Sun, 21 Oct 2007, 06:10 PM Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of final, round 3 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
    1 Mark Thomas                             2 Rob Atchison                 
E3                   0.112  5.910 243.06     ****WINNER****  0.069  5.922 241.80
 Prior rounds:
E2    (N PARKER    ) 0.098  5.818 243.72      (T MUNROE    ) 0.053  6.136 239.82
E1    (M GREEN-KING) 0.093  5.806 242.80      (L CANNISTER ) 0.071  5.748 243.37
 Qualified:             #2  5.719 245.18                        #5  5.788 243.41

6:02 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.80 inches, adjusted altitude 1,559 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.

Thomas gets way out of shape off the line and moves hard towards the guardrail. He reels it back in, but Atchison is long gone for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink