Sun, 17 Feb 2013, 16:06 PM
Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing
Series, 53rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Super Start Batteries:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Steve Gasparrelli 765 Bernie Harrington
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.044 5.582 259.21 0.067 5.837 242.10
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Woznichak ) 0.058 5.662 258.32 (L Andreasson) 0.187 9.640 90.05
Qualified: #13 5.788 252.57 #12 5.763 232.51
Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 28.82
inches, adjusted altitude 2,421 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.Gasparrelli had problems
getting back to the starting line after the burnout and the crew pushed the car back, but he staged
under his own power. Gasparrelli with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.
Gasparrelli with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Steve Gasparrelli's incremental
times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.492, 660ft-3.691/206.07 mph, 1,000ft-4.714.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7238 Bret Williamson 766 Jason Rupert
E2 0.039 5.828 253.42 ****WINNER**** 0.037 5.714 255.39
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Whiteley ) 0.032 5.705 252.43 (K Ray ) 0.025 5.640 255.39
Qualified: #14 5.836 246.26 #11 5.716 253.80
Rupert is 2 - 1 against Williamson in prior events. A couple great lights with Rupert getting
the slight advantage and he never trailed for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 John Lombardo Jr. 10 Shane Westerfield
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.020 5.514 259.56 0.009 9.370 98.24
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Bellemeur ) 0.052 5.533 262.33 (H Wernhart ) 0.043 5.738 248.20
Qualified: #9 5.647 257.83 #1 5.563 257.73
Lombardo Jr. and Westerfield have each won 1 times against the other in prior events.
Westerfield is the only one of the higher qualified cars to have survived round one. Westerfield
with a great light, but shook right at the hit and clicked it off. Lombardo Jr with the quickest
pass of the event for the win. He will have lane choice over Gasparrelli in the semifinals. John
Lombardo Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.455, 660ft-3.640/208.94 mph,
1,000ft-4.651.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
78 Doug Gordon 6 Jay Payne
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.065 5.773 256.36 0.098 8.432 99.14
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Bartone ) 0.032 5.590 257.19 (B Hough ) 0.009 5.750 254.28
Qualified: #10 5.685 256.84 #15 5.990 247.84
Gordon is out of the gate first and never trailed for the win as Payne made and quick move
toward the wall and clicked it off. Gordon will give up lane choice to Rupert in the
semifinals.
Timing data courtesy of
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