Sun, 9 Nov 2003, 06:25 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  550 Shawn Jones                           714 Dennis Taylor
E3                   0.053  5.623 252.90     ****WINNER****  0.030  5.646 250.92
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Woznichak ) 0.066  5.647 252.19      (T Branch    ) 0.048  5.639 251.91
E1    (J Payne     ) 0.092  5.633 252.90      (V Moats     ) 0.062  5.724 246.62
 Qualified:            #16  5.742 248.84                       #12  5.701 250.27

3:14 PM Who's going to the final round in Alcohol Funnycar? We're about to find out. Jones was the #16 qualifier in the quickest field in class history this weekend. Taylor was the #12 qualifier and he's really not expected to be here either. Well, It's Taylor with an incredible win by .0002. Dennis Taylor's MOV: 0.0002 seconds (approximately 1 inches). Fantastic race.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Bucky Austin                            2 Steve Gasparrelli
E3   ****WINNER****  0.071  5.626 254.28                     0.029  5.675 254.71
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M White     ) 0.082  5.628 253.61      (J Weaver    ) 0.055  5.640 253.85
E1    (M Littlefiel) 0.138  5.656 249.63      (R August Jr ) 0.019  5.647 255.68
 Qualified:             #2  5.619 256.70                        #3  5.620 257.97

Another close race. Not like Taylor's win but close. Bucky Austin's MOV: 0.0076 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Austin will have lane choice over Taylor in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink