Sun, 16 Oct 2011, 03:42 PM Nostalgia Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Nostalgia Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7917 Brad Thompson                         666 Tim Boychuk                  
E1                  -0.127 14.642  57.12     ****WINNER****  0.093  5.700 250.69
 Qualified:             #4  5.908 232.95                        #3  5.899 238.68

12:31 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 28.68 inches, adjusted altitude 3,189 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

This will be a good warm up for next week's California Hot Rod Reunion at famous Famoso Raceway in California.

Tim Boychuk wins on Brad Thompson's huge -0.127 red light. He makes the quickest run of the weekend in the easy win.

Tim Boychuk's incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.545, 660ft-3.763/203.22 mph, 1,000ft-4.806.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  709 James Day                             766 Jason Rupert                 
E1                   0.116  6.125 199.37     ****WINNER****  0.144  5.868 248.84
 Qualified:             #7  6.548 177.42                        #1  5.725 245.45

They leave more or less together and Day stays in front until near the 660 lights, where the Camaro drifts steadily towards the wall and he has to slap the pedal. He still improves on his prior best here.

Rupert thunders on past and runs his fastest pass of the weekend.

Jason Rupert's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.032), 330 ft(-0.027), 660ft(0.012), 1,000ft(0.074). MOV: 0.2297 seconds (approximately 67 feet).

James Day's incremental times: 60ft-1.009 sec., 330ft-2.628, 660ft-3.933/187.65 mph, 1,000ft-5.066.
Jason Rupert's incremental times: 60ft-1.013 sec., 330ft-2.627, 660ft-3.893/195.79 mph, 1,000ft-4.964.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  400 Mike Savage                          6143 Mark Hentges                 
E1                   0.093  6.209 231.36     ****WINNER****  0.124  5.856 242.06
 Qualified:             #5  6.076 226.62                        #2  5.857 236.05

Savage gets a small starting line advantage and is dead even with Hentges at sixty feet.

It's all Hentges from there to the finish line.

Mark Hentges' incremental margins: 60ft(0.000), 330 ft(0.103), 660ft(0.196), 1,000ft(0.277). MOV: 0.3225 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Mike Savage's incremental times: 60ft-1.057 sec., 330ft-2.765, 660ft-4.101/185.13 mph, 1,000ft-5.243.
Mark Hentges' incremental times: 60ft-1.026 sec., 330ft-2.631, 660ft-3.874/199.05 mph, 1,000ft-4.935.

12:40 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink