Sun, 25 May 2003, 05:23 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 15th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   52 Cy Chesterman                           7 Marc White
E4                   0.038 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.059  5.676 253.28
 Prior rounds:
E3    (V Moats     ) 0.029  5.652 252.85      (S Gasparrell) 0.059  5.663 253.52
E2    (T Branch    ) 0.027  5.672 254.86      (T Frickensch) 0.089  5.685 254.81
E1    (R Morrison  ) 0.056  5.639 255.15      (K Richardson) 0.091  5.630 254.14
 Qualified:             #4  5.689 253.66                        #2  5.663 252.28

Current weather conditions: 69 degrees, 47 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.06 inches with some fair weather clouds.

As soon as the light turned green Chesterman's engine went silent and coasted to a stop just past the 330-foot mark. White with a nice looking pass to take home his fourth National Event title.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink