Sun, 21 Jul 2013, 13:15 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division, Buckeye Fuel Wars:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  326 Brian Harvanek                        317 Steve Franke                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.189  5.753 247.57                     0.092  7.073 143.96
 Qualified:             #2  5.739 250.55                        #7  8.356 114.57

1:00 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 28.97 inches, adjusted altitude 3,530 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Franke's car seemed a little sluggish off the line, drifts to the right, but never really made a good move. Harvanek went right down the groove and pulls away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   37 Andy Bohl                                  Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.109  5.685 253.37     
 Qualified:             #1  5.736 250.88                     Bye

Bohl makes his quickest pass of the weekend on the bye run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  556 Lance Van Hauen                       377 Paul Noakes                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.119  5.799 245.09                     0.023 14.394  35.09
 Qualified:             #3  5.780 244.83                        #6  5.859 252.52

Noakes rattles the tires, bangs the blower about 200 feet out and the chutes come out. Van Hauen drove around Noakes quickly and pulls away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Chris Foster                          302 John Bojec                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.126  5.760 252.14                     0.113  6.324 241.76
 Qualified:             #4  5.796 250.00                        #5  5.823 240.29

Bojec shakes the tires at the hit and has to pedal. he recovers quickly but was too far back at that point to catch Foster.Foster went right down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win.

Bohl will have lane choice over Foster in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink