Sat, 19 Aug 2017, 16:30 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations |
By Bob Orme |
BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Kris Hool 3377 Rick Cortino
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.122 5.532 262.28 0.060 5.952 241.15
Qualified: #2 5.538 262.49 #11 5.985 238.98
3:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 28.56 inches, adjusted
altitude 3,882 feet. This is the first time Hool and Cortino have faced each other in eliminations. Kris Hool won this race in 2011.
Hool was a little to the left of the groove on the top half of the track, but he stayed on the throttle to take the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Andy Bohl 883 Johan Lindberg
E1 0.113 5.577 264.75 ****WINNER**** 0.078 5.546 256.31
Qualified: #4 5.549 266.32 #9 5.706 257.48
Lindberg is 1 - 0 against Bohl in prior events.Bohl started skating around on the top end and that was all Lindberg
needed to get the win. Johan Lindberg's MOV: 0.0662 seconds (approximately 26 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Annie Whiteley 33 Chris Foster
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.067 6.485 258.27 0.086 9.967 92.35
Qualified: #5 5.566 269.13 #8 5.691 257.87
Whiteley and Foster have each won 1 time against the other in prior events. Chris Foster won here in 2015. Annie Whiteley
was runner-up here last year. This is her 57th race and at 44 of them she has qualified 5th or better. She starts from the #5
spot today.Both drivers had traction troubles early. They both pedaled it a couple times, and Whiteley was able to get hooked
up and drive away for the win. She will give lane choice to Hool in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 501 Scott McVey 54 Bill Bernard E1 0.057 10.882 80.47 ****WINNER**** 0.109 5.614 256.84 Qualified: #6 5.600 260.46 #7 5.616 256.60This is the first time McVey and Bernard have faced each other in eliminations.
McVey had severe tire shake and he had to
lift. Bernard takes it straight down the groove.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 590 Kirk Williams 3 John Lombardo Jr. E1 0.033 5.659 258.42 ****WINNER**** 0.093 5.503 268.49 Qualified: #10 5.706 255.43 #3 5.540 269.40Lombardo Jr. is 2 - 0 against Williams in prior events.
Williams had the advantage at the tree, but Lombardo quickly
catches and passes him for the win. John Lombardo Jr.'s incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.010), 330 ft(-0.004),
660ft(0.025), 1,000ft(0.061). MOV: 0.0961 seconds (approximately 36 feet). John Lombardo Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.951
sec., 330ft-2.492, 660ft-3.671/211.16 mph, 1,000ft-4.666. Lombardo will have lane choice over Lindberg in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
Bye 77 Jay Payne
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.089 5.561 264.44
Qualified: #1 5.531 265.27
This is Jay Payne's 67th #1 spot, his first since the Winternationals in 2014 and it is the 7th time that he has been the
top qualifier at Brainerd. Jay won here in 2001 & 2003.Payne makes a clean pass and he'll have lane choice over Bernard in
round two.
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