Sun, 21 Jul 2013, 16:08 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 2 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
   37 Andy Bohl                               8 Chris Foster                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.080  5.710 253.04                     0.111  5.763 251.63
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.109  5.685 253.37      (J Bojec     ) 0.126  5.760 252.14
 Qualified:             #1  5.736 250.88                        #4  5.796 250.00

4:01 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 28.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,858 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Bohl gets the advantage off the line and extends his lead all the way through the run. Foster makes a clean pass but was falling behind all the way through the run.

Andy Bohl's incremental margins: 60ft(0.042), 330 ft(0.065), 660ft(0.078), 1,000ft(0.082). MOV: 0.0844 seconds (approximately 31 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  326 Brian Harvanek                        556 Lance Van Hauen              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.152  5.719 248.75                     0.123  9.592 155.17
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Franke    ) 0.189  5.753 247.57      (P Noakes    ) 0.119  5.799 245.09
 Qualified:             #2  5.739 250.55                        #3  5.780 244.83

Van hauen goes up in smoke at the hit and has to back off the throttle. Harvanek makes his quickest pass of the weekend but will give up lane choice to Bohl by just .009 seconds.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink