Sun, 1 Jun 2008, 05:02 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Steve Harker                         7384 Sean O'Bannon                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.031  5.644 256.65                     0.034  5.691 255.73
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Bateman   ) 0.090  5.625 256.16      (J Payne     ) 0.051  5.712 254.57
E2    (S Gasparrell) 0.076  5.652 253.95      (J Jones     ) 0.052  5.687 252.76
E1    (A DeJoria   ) 0.119  5.664 255.00      (N Matter    ) 0.070  5.713 255.10
 Qualified:             #1  5.659 254.81                        #2  5.683 253.95

Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 28.79 inches, adjusted altitude 3,941 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.

Harker is currently third in points and this is his fifth final in National and Divisional event competition. O'Bannon went to the final round last week at the Division 6 race in Mission. Both drivers with great lights and then it was all Harker. Steve Harker's MOV: 0.0501 seconds (approximately 19 feet). This is Harker's second National event win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink