Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 08:40 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Sean O'Bannon                         779 Daniel Oliver                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.049  5.534 260.26                     0.062  5.549 258.91
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Harker    ) 0.055  5.538 259.66      (M Ferro     ) 0.056  5.567 257.24
E2    (B Hough     ) 0.041  5.542 259.96      (A DeJoria   ) 0.050  5.613 257.33
E1    (T Carter    ) 0.104  5.607 258.91      (V Moats     ) 0.086  5.658 255.39
 Qualified:             #1  5.562 257.28                        #3  5.588 257.04

5:29 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,217 feet.

Oliver won the preceding race, in Las Vegas. O'Bannon was looking for his first national event win in TAFC.

O'Bannon beat Oliver at his own game, leaving first, and even a career-best run by the rookie (both ET and speed) was not enough to close the gap. Sean O'Bannon's incremental margins: 60ft(0.005), 330 ft(0.002), 660ft(0.012), 1,000ft(0.022). MOV: 0.0288 seconds (approximately 11 feet). Great race, too bad the scrambled schedule had most of the crowd heading for their cars instead of watching it.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink