Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 04:34 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of final, round 4 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                               4 Tony Bartone                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.074  5.648 256.36                     0.051  8.653 108.16
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Foster    ) 0.068  5.595 258.17      (J Bojec     ) 0.064  7.853 116.95
E2    (F Hagen Jr  ) 0.121  5.650 256.31      (S Harker    ) 0.049  5.530 259.41
E1    (C Simonton  ) 0.095  5.648 255.05      (R Cortino   ) 0.093  5.767 255.10
 Qualified:             #7  5.640 256.84                        #1  5.498 261.37

4:22 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,413 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.

Bartone is 3 - 1 against Payne in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round.

Bartone was off the line first, but went into tire shake almost immediately and Payne was a surprisingly easy winner to take home a coveted "win at Indy."

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink