Fri, 19 Jun 2020, 20:44 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

EPPING, N.H. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at New England Dragway listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: Dan Pomponio Runs 5.741/243.11, Now #6; Best prior run: 8.765/103.71, Was #6
Right Lane: DJ Cox Jr. Runs 5.585/264.39, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.570/264.70, Was #2

Pomponio gets it to hook up with his quickest pass of the day, but will stay in the number six spot. Dan Pomponio's incremental times: 60ft-0.993 sec., 330ft-2.554, 660ft-3.758/205.26 mph, 1,000ft-4.822.

Cox Jr. with another good looking pass, but will not improve. DJ Cox Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.969 sec., 330ft-2.521, 660ft-3.719/207.59 mph, 1,000ft-4.733.

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Left Lane: Matt Gill Runs 5.552/267.64, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.579/267.16, Was #3
Right Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 9.644/91.08, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.518/267.64, Was #1

Gill launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the day to go to the number two spot. Matt Gill's incremental times: 60ft-0.974 sec., 330ft-2.527, 660ft-3.711/210.05 mph, 1,000ft-4.710.

Bellemeur loses traction early and clicks it off.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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