Sun, 30 Oct 2016, 18:35 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   15 DJ Cox Jr.                             76 Terry Ruckman                
E4                   0.029  5.779 219.72     ****WINNER****  0.043  5.642 261.32
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Thompson  ) 0.051  5.549 262.03      (U Leanders  ) 0.089  5.634 260.86
E2    (S Gasparrell) 0.041  5.539 262.79      (J Lindberg  ) 0.070  5.612 262.59
E1    (N Januik    ) 0.031  5.548 262.54      (J Payne     ) 0.042  5.795 262.33
 Qualified:             #3  5.536 263.56                        #5  5.571 264.44

3:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 27.70 inches, adjusted altitude 4,970 feet.

Ruckman is 1-1 in final rounds. He won the Spring race here this year.

Cox is 1-2 in final rounds. His last win was the fall race in Charlotte.

Cox gets out of the gate first, stays in front to the 1000 foot mark, then the car noses over and Ruckman goes around for the win.

Terry Ruckman's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.051), 330 ft(-0.088), 660ft(-0.067), 1,000ft(0.006). MOV: 0.1232 seconds (approximately 40 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink