Fri, 27 Oct 2006, 11:23 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

NOBLE, Okla. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, event at Thunder Valley Raceway Park:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   41 Jimmy Jones                           806 Steve Harker                 
E2                   0.059 12.392  82.51     ****WINNER****  0.087  5.952 248.13
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.241  6.238 177.86                     0.164  5.854 241.67
 Qualified:             #3  5.713 253.44                        #2  5.698 253.23

Jones had severe tire shake on the hit and he lifted. Harker was skating around in the middle section of the track, but he stayed on the throttle all the way down.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 6237 Roger Bateman                         484 Kebin Kinsley                
E2                   0.048  9.192  84.96     ****WINNER****  0.062  7.289 120.53
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Williams  ) 0.087  5.805 248.34      (J Stidham   ) 0.143  5.785 248.89
 Qualified:             #1  5.658 254.81                       #10  5.813 241.54

This was a wild race! Tire shake for both drivers and both were skating around quite a bit. Bateman was off the throttle before half track, and Kinsley's chute deployed just after half track.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink