Sun, 26 Sep 2010, 04:16 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Steve Harker                            8 Jay Payne                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.064  5.604 254.52                     0.054  5.642 254.33
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Hool      ) 0.083  5.569 257.19      (T Bartone   ) 0.070  5.725 251.81
E1    (B Brown     ) 0.053  5.638 252.38      (K Ray       ) 0.084  5.663 253.66
 Qualified:             #4  5.681 255.19                        #9  5.748 252.47

3:14 p.m. Harker and Payne have each won 5 times against the other in prior events.

Payne comes off the line first but Harker starts to gain ground quickly. Harker drives around Payne before they reach the sixty foot mark and extends his lead all the way through the run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 710D Alexis De Joria                         6 Mickey Ferro                 
E3                   0.076  5.561 255.97     ****WINNER****  0.039  5.569 257.33
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lombardo J) 0.087  5.565 256.45      (C Foster    ) 0.047  5.560 258.02
E1    (B Davis     ) 0.071  5.647 254.95      (S Burck     ) 0.028  5.615 255.77
 Qualified:             #2  5.631 258.17                        #3  5.657 245.94

Ferro is 1 - 0 against De Joria in prior events.

Ferro gets out of the gate first and he needed it. De Joria starts to gain ground quickly, then Ferro starts to pick up and puts a little more distance between he and De Joria.

Mickey Ferro's incremental margins: 60ft(0.045), 330 ft(0.031), 660ft(0.025), 1,000ft(0.026). MOV: 0.0296 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

Ferro will have lane choice over Harker in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink