Sun, 22 May 2016, 14:36 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 28th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  468 Jeff Jones                                 Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.066  5.690 257.87     
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Billington) 0.030  5.643 261.22   
E1    (K Hool      ) 0.094  5.620 260.71   
 Qualified:             #6  5.631 252.99                     Bye

Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 28.82 inches, adjusted altitude 3,710 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Jones in his second National event goes to the final with the bye here. He is straight down Broadway for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Doug Gordon                          6345 Clint Thompson               
E3                   0.050  5.629 261.83     ****WINNER****  0.057  5.611 258.96
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Payne     ) 0.062  5.587 262.44      (S Gasparrell) 0.057  5.590 258.32
E1    (S Burck     ) 0.114  5.530 265.53      (C McLaws    ) 0.128  5.577 260.81
 Qualified:             #2  5.521 264.96                        #4  5.564 262.49

Thompson is 4 - 2 against Gordon in prior events. Gordon with a starting line advantage, but Thompson has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trails from there on for the win. Clint Thompson's MOV: 0.0116 seconds (approximately 4 feet). He will have lane choice over Jones in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink