0.046  5.609 258.42
 Qualified:             #5  5.655 259.16                        #4  5.654 256.55

De Joria and Lombardo Jr. have each won 3 times against the other in prior events. Lombardo Jr. father, John, was the winner here in Fuel Funny Car in 1985 and ran a best of 5.78 seconds. How times have changed.

Oh, no! DeJoria's engine goes silent at the end of the burnout and Lombardo gets the free pass to the next round.

Lombardo leave hard and the gets in trouble right before the 330 lights and has to lift. "Luck is good!!"

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Frank Manzo                           307 Cassie Simonton              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.055  5.469 264.34                     0.069  5.617 256.36
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Henry     ) 0.063  5.549 262.74      (J Payne     ) 0.066  5.614 256.45
 Qualified:             #1  5.559 259.91                        #8  5.688 253.90

Manzo is meeting his 207th different driver and this is the first time Manzo and Simonton have faced each other in eliminations.

Simonton gives it a game effort, but Manzo is not taking any chances and makes one of the quickest and fastest passes even. Not a National record, but absolutely a track record. A thing of beauty.

He will have lane choice over Lombardo by a ton.

Frank Manzo's incremental margins: 60ft(0.044), 330 ft(0.082), 660ft(0.111), 1,000ft(0.137). MOV: 0.1628 seconds (approximately 61 feet).

Frank Manzo's incremental times: 60ft-0.940 sec., 330ft-2.439, 660ft-3.615/210.70 mph, 1,000ft-4.619.
Cassie Simonton's incremental times: 60ft-0.970 sec., 330ft-2.507, 660ft-3.712/205.32 mph, 1,000ft-4.742.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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