Sun, 20 Aug 2017, 16:27 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of final, round 4 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
  883 Johan Lindberg                          6 Kris Hool                    
E4   ****WINNER****  0.085  5.489 268.22                     0.059  5.575 260.11
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Bernard   ) 0.065  5.487 266.74                     0.538  7.966 162.39
E2    (J Lombardo  ) 0.045  5.515 260.91      (A Whiteley  ) 0.074  5.508 263.51
E1    (A Bohl      ) 0.078  5.546 256.31      (R Cortino   ) 0.122  5.532 262.28
 Qualified:             #9  5.706 257.48                        #2  5.538 262.49

3:19 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 28.64 inches, adjusted altitude 3,350 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Lindberg has one National event final round appearance (Charlotte 2017) and he won that race. Hool has 6 final round appearances, winning three and losing three. He won this event in 2011.

Hool moved to the right of the groove and he had to fight to keep his car away from the wall. A trouble-free pass by Lindberg and he gets the win. Johan Lindberg's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.050), 330 ft(-0.044), 660ft(-0.012), 1,000ft(0.032). MOV: 0.0603 seconds (approximately 23 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink