Sat, 22 Oct 2011, 11:38 AM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, event 2 at Royal Purple Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Tony Bartone                           44 Steve Burck                  
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.193  5.911 246.93
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.098  5.680 260.16      (T Carter    ) 0.102  5.898 246.26
 Qualified:             #1  5.569 263.00                        #4  5.787 252.80

10:32 a.m. Bartone was unable to return for this race, so Burck got a free tuning pass for the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                  42 Chris Foster                 
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.115  5.860 249.58
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (B Brown     ) 0.084  5.700 251.95
 Qualified:                                                       #2  5.705 250.32

Foster gets the scheduled bye. He had to pedal it about 200 feet out to get through tire shake, but will still have lane choice against Burck in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink