Fri, 30 Oct 2020, 18:37 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 20th annual Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 7.897/149.05, Now #2
Right Lane: Hunter Jones Runs 5.875/222.00, Now #1

Gasparrelli with severe tire shake right at the hit and clicked it off.

Jones clicked it off early, but otherwise clean pass.

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Left Lane: Don Hudson Runs 5.970/195.76, Now #3
Right Lane: Steve Macklyn Runs 5.709/254.14, Now #1

Hudson clicked it off early.

Macklyn with a clean pass to start the weekend.

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Left Lane: Doug Schneider Runs 6.002/246.71, Now #5
Right Lane: Mike Doushgounian Runs 5.689/254.81, Now #1

Schneider with his fastest pass of the season.

Doushgounian started to shake right at the hit and pedaled it and got it to hook up and make a nice pass. Mike Doushgounian's incremental times: 60ft-0.969 sec., 330ft-2.568, 660ft-3.791/203.22 mph, 1,000ft-4.819.

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Left Lane: Ray Martin Runs 6.875/145.38, Now #6
Right Lane: Chip Beverett Runs 7.747/140.24, Now #7

Martin started to shake and clicked it off.

Beverett shook and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Jay Payne Runs 8.383/109.00, Now #10
Right Lane: Kris Hool Runs 5.603/261.42, Now #1

Payne was loose early and clicked it off.

Hool was straight down the groove with a nice pass to go to number one spot.

Kris Hool's incremental times: 60ft-0.972 sec., 330ft-2.517, 660ft-3.718/207.15 mph, 1,000ft-4.741.

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Left Lane: Chris Marshall Runs 5.524/266.69, Now #2
Right Lane: Bob McCosh Runs 5.523/264.65, Now #1

This is a great side-by-side drag race.

Marshall with a great pass to go to number two spot. Chris Marshall's incremental times: 60ft-0.982 sec., 330ft-2.499, 660ft-3.677/210.67 mph, 1,000ft-4.680.

McCosh is out of the groove over by the centerline, he reels it in and goes to the top spot. Bob McCosh's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.477, 660ft-3.663/210.01 mph, 1,000ft-4.672.

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Left Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 5.548/267.43, Now #3
Right Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 10.391/89.19, Now #14

Whiteley with a real good pass to the number three spot. Annie Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.970 sec., 330ft-2.527, 660ft-3.710/210.05 mph, 1,000ft-4.707.

Bellemeur shook and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Brian Hough Runs 9.438/105.55, Now #15
Right Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.662/204.39, Now #5

Hough shook and clicked it off.

Gordon with a good clean pass to wrap up round one of qualifying.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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