Sun, 1 Nov 2009, 06:56 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Ninth annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  779 Daniel Oliver                           9 Mickey Ferro                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.011  5.720 253.71                     0.097  5.636 256.41
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Burck     ) 0.073  5.648 252.99      (B Hough     ) 0.058  5.658 255.15
E1    (K Webster   ) 0.066  5.622 255.10      (J Evanchuk  ) 0.052  5.603 257.43
 Qualified:             #7  5.649 253.04                        #3  5.629 256.84

3:47 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 27.90 inches, adjusted altitude 4,392 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Oliver gets a huge advantage off the line and starts to pull away. Ferro starts to make up ground but runs out of room. Oliver gets the hole-shot win.

Daniel Oliver's incremental margins: 60ft(0.044), 330 ft(0.027), 660ft(0.019), 1,000ft(0.012). MOV: 0.0026 seconds (approximately 12 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  735 John Lombardo Jr.                    710D Alexis De Joria              
E3                   0.127  5.667 254.71     ****WINNER****  0.066  5.679 253.23
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Bartone   ) 0.093  5.627 254.95      (K Ray       ) 0.087  5.677 253.47
E1    (B Thiel     ) 0.115  5.596 251.53      (S O'Bannon  ) 0.062  5.609 256.21
 Qualified:             #1  5.619 253.95                       #13  5.702 253.85

De Joria gets out of the gate first, Lombardo starts to reel her in, but she hangs on to take the hole-shot win.

De Joria will have lane choice over Oliver in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink