Sat, 8 Oct 2011, 03:08 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session |
By Larry Sullivan |
NOBLE, Okla. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, event at Thunder Valley Raceway Park listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Mark Billington Runs 5.809/249.93, Now #2; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Ron Morrison Runs 7.278/198.67, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.959/198.36, Was #9
Billington was unable to make a run yesterday, so this was a one-shot qualifying effort for him. Billy Davis is on the bump spot at 6.320.
Morrison once agin spun the tires for a hundred feet or so before getting them hooked up. Billington made a
nice, smooth, easy run to move into the field in the #2 spot. That puts Steve Griboski on the bump spot at 6.020.
Left Lane: Billy Davis Runs 6.346/179.03, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.320/205.15, Was #9
Right Lane: Steve Griboski Runs 6.674/175.19, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.020/232.31, Was #8
Davis got out of shape in the middle of the run, came close to the centerline, lifted. Griboski launched into shake, pedaled, shut it off around 1,000 feet.
Left Lane: Clint Thompson Runs 10.784/74.80, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.847/248.68, Was #5
Right Lane: Steve Burck Runs 6.269/229.94, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.965/242.84, Was #7
The eight cars are set, the rest will be racing for position.
Thompson launched, shook, and shut it off. Burck pedaled
at least once, failed to improve.
Left Lane: Vern Moats Runs 5.786/249.37, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.812/250.76, Was #3
Right Lane: Kirk Williams Runs 5.856/249.23, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.867/246.37, Was #6
Williams' car danced around a bit about 200 feet out, he did a good job of taming it down. Moats made a clean, smooth pass to take over the #1 spot.
Left Lane: Roger Bateman Runs 5.701/253.30, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.802/251.25, Was #2
Right Lane: Brian Hough Runs 5.805/250.06, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.828/248.61, Was #4
Moats just knocked Bateman off the top spot. He responded by making a pretty pass to retake the top spot. Meanwhile, Hough also made a nice, smooth pass to improve a couple hundredths and move up to third.
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