Sat, 22 Oct 2011, 02:24 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of final, round 3 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
   44 Steve Burck                            42 Chris Foster                 
E3                   0.049  5.807 249.44     ****WINNER****  0.036  5.652 253.23
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Bartone   ) 0.193  5.911 246.93                     0.115  5.860 249.58
E1    (T Carter    ) 0.102  5.898 246.26      (B Brown     ) 0.084  5.700 251.95
 Qualified:             #4  5.787 252.80                        #2  5.705 250.32

1:18 p.m. Both drivers had good lights, but Foster steadily pulled away for the win. There was a puff of smoke from his car in the lights, the burst panel letting go when he lifted. Burck had some fun of his own, for the second round in a row his chutes wrapped themselves around the wheelie bars instead of blossoming.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink