Sun, 18 Apr 2010, 07:10 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, 11th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Jay Payne                               3 Sean O'Bannon                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.030  5.673 255.92                     0.062  9.550 103.77
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Thompson  ) 0.093  5.697 254.66      (D Oliver    ) 0.050  6.194 247.20
E2    (J Lombardo J) 0.058  5.683 254.04      (T Bartone   ) 0.039  5.674 254.95
E1    (L Miner     ) 0.083  5.726 251.20      (R Atchison  ) 0.091  5.670 255.00
 Qualified:             #3  5.680 254.23                        #5  5.696 255.43

4:03 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 14 percent, barometer 27.70 inches, adjusted altitude 4,879 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

O'Bannon has a 5-3 record in final rounds. Payne has a 36-29 record in final rounds. Payne won his first event in 1988. O'Bannon got almost sideways just past the tree and he had to lift. Jay Payne took it straight down the groove for the Top Alcohol Funny Car Wally.

Jay Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.982 sec., 330ft-2.535, 660ft-3.755/203.09 mph, 1,000ft-4.794.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink