Sun, 31 Oct 2010, 07:14 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Sean O'Bannon                           6 Mickey Ferro                 
E3                   0.049  5.651 253.42     ****WINNER****  0.044  5.601 255.77
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Bartone   ) 0.010  5.691 254.52      (A De Joria  ) 0.051  5.591 255.68
E1    (S Gasparrell) 0.106  5.573 256.80      (K Ray       ) 0.061  5.559 257.68
 Qualified:             #5  5.632 256.60                        #1  5.596 257.48

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 27.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,775 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Ferro with a slight starting line advantage and never trails for the the win. Mickey Ferro's MOV: 0.0557 seconds (approximately 21 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   73 Doug Gordon                            37 John Bojec                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.040  5.680 253.37                     0.049  6.686 232.71
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Evanchuk  ) 0.034  5.659 256.02      (B Henry     ) 0.016  5.579 257.58
E1    (M Woznichak ) 0.058  5.643 255.10      (J Payne     ) 0.066  5.584 255.77
 Qualified:             #6  5.640 255.97                       #15  5.737 253.80

Gordon with a slight starting line advantage and never trails for the win light. Gordon will give up lane choice to Ferro in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink