Sun, 21 Sep 2014, 13:48 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  799 Sean Bellemeur                         64 Brian Hough                  
E2                  -0.002  5.650 255.53     ****WINNER****  0.041  5.623 254.47
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Thompson  ) 0.012  5.666 255.34      (J Payne     ) 0.070  5.648 256.26
 Qualified:             #6  5.650 255.68                        #3  5.638 254.71

12:35 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.51 inches, adjusted altitude 3,233 feet, track temperature 124 degrees.

Hough is 3 - 1 against Bellemeur in prior events.

Bellemeur just misses the tree and gives the win to Hough. Hough makes his quickest pass of the weekend in the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  562 Kris Hool                            5757 Terry Ruckman                
E2                   0.116  5.656 257.58     ****WINNER****  0.062  5.662 254.90
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Gordon    ) 0.049  5.594 256.11      (S Gasparrell) 0.035  5.648 256.06
 Qualified:            #13  5.727 254.47                       #12  5.706 252.52

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

Ruckman gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Hool drifted a little to the right, then back to the left, then got it back in the groove. he started making up ground late in the run but quickly ran out of room.

Terry Ruckman's incremental margins: 60ft(0.055), 330 ft(0.056), 660ft(0.059), 1,000ft(0.056). MOV: 0.0489 seconds (approximately 18 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  806 Steve Harker                            6 Tony Bartone                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.076  5.557 262.28                     0.085  5.992 201.43
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Van Hauen ) 0.113  5.563 259.46      (S Westerfiel) 0.056  5.632 257.04
 Qualified:             #2  5.584 261.02                        #7  5.656 256.60

Bartone gets about 200 feet out and has to pedal. Harker went right down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and quickest of the round so far to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  500 Dale Brand                              2 John Lombardo Jr.            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.021  5.635 260.26                     0.062  5.654 259.76
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Foster    ) 0.062  5.654 259.81      (M Billington) 0.065  5.569 261.83
 Qualified:             #8  5.668 259.61                        #1  5.535 261.88

Brand is 1 - 0 against Lombardo Jr. in prior events.

Brand gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Lombardo makes a move to the left early, corrects and gets back in the groove, but had fallen behind at that point. Brand makes his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend to take the win.

Brand will have lane choice over Ruckman in round two.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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