Sun, 02 Oct 2016, 17:55 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Phil Burkart                          799 Sean Bellemeur               
E3                   0.024  6.608 209.69     ****WINNER****  0.001  5.585 237.88
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Bogolo    ) 0.063  5.562 264.80      (J Lombardo J) 0.049  5.481 268.33
E1    (J Headley   ) 0.089  5.562 264.86      (M Gill      ) 0.037  6.209 167.95
 Qualified:             #4 359                                  #9 200          

5:44 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 77 percent, barometer 29.47 inches, adjusted altitude 2,046 feet, track temperature 79 degrees.

This is the first time Burkart and Bellemeur have faced each other in eliminations.

Bellemeur was quicker off the starting line and led this from wire-to-wire to take the win and move on to the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   34 Andy Bohl                            6345 Clint Thompson               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.011  5.532 267.85                     0.011 17.458  43.57
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Pomponio  ) 0.074  5.512 267.80      (D Cox Jr    ) 0.032  5.503 264.91
E1    (J Haskett   ) 0.123  5.581 264.23      (T Scott     ) 0.020  5.700 247.70
 Qualified:             #3 382                                  #7 316          

Thompson's car launched and pulled the front wheels high into the air. The car bounced off the wheelie bar, then bounced the front wheels several times before it settled down. Meanwhile, Bohl took his car down the groove to take the win. He'll have lane choice over Bellemeur in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink