Sun, 1 Oct 2006, 04:57 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division, event at Atlanta Dragway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  289 John Sullivan                         806 Steve Harker                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.087  5.823 245.67                     0.071  5.938 248.16
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Billington) 0.094  5.893 243.81      (W Fulford   ) 0.137  5.789 253.33
 Qualified:             #6  6.526 181.23                        #2  5.725 253.99

4:45 p.m. Harker gets the advantage off the line, then Sullivan quickly drives around him. Sullivan starts to pull away at the 60 foot mark and extends his lead all the way through the run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  222 Monty Todd                              4 Jay Payne                    
E2                   0.056  5.921 241.67     ****WINNER****  0.023  5.759 255.48
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Naves     ) 0.070  5.922 242.23                     0.060  5.690 255.82
 Qualified:             #4  5.966 241.11                        #1  5.707 256.80

Todd gets out of the groove early, the rear of the car starts moving around wildly and he heads for the center-line. He makes a correction, moves back across the groove, then finally gets it under control. Payne was moving around a little, nothing unusual for these cars, and he pulls away for the win. Payne will have lane choice over Sullivan in the final round.

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