Sun, 21 Oct 2007, 03:16 PM Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Alcohol Funny Car at the 2007 Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series, IHRA World Finals Presented by The U.S. Air Force featuring UTI CHampionship Sunday:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  100 Terry Munroe                            2 Rob Atchison                 
E2                   0.076 11.441  85.50     ****WINNER****  0.053  6.136 239.82
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T STEVENS   ) 0.084  5.771 241.11      (L CANNISTER ) 0.071  5.748 243.37
 Qualified:             #3  5.739 242.45                        #5  5.788 243.41

3:07 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.81 inches, adjusted altitude 1,613 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.

Wild start for both cars. Munroe's tires spin and smoke at the hit. Atchison rattles hard and gets the front end pointing at the center line. He horses it back to the center and takes the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  172 Neal Parker                             1 Mark Thomas                  
E2                  -0.041  5.812 238.43     ****WINNER****  0.098  5.818 243.72
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B BURKETT   ) 0.097  5.805 240.51      (M GREEN-KING) 0.093  5.806 242.80
 Qualified:             #4  5.767 241.76                        #2  5.719 245.18

Thomas has to win this round. Parker gives it to him with a 0.041 red. Thomas is late and doesn't match Parker's ET, but is your 2007 Alcohol Funny Car Champion.

He'll have lane choice in the finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink