Fri, 03 Sep 2021, 14:42 PM JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 67th annual Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Brian Hough                            13 Dan Pomponio                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  5.542 268.28                     0.063  5.578 260.26
 Qualified:             #3  5.508 268.33                        #6  5.619 258.47

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 30.11 inches, adjusted altitude 2,499 feet.

Hough with a great light and never trailed for the win.

Pomponio with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Bob McCosh                             32 Ray Drew                     
E1                   0.046 10.194  82.73     ****WINNER****  0.043  5.761 260.66
 Qualified:             #4  5.524 265.38                        #5  5.596 252.24

A couple great lights with Drew getting a slight advantage.

McCosh with early lead, but lost traction and pedaled it. He couldn't get it to hook up and clicked it off.

Drew with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  552 Kyle Smith                             33 Chip Beverett                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.007  5.502 261.57                     0.061 No Time      
 Qualified:             #1  5.505 259.76                        #8 10.512  84.76

Smith with a great light and he makes his quickest of the weekend for the win and lane choice over Drew in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Chris Marshall                         10 DJ Cox                       
E1                   0.012  8.704  78.91     ****WINNER****  0.057  6.399 243.81
 Qualified:             #2  5.507 267.32                        #7  6.265 161.50

Marshall with a great light, but Cox had the lead by the time they went by the Christmas tree. He started to shake and he pedaled it and Marshall banged the blower. Cox with the win, but will give up lane choice to Hough in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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