Sun, 28 Oct 2018, 15:58 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 18th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   63 Chris Marshall                       6180 Jirka Kaplan                 
E2                   0.027  5.537 265.85     ****WINNER****  0.012  5.530 262.74
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Gasparrell) 0.199  5.525 266.27      (K Hool      ) 0.044  5.540 261.07
 Qualified:             #3  5.460 268.81                        #6  5.500 264.39

Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 27.91 inches, adjusted altitude 46,754,640 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

Marshall is 1 - 0 against Kaplan in prior events.

Kaplan with a great light and never trailed for the win. Jirka Kaplan's MOV: 0.0221 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  800 Ulf Leanders                            5 Sean Bellemeur               
E2                   0.092  5.504 265.48     ****WINNER****  0.051  5.504 265.64
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Martin    ) 0.073  5.524 263.41      (S Burck     ) 0.044  5.523 265.06
 Qualified:             #7  5.510 265.06                        #2  5.451 268.01

Leanders is 4 - 2 against Bellemeur in prior events.

Bellemeur with the starting line advantage and the win on a hole shot as they run identical E.T.s. Sean Bellemeur's MOV: 0.0413 seconds (approximately 16 feet). Bellemeur will have lane choice over Kaplan in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   66 Brian Hough                             2 John Lombardo Jr.            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.080  5.524 265.22                     0.067  5.672 265.17
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Whiteley  ) 0.088  5.538 264.39      (R Turner    ) 0.072  5.484 267.53
 Qualified:             #9  5.525 266.37                        #1  5.439 269.46

Lombardo Jr. is 3 - 2 against Hough in prior events.

Lombardo Jr. with the starting line advantage, but started to shake and pedaled it. Hough grabs the lead early and never trails from there on for the win. Hough with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Doug Gordon                             1 Shane Westerfield            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.039  5.451 269.56                     0.013  5.517 268.01
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Brown     ) 0.091  5.579 265.95      (C McLaws    ) 0.063  5.541 266.16
 Qualified:             #5  5.482 268.87                        #4  5.461 269.35

Westerfield is 10 - 9 against Gordon in prior events.

Westerfield with a great light, but Gordon has the lead by 100 feet and runs low E.T. of the round for the win. Doug Gordon's MOV: 0.0407 seconds (approximately 16 feet). He will have lane choice over Hough in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink