Sun, 1 Apr 2007, 06:36 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Cy Chesterman                         237 Von Smith                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.042  5.622 256.41                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Nothstein ) 0.025  5.670 255.00      (M Woznichak ) 0.029  7.893 109.81
 Qualified:             #9  5.788 254.86                        #3  5.661 254.76

Smith didn't make the call after blowing it up in round one. Chesterman runs his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend on the single.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   13 Mickey Ferro                           41 Jimmy Jones                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.022  5.616 257.28                     0.018  5.694 254.28
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Payne     ) 0.020  5.651 256.41      (V Moats     ) 0.049  5.731 252.38
 Qualified:            #10  5.809 252.43                        #5  5.752 253.75

They leave almost at the same time and Ferro runs his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend to put the division Four champion on the trailer. Mickey Ferro's incremental margins: 60ft(0.017), 330 ft(0.037), 660ft(0.051), 1,000ft(0.065). MOV: 0.0744 seconds (approximately 28 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Brian Hough                           777 John Patton                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.049  5.615 252.80                     0.076 10.055  83.34
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Callaway  ) 0.022  5.617 254.38      (W Hanna     ) 0.094  5.742 250.32
 Qualified:             #2  5.632 256.50                       #12  5.891 249.67

Hough is out of the gate first and never looked back as Patton had a lot of tire shake right off the starting line and clicked it off. Hough will have lane choice by 0.001 of a second over Ferro.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Bob Newberry                           75 Dennis Taylor                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.050  5.660 258.27                     0.075  5.792 249.53
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Burck     ) 0.107  5.639 257.83      (K Kinsley   ) 0.035  5.719 252.52
 Qualified:             #1  5.598 259.36                       #15  9.605  86.59

Newberry was out of the gate first and the number one qualifier goes on to the semifinals. He will give up lane choice to Chesterman in the semifinal.

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