Sun, 5 Sep 2010, 07:48 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations |
By David Gerard |
CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Steve Harker 551 Vern Moats
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.051 5.614 253.80 0.111 5.709 250.37
Qualified: #9 5.660 252.76 #8 5.646 254.04
7:09 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent,
barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 2,821 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.Vern Moats has been to Indy 28 times and this this is the twelfth start in the top half of the field. He won here in 1983.
The two middle of the pack come to the line. Harker gets a major jump off the line and continues to pull away for The almost sixty foot win.
Steve Harker's incremental times:
60ft-0.947 sec., 330ft-2.478, 660ft-3.690/203.16 mph, 1,000ft-4.728.
Vern Moats' incremental
times: 60ft-0.994 sec., 330ft-2.536, 660ft-3.758/201.16 mph, 1,000ft-4.811.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 572 Brent Henry 7 Chris Foster E1 0.064 5.677 246.84 ****WINNER**** 0.055 5.672 252.85 Qualified: #6 5.638 257.68 #11 5.709 249.39Henry is driving the car that won here last year and for the team that won in 2003 [Jeff Craig].
Foster's car gets out of the groove a little and he pulls it back into the center of the lane. He makes his best pass of the weekend, but it's expensive with a lot of smoke from the pipes in the lights. Henry was game and swapped the lead several times, but couldn't match his prior pace.
Chris Foster's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.004), 330 ft(-0.006), 660ft(-0.014), 1,000ft(-0.003). MOV: 0.0147 seconds (approximately 5 feet).
Brent Henry's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.500, 660ft-3.717/202.76 mph,
1,000ft-4.772.
Chris Foster's incremental times: 60ft-0.973 sec., 330ft-2.515,
660ft-3.740/202.27 mph, 1,000ft-4.784.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 301 Fred Hagen Jr. 38 Brian Harvanek E1 ****WINNER**** 0.091 5.618 255.29 0.054 5.864 243.37 Qualified: #2 5.512 262.13 #15 5.891 240.42Fred Hagan had top speed in qualifying. His dad set Top Speed here in 1981, 1989, and 2001.
Harvanek gets a small hole shot, but Hagen is out in front by sixty feet and never looks back for the big lead at the finish line.
Fred Hagen Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.933 sec.,
330ft-2.482, 660ft-3.697/204.11 mph, 1,000ft-4.736.
Brian Harvanek's incremental times:
60ft-1.008 sec., 330ft-2.605, 660ft-3.863/195.73 mph, 1,000ft-4.944.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Jay Payne 307 Cassie Simonton
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.095 5.648 255.05 0.105 No Time
Qualified: #7 5.640 256.84 #10 5.693 253.80
This is the 241st driver that Payne has faced. Jay Payne is in his 23rd Indy: 13 in TAD and 10
in TAFC. He was the runner up in TAFC in 2001 and TAD 1996.It's Payne from start to finish. He gets a small hole shot that continually got larger down the track. Payne gets his 450th round win.
Any chance that Simonton had went away, when the car drifted over and tagged the two mid-track reflectors.
Jay Payne's incremental margins: 60ft(0.008), 330 ft(0.102), 660ft(0.453), 1,000ft(1.096). MOV: 1.8857 seconds (more than 100 feet).
Jay Payne's incremental times:
60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.512, 660ft-3.724/204.08 mph, 1,000ft-4.764.
Cassie Simonton's
incremental times: 60ft-0.969 sec., 330ft-2.604, 660ft-4.167/143.08 mph, 1,000ft-5.850.
Hagen
will have lane choice in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 36 Thomas Carter 37 John Bojec E1 0.030 6.075 175.02 ****WINNER**** 0.054 5.622 256.21 Qualified: #12 5.735 241.28 #5 5.620 256.067:27 p.m. ...and we are back from the dusting and cleaning of the reflector remains.
This is Bojec's best starting spot ever and he takes the easy win, as Carter bangs the blower after the 1000 foot lights. The body burst panel went flying into the sky.
Bojec staged very deep and played it safe at the green, giving Carter a small head start. He recovered the lead by the 330 lights and pulled steadily ahead for the easy win.
John Bojec's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.015), 330 ft(0.008), 660ft(0.034), 1,000ft(0.130). MOV: 0.4296 seconds (more than 100 feet).
Thomas Carter's incremental times: 60ft-0.986 sec., 330ft-2.543, 660ft-3.774/200.74
mph, 1,000ft-4.901.
John Bojec's incremental times: 60ft-0.977 sec., 330ft-2.511,
660ft-3.716/205.47 mph, 1,000ft-4.747.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 710D Alexis De Joria 75 John Lombardo Jr. E1 0.083 5.865 243.99 ****WINNER**** 0.090 5.709 255.43 Qualified: #4 5.577 259.71 #13 5.766 254.14Lombardo's dad was the Funny Car winner here in 1985, running 5.78. John's qualifying time was 5.76, just 0.020 difference.
De Joria gets a small lead off the line and holds off Lombardo until near mid-track. The engine is happy at that point and the car slows. Lombardo gets the easy win and gives up lane choice to Bojec in round two.
John Lombardo Jr.'s incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.002), 330 ft(-0.065), 660ft(0.014), 1,000ft(0.103). MOV: 0.1491 seconds (approximately 53 feet).
Alexis De Joria's incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.507,
660ft-3.814/183.24 mph, 1,000ft-4.941.
John Lombardo Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec.,
330ft-2.565, 660ft-3.793/203.68 mph, 1,000ft-4.831.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Mickey Ferro 193 Larry Dobbs
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.099 5.592 255.34 0.243 5.818 248.52
Qualified: #3 5.521 257.68 #14 5.772 253.42
Ferro's crew chief, Anthony Terenzio was the runner up to Don Carlton in Comp in 1975.Dobbs is dead late and loses to a quicker Ferro at every increment. He will have lane choice over Foster next round.
Mickey Ferro's incremental margins: 60ft(0.197), 330 ft(0.252), 660ft(0.303), 1,000ft(0.346). MOV: 0.3703 seconds (more than 100 feet).
Mickey Ferro's incremental times:
60ft-0.946 sec., 330ft-2.476, 660ft-3.680/205.13 mph, 1,000ft-4.712.
Larry Dobbs' incremental
times: 60ft-0.999 sec., 330ft-2.584, 660ft-3.839/196.24 mph, 1,000ft-4.914.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 3377 Rick Cortino 4 Tony Bartone E1 0.055 5.936 236.38 ****WINNER**** 0.093 5.767 255.10 Qualified: #16 5.936 232.71 #1 5.498 261.37This is Bartone's 18th Indy: 12 in TAFC; 1 in TAD; and 5 in FC. Barton gives Cortino a big lead at the green and then has to do a full pump job to settle the car down. He stays with it and finally gets on by right at mid-track and then pulls steadily ahead.
Cortino runs exactly what he qualified.
Tony Bartone's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.014), 330 ft(-0.062), 660ft(0.003), 1,000ft(0.073). MOV: 0.1319 seconds (approximately 46 feet).
Rick Cortino's incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.583,
660ft-3.879/190.73 mph, 1,000ft-4.992.
Tony Bartone's incremental times: 60ft-0.947 sec.,
330ft-2.607, 660ft-3.838/202.91 mph, 1,000ft-4.881.
7:42 p.m. Harker will keep lane choice in
round two
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