Sun, 26 Sep 2010, 06:06 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 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                            6 Mickey Ferro                 
E4                   0.065  5.595 254.57     ****WINNER****  0.029  5.575 257.04
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Payne     ) 0.064  5.604 254.52      (A De Joria  ) 0.039  5.569 257.33
E2    (K Hool      ) 0.083  5.569 257.19      (C Foster    ) 0.047  5.560 258.02
E1    (B Brown     ) 0.053  5.638 252.38      (S Burck     ) 0.028  5.615 255.77
 Qualified:             #4  5.681 255.19                        #3  5.657 245.94

5:04 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 2,557 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

This is Harker's 18th final and he has a record of 4-13. This is Ferro's tenth final and he has a record of 3-6. Ferro is 3 - 0 against Harker in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round.

Ferro gets out of the gate first and goes right down the groove for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink