Fri, 19 Feb 2010, 05:22 PM Nostalgia Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Nostalgia Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 26th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Mike Adams Runs 11.915/58.02, Now #1
Right Lane: Mike Savage Runs 16.169/56.95, Now #2

3:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 28.62 inches, adjusted altitude 3,214 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Savage spins the tires hard at the green and lifts.

Adams gets out to the 330 lights before his cars makes smoke.

Mike Adams' incremental times: 60ft-1.038 sec., 330ft-2.968, 660ft-5.421/086.28 mph, 1,000ft-8.449.
Mike Savage's incremental times: 60ft-1.384 sec., 330ft-4.917, 660ft-8.510/063.25 mph, 1,000ft-12.349.

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Left Lane: Tim Boychuk Runs 6.081/187.78, Now #1
Right Lane: Todd Lesenko Runs 6.271/216.00, Now #2

Boychuk is away first and has better incrementals to get to the finish line Well ahead of the Jolly Roger NFC.

3:18 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink