Sun, 16 Oct 2011, 02:10 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

REYNOLDS, Ga. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division, event at Silver Dollar Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   25 Mark Billington                         7 Todd Veney                   
E2                   0.093  5.926 194.97     ****WINNER****  0.118  5.659 255.92
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Thompson  ) 0.074  5.695 255.92      (M Green-King) 0.129  5.692 252.28
 Qualified:             #3  5.689 256.45                        #2  5.660 255.05

2:03 p.m. Billington gets the advantage of the line but that was about all. Veney starts reeling him in quickly, drives around at half track, then Billington bangs the blower about 1000 feet out.

Todd Veney's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.025), 330 ft(-0.016), 660ft(0.003), 1,000ft(0.054). MOV: 0.2428 seconds (approximately 69 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Mickey Ferro                           71 Steve Gasparrelli            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.083  5.716 254.90                     0.093  9.023  65.96
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.133  7.977 113.57      (B Hough     ) 0.055  5.777 251.53
 Qualified:             #1  5.586 258.96                        #4  5.724 254.90

Gasparrelli gets about 400 feet out, rattles the tires, then clicks it off.

Veney will have lane choice over Ferro in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink