Sun, 29 Jun 2008, 05:46 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Steve Harker                          365 Bobby Martin                 
E4                   0.174  5.629 256.60     ****WINNER****  0.169  5.624 256.84
 Prior rounds:
E3    (N Bastiao   ) 0.055  5.609 256.31      (A Bohl      ) 0.070  5.630 257.73
E2    (M Nothstein ) 0.064  9.680  88.10      (V Smith     ) 0.111  5.622 258.02
E1    (K Ray       ) 0.115  5.669 254.66      (M Poyser    ) 0.069  5.679 256.11
 Qualified:             #2  5.663 253.18                        #1  5.645 255.63

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 28.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,323 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Martin was out of the gate first and never trailed for his first National event win. Bobby Martin's MOV: 0.0102 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink