Sat, 15 Oct 2016, 13:08 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Shane Westerfield                     729 Nick Januik                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.063  5.569 267.53                     0.044  5.608 261.32
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Gordon    ) 0.018  5.484 268.17      (A Whiteley  ) 0.016  5.456 267.85
E2                   0.043  5.904 188.07      (J Payne     ) 0.092  5.459 268.28
E1    (J Kaplan    ) 0.048  5.462 271.57      (C Thompson  ) 0.091  5.490 267.22
 Qualified:             #2  5.448 272.45                        #5  5.459 268.54

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 71 percent, barometer 29.44 inches, adjusted altitude 2,593 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

This is rain delayed Seattle final. Januik is 2 - 1 against Westerfield in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round. Januik with the starting line advantage, both cars are skating around, but Westerfield gets it to hook up to take the win. Shane Westerfield's MOV: 0.0200 seconds (approximately 8 feet). Westerfield wins his fourth National event Wally. He was runner-up last year in Seattle.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink