Sat, 28 Jun 2008, 10:42 AM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: Keeter Ray Runs 5.940/229.78, Now #10; Best prior run: 28.000/0.00, Was #16
Right Lane: Von Smith Runs 5.781/252.47, Now #7; Best prior run: 8.789/97.20, Was #15

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 28.86 inches, adjusted altitude 3,329 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.

Ray gets it down the track this time with a little wiggle around half track. Keeter Ray's incremental times: 60ft-0.974 sec., 330ft-2.543, 660ft-3.829/188.91mph, 1,000ft-4.966 Smith, also gets it down the track this time and into the top half of the show...Von Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.009 sec., 330ft-2.601, 660ft-3.838/200.83mph, 1,000ft-4.890

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Left Lane: Bobby Martin Runs 5.645/255.63, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.758/147.89, Was #16
Right Lane: Mark Poyser Runs 6.023/233.12, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.064/232.59, Was #15

Martin launched hard and was straight down the groove to go to the number one spot...Bobby Martin's incremental times: 60ft-0.967 sec., 330ft-2.510, 660ft-3.726/203.65mph, 1,000ft-4.765 Poyser improves on yesterday's time, but stays number 15.

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Left Lane: John Bojec Runs 6.151/229.55, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.864/249.21, Was #10
Right Lane: Fred Tigges Runs 5.862/246.17, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.040/242.06, Was #16

Tigges drives through a lot of tire shake right off the starting line. He gets off the bump spot. Fred Tigges' incremental times: 60ft-0.968 sec., 330ft-2.591, 660ft-3.867/196.44mph, 1,000ft-4.947 Bojec starts to shake and pedals it one time and then drives on through the 1320.

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Left Lane: John Anderika Runs 5.907/242.71, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.847/244.83, Was #9
Right Lane: John Foster Runs 5.922/247.43, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.977/239.74, Was #15

Foster improves on his pass from yesterday, but has a puff of smoke right as he crosses the finish line. No help here for Anderika.

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Left Lane: Mick Snyder Runs 5.740/252.90, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.773/252.10, Was #7
Right Lane: Marty Nothstein Runs 5.799/254.62, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.965/248.43, Was #15

Snyder drives through some tire shake right off the starting line and then gets a little out of the groove, but reels it in to move up the ladder one spot. Mick Snyder's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.575, 660ft-3.805/202.30mph, 1,000ft-4.851
Nothstein makes a big move in the right direction to move into the number nine spot. Marty Nothstein's incremental times: 60ft-0.974 sec., 330ft-2.609, 660ft-3.863/199.70mph, 1,000ft-4.914

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Left Lane: Jeff Burnett Runs 6.414/215.44, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.750/249.39, Was #7
Right Lane: Nick Bastiao Runs 5.740/254.14, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.952/230.88, Was #15

No help here for Burnett. Bastiao with a real nice pass to move into the top half of the show...Nick Bastiao's incremental times: 60ft-1.022 sec., 330ft-2.583, 660ft-3.809/202.97mph, 1,000ft-4.854

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Left Lane: Marc White Runs 5.689/253.61, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.725/252.43, Was #5
Right Lane: Steve Harker Runs 5.663/253.18, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.715/251.44, Was #4

This was a nice side by side drag race with Harker going to the number two spot...Steve Harker's incremental times: 60ft-0.956 sec., 330ft-2.510, 660ft-3.730/202.45mph, 1,000ft-4.774 White goes to the number four spot...Marc White's incremental times: 60ft-0.972 sec., 330ft-2.533, 660ft-3.751/202.58mph, 1,000ft-4.800

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Left Lane: Frank Manzo Runs 9.542/90.82, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.688/257.53, Was #3
Right Lane: Andy Bohl Runs 5.693/251.25, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.705/252.85, Was #5

Manzo with a lot of tire shake and clicks it off... Bohl improves, but will stay in the number five spot...Andy Bohl's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.521, 660ft-3.745/202.36mph, 1,000ft-4.798

Martin stays number one for his first National event number one qualifier.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink