Mon, 24 May 2021, 13:34 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 34th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Annie Whiteley                        729 Nick Januik                  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.110  6.530 141.12
 Qualified:             #3  5.574 266.95                        #6  7.060 135.20

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 100 percent, barometer 30.09 inches, adjusted altitude 2,139 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Whiteley is a no-show.

Januik runs it down to about 1000 feet and clicks it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Bob McCosh                           5087 Jim Whiteley                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.076  5.506 264.65                           No Time      
 Qualified:             #2  5.497 266.74                        #7 11.326 107.94

Whiteley is a no-show.

McCosh is straight down the groove with a good clean pass. He will have lane choice over Januik in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                   1 Doug Gordon                  
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.063  5.516 265.74
 Qualified:                                                       #1  5.496 267.22

Gordon with the bye for being the number one qualifier.

Gordon launched hard and was straight down the groove with a great pass.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2606 Mark Billington                       744 Shane Westerfield            
E1                   0.161  5.682 255.97     ****WINNER****  0.047  5.487 268.01
 Qualified:             #5  5.673 255.39                        #4  5.613 265.85

This is the first time Billington and Westerfield have faced each other in eliminations.

Westerfield with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He runs low E.T. of the event for the win. He will have lane choice over Gordon in the semifinal.

Billington with a good clean pass in the losing effort.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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