Sun, 03 Mar 2013, 17:04 PM 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, Showdown at Sundown at Royal Purple Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Shane Westerfield                       7 Kris Hool                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  5.566 260.51                     0.043  5.625 260.21
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Brown     ) 0.034  5.573 256.26      (R Drew      ) 0.152  5.563 264.55
 Qualified:             #2  5.535 261.12                        #3  5.591 260.97

Westerfie;d sawed the tree down, then extended his lead over Hool to advance to the finals.

Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.968 sec., 330ft-2.492, 660ft-3.684/208.68 mph, 1,000ft-4.702.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Chris Foster                            5 John Lombardo Jr.            
E2                   0.048  5.708 258.71     ****WINNER****  0.087  5.545 262.33
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Billington) 0.192  5.569 262.33                     0.126  5.491 266.37
 Qualified:             #5  5.748 253.28                        #1  5.527 263.67

Lombardo's 266 mph speed in round one was the fifth-fastest ever.

Foster left first, but Lombardo led by the time they got to the 330-foot mark and pulled ahead for the win. He will have lane choice against Westerfield in the final round.

John Lombardo Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.477, 660ft-3.661/210.01 mph, 1,000ft-4.685.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink