Sun, 30 Oct 2011, 08:14 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  744 Shane Westerfield                       4 Tony Bartone                 
E4                   0.048  5.674 255.10     ****WINNER****  0.047  5.547 260.41
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Thompson  ) 0.038  5.711 254.09      (F Tigges    ) 0.074  5.609 260.06
E2    (J Evanchuk  ) 0.043  5.715 253.52      (S Gasparrell) 0.052  5.582 259.51
E1    (K Hool      ) 0.064  5.674 255.29      (K Ray       ) 0.085  5.558 261.37
 Qualified:            #11  5.772 251.86                        #1  5.560 260.51

5:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 27.92 inches, adjusted altitude 4,332 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

This is the first time Westerfield and Bartone have faced each other in eliminations.

Bartone is 32-25 in final rounds. He won the spring race here.

This is Westerfields first ever final round.

They come off the line together, then Bartone starts to pull away quickly. Bartone goes right down the groove and wins his 33rd national event.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink