Sun, 04 Oct 2015, 13:07 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations |
By Jim Samuel |
MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st annual NHRA Keystone Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 1002 Tyler Scott 377 Paul Noakes E1 0.042 5.699 244.87 ****WINNER**** 0.103 5.625 262.69 Qualified: #14 11.327 73.63 #1 5.535 263.8712:41 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.69 inches, adjusted altitude 955 feet, track temperature 64 degrees.
Scott was quicker out of the gate and was out in front, with Noakes closing the
gap. Scott held on to 1,000 feet but then Noakes got by him to take the win. Noakes will have a bye in the second round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Steve Harker 14 DJ Cox Jr.
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.080 5.645 250.97 0.007 7.218 138.40
Qualified: #3 5.690 254.81 #12 9.193 98.61
Cox's car came out of the gate quickly but \carried the front wheels in the air for about 100 feet. When the front wheels came
down, the car got a little loose and drifted toward the wall. Harker, meanwhile, took his car straight down the groove for the
win.Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 244 Joshua Haskett 6 John Lombardo Jr. E1 0.190 17.741 41.83 ****WINNER**** 0.131 6.472 164.67 Qualified: #7 6.723 174.35 #8 7.318 140.17Haskett launched, shook the rear tires, pedaled once and clicked it off. Lombardo drove through some tire shake to 330 feet, then pedaled it once, went to midtrack and then clicked it off to coast the rest of the way for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 1625 Marie Ferriolo 12 Matt Gill E1 0.204 6.359 210.70 ****WINNER**** 0.064 6.489 155.11 Qualified: #11 8.576 107.69 #4 5.823 260.51Gill was out in front but had some tire smoke and shake. That gave Ferriolo the chance to catch up and she did. She almost got by Gill but came up three feet short at the finish line, giving Gill the holeshot win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 11 Mickey Ferro 18 John Headley E1 0.209 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.320 6.888 133.09 Qualified: #6 6.036 180.84 #9 7.917 134.85This was a wild one for Ferro. As soon as he launched, the front wheels came up in the air. When the car came back down, it made a move toward the wall. Ferro corrected and looked like he was going to get it straightened out but then the car moved hard to the left, striking the wall. Ferro's car bounced off the wall and went across the center line in front of Headley. Headley will race Harker in the next round and Harker will have lane choice.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 147 Fred Tigges 8 Dan Pomponio E1 -0.074 9.574 90.46 ****WINNER**** 0.102 5.908 256.89 Qualified: #10 7.935 116.72 #5 5.934 255.39A red light by Tigges means that Pomponio will move on to the next round. He'll have lane choice over Matt Gill in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Doug Gordon 15 Todd Veney
E1 0.055 6.451 175.14 ****WINNER**** 0.054 5.567 259.71
Qualified: #13 10.838 78.57 #2 5.588 263.15
Veney and Gordon came out of the gate at almost the same time. Gordon's car started to drift toward the center line at 330 feet
so he had to pedal it to keep from crossing over. Veney got the win and will have lane choice over Lombardo in round two.
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