Sun, 23 Jul 2006, 07:27 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex

KENT, Wash. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Schuck's Auto Supply NHRA Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   62 Brian Hough                             3 Steve Gasparrelli
E4   ****WINNER****  0.038  5.751 250.92                     0.091  6.240 176.01
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Hudson    ) 0.067  5.766 246.93      (J Payne     ) 0.052  5.737 253.04
E2    (B Austin    ) 0.015  5.740 250.00      (J Peters    ) 0.076  5.733 253.47
E1    (H Coolidge  ) 0.109  5.716 252.00      (J Patton    ) 0.160  5.690 252.80
 Qualified:             #7  5.761 251.39                        #4  5.719 253.18

The crew goes wild on the starting line! The crowd goes wild! Brian got a great starting line advantage, then Gasparrelli popped out the burst panel on his Funny Car. Congrats to the Hough and Goddard family from Junction City Oregon.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink