Sun, 29 Jul 2018, 03:42 AM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, West Central Division, event at Heartland Park Topeka:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Kris Hool                             433 Bryan Brown                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069  5.896 253.99                     0.093  7.913 167.95
 Qualified:             #1  5.571 262.64                        #8  5.911 260.06

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Hool has the advantage at the tree and gets the win as Brown has problems.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  571 Bob McCosh                            501 Scott McVey                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  5.685 256.21                     0.143  5.698 257.28
 Qualified:             #4  5.659 238.13                        #5  5.672 260.21

McCosh has a big advantage at the tree and the power to take the win by about 49 feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  556 Lance Van Hauen                        52 Kirk Williams                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042  5.697 255.68                     0.063  5.692 255.87
 Qualified:             #6  5.691 255.05                        #3  5.617 258.17

Van Hauen has an advantage at the tree and it is big enough for him to get the holeshot win by about 6 feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 John Lombardo Jr.                    2606 Mark Billington              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.105  5.581 265.90                     0.094 20.144  87.81
 Qualified:             #2  5.582 265.80                        #7  5.763 253.09

Billington has problems early and Lombardo makes a strong pass to get the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink