Sun, 5 Apr 2009, 06:32 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Tenth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  457 Tony Bartone                            4 Roger Bateman                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.067  5.640 253.42                     0.024 11.106  82.51
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Payne     ) 0.075  5.603 253.90      (S O'Bannon  ) 0.088  5.616 253.14
E2    (D Taylor    ) 0.095  5.635 252.47      (D Oliver    ) 0.145  5.624 252.43
E1    (J Rupert    ) 0.077  5.628 254.76      (J Patton    ) 0.092  5.600 254.47
 Qualified:             #1  5.586 255.15                        #3  5.628 254.09

3:27 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 28.08 inches, adjusted altitude 3,346 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.

Bateman had traction troubles right off the line. He tried to pedal through it without success. A trouble-free pass for Tony Bartone puts another Wally in his trophy case!

Tony Bartone's incremental times: 60ft-0.965 sec., 330ft-2.499, 660ft-3.712/203.31 mph, 1,000ft-4.754.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink