Sun, 14 Oct 2018, 16:10 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals presented by WIX Filters:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Phil Burkart                            5 Sean Bellemeur               
E4                   0.061  6.832 159.83     ****WINNER****  0.082  5.403 271.13
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Scott     ) 0.074  5.503 268.38      (A Bohl      ) 0.015  5.420 272.39
E2    (N Januik    ) 0.083  5.488 267.64      (D Cox       ) 0.052  5.387 272.83
E1    (C Beverett  ) 0.061  5.473 268.33                     0.083  5.385 272.39
 Qualified:             #3  5.526 267.32                        #1  5.428 272.12

4:00 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 29.46 inches, adjusted altitude 1,769 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Bellemeur is 5 - 1 against Burkart in prior events and Bellemeur is 2 - 0 against Burkart in prior final rounds. This is Burkart's 3rd National event final, having lost the first two to Bellemeur. Bellemeur has 5 National event wins so far this year, 9 during his career.

Burkart has traction troubles early, and he pedaled it a couple times before he gave up on the run. Bellemeur lays down another very strong pass in his winning effort. Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.430, 660ft-3.587/214.79 mph, 1,000ft-4.572.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink