Sun, 10 Oct 2010, 05:26 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 26th annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Steve Harker                           37 John Bojec                   
E4                  -0.172  5.937 215.86     ****WINNER****  0.088  5.598 258.17
 Prior rounds:
E3    (F Tigges    ) 0.053  5.562 256.55                     0.070  5.596 256.45
E2    (B Harvanek  ) 0.079  5.550 258.27      (E Lourie    ) 0.049  5.675 254.71
E1    (B Naves     ) 0.055  5.539 259.51      (T Bogolo    ) 0.070  5.792 255.05
 Qualified:             #1  5.605 256.99                        #3  5.626 255.97

5:21 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.21 inches, adjusted altitude 2,621 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.

This is Harker's 19th final round. He's tied for 11th place in the final round standings with Steve Gasparelli. This time, Harker staged and then kept rolling through the beams, giving Bojec is first national event. With this win, Bojec became the 85th driver to win a national event in Top Alcohol Funny Car.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink