Sun, 18 Oct 2015, 17:02 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 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                     799 Sean Bellemeur               
E4                   9.999 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.127  5.423 271.46
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Lindberg  ) 0.023  5.493 250.74      (J Lombardo  ) 0.047  5.516 262.08
E2    (D Gordon    ) 0.012  5.468 265.48      (S McVey     ) 0.049  5.455 272.01
E1    (S Harker    ) 0.027  5.498 263.41      (K Hool      ) 0.027  5.441 270.81
 Qualified:            #11  5.538 262.28                        #4  5.453 272.28

3:54 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 29.69 inches, adjusted altitude 2,492 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

Westerfield has two wins, one here in 2013.

Bellemeur has runner-ed up six times.

Bellemeur is 2 - 0 against Westerfield in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round.

Not sure what happened here. Westerfield stages, brings up the RPM's and the engine dies. Bellemeur gets the single and goes right down the groove with a career best ET.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink