Sun, 03 Nov 2019, 18:52 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Sean Bellemeur                       7735 Steve Gasparrelli            
E4   ****WINNER****  0.032  5.447 269.78                     0.092  7.196 134.63
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Westerfiel) 0.060  5.465 268.92      (C Marshall  ) 0.124  5.641 237.63
E2    (T Ruckman   ) 0.022  5.409 271.95      (D Schneider ) 0.065  5.552 263.77
E1    (R Turner    ) 0.052  5.442 269.83      (K Hool      )       No Time      
 Qualified:             #2  5.429 270.54                        #9  5.573 263.15

3:45 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 11 percent, barometer 27.82 inches, adjusted altitude 3,951 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Bellemeur gets out of the gate first, goes right down the groove and pulls away for the win. Gasparrelli gets out of the groove, drifts to the right, then backs off of the throttle.

This is Bellemeur's 18th career win, the seventh this year in seven finals, and he also won this race last year.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink