Sun, 1 Oct 2006, 06:47 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of final, round 3 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                           4 Jay Payne                    
E3                   0.080  5.833 244.92     ****WINNER****  0.031  5.667 257.97
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Harker    ) 0.087  5.823 245.67      (M Todd      ) 0.023  5.759 255.48
E1    (M Billington) 0.094  5.893 243.81                     0.060  5.690 255.82
 Qualified:             #6  6.526 181.23                        #1  5.707 256.80

6:40 p.m. Payne gets out of the groove early, drifts toward the wall, but he gets it back in the groove and pulls away for the win. Sullivan makes a good run but can't reel in Payne.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink