Sun, 15 Sep 2019, 14:30 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 35th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                   1 Sean Bellemeur               
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.084  5.421 269.40
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (D Cox       ) 0.040  5.424 270.59
E1                                           (J Headley   ) 0.080  5.409 271.46
 Qualified:                                                       #2  5.464 268.49

2:21 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 29.56 inches, adjusted altitude 2,883 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

Bellemeur had a bye into his fourth final round of the season. He had a good run here.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Chris Marshall                          9 Brian Hough                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.030  5.624 265.64                     0.082  7.766  83.45
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Westerfiel) 0.037  7.089 226.54      (D Pomponio  ) 0.076  5.453 270.05
E1    (B Gawlik    ) 0.046  5.499 264.13                     0.039  7.584 114.62
 Qualified:             #4  5.505 263.98                        #1  5.400 270.70

Marshall shook the tires for the first 300 feet but drove through it to take the win. Hough started to close the gap but popped the blower halfway down the track and his chutes came out. Marshall took the win to go into his fourth final round of the season but gave up lane choice to Bellemeur.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink