Sat, 20 Jun 2020, 22:49 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

EPPING, N.H. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at New England Dragway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Sean Bellemeur                        147 Fred Tigges                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.099  8.889 100.93                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.033  9.452  93.14      (B Gawlik    ) 0.162  5.698 258.27
 Qualified:             #1  5.518 267.64                        #4  5.679 258.47

Tigges is a no-show to give Bellemeur a free ride into the final. He shakes and clicks it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   11 Matt Gill                              13 DJ Cox Jr.                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.036  5.627 261.42                    -0.011 19.327  57.03
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Headley   ) 0.088  5.588 266.58      (D Pomponio  ) 0.100  5.645 260.46
 Qualified:             #2  5.552 267.64                        #3  5.570 264.70

Cox Jr is too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Gill the freebie into the final. Gill makes a good clean pass and will have lane choice in the final over Bellemeur.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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