Sun, 31 Oct 2010, 08:54 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 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
   73 Doug Gordon                             6 Mickey Ferro                 
E4                  -0.053 16.041  48.69     ****WINNER****  0.030  5.578 256.65
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Bojec     ) 0.040  5.680 253.37      (S O`Bannon  ) 0.044  5.601 255.77
E2    (J Evanchuk  ) 0.034  5.659 256.02      (A De Joria  ) 0.051  5.591 255.68
E1    (M Woznichak ) 0.058  5.643 255.10      (K Ray       ) 0.061  5.559 257.68
 Qualified:             #6  5.640 255.97                        #1  5.596 257.48

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 27.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,703 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

gordon is too quick on the tree and turns on the red light and then got real loose. Ferro launched hard and was straight down the groove with another great pass. Mickey Ferro's incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.466, 660ft-3.672/204.26 mph, 1,000ft-4.703. Ferro collecting his fifth Wally.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink