Sun, 07 Apr 2013, 19:20 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 14th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Shane Westerfield                       2 Tony Bartone                 
E4                   0.062  5.698 252.47     ****WINNER****  0.055  5.667 256.65
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Gordon    ) 0.042  5.691 253.52      (J Kaplan    ) 0.306  5.746 258.81
E2    (T Ruckman   ) 0.047  5.650 255.34      (J Rupert    ) 0.047  5.641 259.61
E1    (K Hool      ) 0.034  5.674 253.90      (H Wernhart  ) 0.096  5.653 257.63
 Qualified:             #6  5.666 255.48                        #1  5.589 261.47

4:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 18 percent, barometer 27.59 inches, adjusted altitude 4,833 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.

Westerfield is 0-2 in final round appearances. Bartone has won 36 times in Top Alcohol Funny Car. Make that 37. Bartone left first and never trailed.

Tony Bartone's incremental margins: 60ft(0.000), 330 ft(0.008), 660ft(0.015), 1,000ft(0.024). MOV: 0.0387 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.976 sec., 330ft-2.535, 660ft-3.760/201.88 mph, 1,000ft-4.807.
Tony Bartone's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.534, 660ft-3.752/203.80 mph, 1,000ft-4.790.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink