Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 03:10 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations (Revised)

By Larry Sullivan

CLERMONT, Ind. - (Revised) Results of round 3 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
    8 Jay Payne                               7 Chris Foster                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.068  5.595 258.17                     0.038  5.651 254.95
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Hagen Jr  ) 0.121  5.650 256.31      (M Ferro     ) 0.076  5.649 254.81
E1    (C Simonton  ) 0.095  5.648 255.05      (B Henry     ) 0.055  5.672 252.85
 Qualified:             #7  5.640 256.84                       #11  5.709 249.39

2:35 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.08 inches, adjusted altitude 3,157 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Payne is 1-0 against Foster, their only other meeting coming in a round one pairing.

Foster did all he could, leaving first and running within thousandths of his quickest run of the weekend, but Payne made his best run of the weekend to take the win. Jay Payne's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.008), 330 ft(-0.002), 660ft(0.007), 1,000ft(0.016). MOV: 0.0265 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   37 John Bojec                              4 Tony Bartone                 
E3                   0.003 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.064  7.853 116.95
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lombardo J) 0.058  5.571 257.43      (S Harker    ) 0.049  5.530 259.41
E1    (T Carter    ) 0.054  5.622 256.21      (R Cortino   ) 0.093  5.767 255.10
 Qualified:             #5  5.620 256.06                        #1  5.498 261.37

Bartone holds a 2-0 record against Bojec in national events, both of the other meetings coming in opening rounds.

Bojec was almost perfect on the tree, then made his best run of the weekend and low ET of the round against a fishtailing Bartone to not only notch the win, but also take lane choice against Payne in the final round.

Post-round update:John Bojec was disqualified at the scales and Bartone will face Payne in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink