Sun, 15 Jul 2018, 01:07 AM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division, Burndown at Sundown:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   34 Todd Robertson                        556 Lance Van Hauen              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  5.899 244.87                     0.067  9.009 108.36
 Qualified:             #4  5.738 247.70                        #5  5.766 255.19

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.

Robertson gets out of the gate first and pulls away for the win. Van Hauen has problems and is off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   16 Tyler Scott                           440 Steve Burck                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.361 132.06                    -0.124 14.255  72.84
 Qualified:             #6  5.766 247.66                        #3  5.645 260.71

Burck leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Scott.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   52 Kirk Williams                          33 Ray Drew                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  5.649 256.41                     0.087  5.746 255.24
 Qualified:             #2  5.638 258.47                        #7  5.990 250.00

Williams gets the advantage off the line and pulls away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   32 Chris Foster                               Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.183  5.695 256.94     
 Qualified:             #1  5.629 257.73                     Bye

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink