Sun, 23 Sep 2007, 05:02 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  418 Lee Callaway                            5 Cy Chesterman                
E3                   0.120  5.669 254.09     ****WINNER****  0.062  5.650 256.06
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Newberry  ) 0.099  5.773 251.86      (V Moats     ) 0.046  5.740 256.11
E1    (J Jones     ) 0.086  5.694 253.04      (K Kinsley   ) 0.028  5.643 257.19
 Qualified:            #12  5.740 251.39                        #8  5.698 256.60

Chesterman was out of the gate first is straight down the groove for the win light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  799 Sean Bellemeur                        237 Von Smith                    
E3                   0.031  5.771 253.66     ****WINNER****  0.041  5.639 254.18
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Thompson  ) 0.037  5.622 255.43      (R Bateman   ) 0.084  5.648 255.00
E1    (P Anderson  ) 0.037  5.684 254.76      (K Ray       ) 0.069  5.651 255.73
 Qualified:            #11  5.737 251.25                        #2  5.634 254.90

Smith with a great looking pass and he will have lane choice in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink