Sun, 06 Sep 2020, 09:47 AM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 66th annual DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Brian Hough                           802 Jonnie Lindberg              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.066  5.550 255.19                     0.013  6.239 177.11
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Hool      ) 0.047  5.548 266.16      (S Bellemeur ) 0.039  5.740 266.16
 Qualified:             #9  5.551 250.13                       #16  5.687 263.05

8:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 29.23 inches, adjusted altitude 2,849 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.

Lindberg is the 16th qualifier. When he won the first round it was only the fourth time the number 16 qualifier has won in the first round.

Lindberg gets out of the gate first, gets about 100 feet out and bounces the front wheels off of the ground. He pedals, pulls the wheels again and makes a hard move toward the wall and finally gives up on the run. Hough goes right down the groove with a clean, straight pass to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Doug Gordon                            35 Chip Beverett                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.035  5.488 269.13                     0.038  5.555 266.53
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Bogolo    ) 0.086  7.050 205.19      (A Rochon    ) 0.053  5.543 267.16
 Qualified:             #3  5.507 268.38                        #6  5.532 266.90

Gordon is 2 - 0 against Beverett in prior events.

A good side-by-side race, both down the groove with clean passes. Gordon gets a small advantage off of the line and slowly pulls away to take the win.

Doug Gordon's incremental margins: 60ft(0.015), 330 ft(0.039), 660ft(0.048), 1,000ft(0.059). MOV: 0.0708 seconds (approximately 28 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Chris Marshall                         10 Dan Pomponio                 
E2                   0.029  6.127 204.60     ****WINNER****  0.069  5.589 259.81
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Gawlik    ) 0.042  5.472 264.44      (A Marie Whit) 0.028  5.594 260.01
 Qualified:             #2  5.500 266.58                       #10  5.587 260.56

Marshall is 1 - 0 against Pomponio in prior events.

Marshall gets out of the gate first but Pomponio gets around him just past the sixty foot mark. Marshall gets out of the groove, makes a move toward the wall, then backs off the throttle late in the run.

Gordon will have lane choice over Pomponio in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   13 DJ Cox Jr.                            313 Andy Bohl                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.056  5.537 266.48                     0.081  5.556 266.48
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Foster    ) 0.081  5.495 267.43      (B McCosh    ) 0.084  5.611 262.33
 Qualified:             #4  5.513 268.01                       #12  5.636 259.81

9:41 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 29.22 inches, adjusted altitude 2,145 feet, track temperature 78 degrees.

This is a re-run from last night.

Cox gets out of the gate first and he extends his lead all the way through the run. Bohl makes his quickest pass of the weekend in the loss.

DJ Cox Jr.'s incremental margins: 60ft(0.029), 330 ft(0.037), 660ft(0.047), 1,000ft(0.049). MOV: 0.0448 seconds (approximately 18 feet).

Cox will have lane choice over Hough in the next round.

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