Sun, 12 Feb 2017, 19:14 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Shane Westerfield                       1 Jonnie Lindberg              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.652 127.19                    -0.002  5.463 267.27
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Cox       ) 0.015  5.458 269.56      (D Gordon    ) 0.147 13.860 106.32
E2    (B Hough     ) 0.031  5.479 269.73      (J Lombardo  ) 0.071  5.445 268.01
E1    (M Doushgouni) 0.028  5.457 270.43      (C Marshall  ) 0.119  5.458 263.41
 Qualified:             #4  5.544 268.38                        #7  5.583 259.11

4:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 28.87 inches, adjusted altitude 2,552 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

No one has ever won the Winternationals 3 years in a row in the TAFC class. Westerfield is the #4 qualifier and the #4 car has never won the Winternationals in TAFC. Lindberg has a career of six wins and three runner-ups. Westerfield was the runner-up here last year and has four win, six runner-up history.

Lindberg goes red by just -0.002 to give the win to Westerfield.

Westerfield may have been distracted by the red light, as the car gets way out of the groove and he has to lift.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink