Sun, 14 Feb 2010, 08:14 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Sean O'Bannon                          73 Doug Gordon                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.060  5.541 259.96                     0.027  5.643 259.16
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Oliver    ) 0.104  5.570 257.58      (T Bartone   ) 0.040  5.576 260.76
E2    (J Lombardo J) 0.087  5.594 258.47      (J Payne     ) 0.043  5.574 260.86
E1    (J Rupert    ) 0.072  5.581 259.36      (R August Jr ) 0.051  5.590 261.22
 Qualified:             #2  5.582 259.61                        #5  5.609 260.66

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 28.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,845 feet, track temperature 88 degrees.

This is the first time O'Bannon and Gordon have faced each other in eliminations. Gordon is out the gate first and O'Bannon is able to chase him down by 200 feet. O'Bannon was loose and out of the groove, but stayed with it for the win. O'Bannon wins back to back Winternationals. O'Bannon with his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend. Sean O'Bannon's incremental times: 60ft-0.944 sec., 330ft-2.466, 660ft-3.661/206.07 mph, 1,000ft-4.677.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink