Sun, 18 Oct 2015, 15:18 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Shane Westerfield                     802 Jonnie Lindberg              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.023  5.493 250.74                     0.072  5.548 266.58
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Gordon    ) 0.012  5.468 265.48      (M Doushgouni) 0.075  5.416 269.40
E1    (S Harker    ) 0.027  5.498 263.41      (T Veney     ) 0.085  5.460 266.64
 Qualified:            #11  5.538 262.28                        #2  5.428 269.08

2:09 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 29.76 inches, adjusted altitude 1,995 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

This is the first time Westerfield and Lindberg have faced each other in eliminations.

westerfield gets the advantage of the line and starts to pull away. Lindberg gets out of the groove, hazes the tires and has to pedal. he recovers quickly but Westerfield was long gone by then.

Shane Westerfield's incremental margins: 60ft(0.064), 330 ft(0.128), 660ft(0.138), 1,000ft(0.131). MOV: 0.1046 seconds (approximately 41 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  799 Sean Bellemeur                          6 John Lombardo Jr.            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.047  5.516 262.08                     0.136  5.482 271.84
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S McVey     ) 0.049  5.455 272.01      (J Payne     ) 0.086  5.408 273.55
E1    (K Hool      ) 0.027  5.441 270.81      (L Van Hauen ) 0.066  5.487 255.43
 Qualified:             #4  5.453 272.28                        #1  5.413 272.01

Lombardo Jr. is 3 - 2 against Bellemeur in prior events.

Bellemeur gets a big holeshot and makes it count. He gets out of the groove, makes a move toward the wall and has to fight to keep the car off the wall. Lombardo was making up ground all the way through the run but soon ran out of room.

Sean Bellemeur's incremental margins: 60ft(0.131), 330 ft(0.148), 660ft(0.144), 1,000ft(0.092). MOV: 0.0558 seconds (approximately 22 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink