Sat, 06 Nov 2021, 16:48 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session |
By Rick Green |
LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Ray Martin Runs 5.635/256.89, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.686/257.78, Was #9
Right Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 7.836/124.60, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.703/133.29, Was #10
Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 14 percent, barometer 29.91 inches, adjusted altitude 3,783 feet.
Martin is straight down the groove with a good clean pass, his quickest pass of the weekend. He gets in the show and that bumps out Januik. Ray Martin's incremental times: 60ft-0.962 sec., 330ft-2.511, 660ft-3.725/203.37 mph, 1,000ft-4.760.
Gasparrelli started to shake early and the car makes a move toward the centerline before he clicks it off.
Left Lane: Brian Hough Runs 6.117/141.53, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.678/261.32, Was #8
Right Lane: Nick Januik Runs 5.609/261.22, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.681/260.71, Was #9
Hough was on a good pass until about a 1000 feet and there was a pop and the chutes came out. He will get bumped out of the show by Januik.
Januik kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number six spot. Nick Januik's incremental times: 60ft-0.982 sec., 330ft-2.528, 660ft-3.727/207.69 mph, 1,000ft-4.747.
Left Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 5.525/266.48, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.536/266.11, Was #4
Right Lane: Hunter Jones Runs 5.629/259.36, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.623/259.81, Was #7
Bellemeur launched hard and was skating around near half track, he stays with to make his quickest pass of the weekend. He will stay in the number four spot. Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.957 sec., 330ft-2.491, 660ft-3.676/209.75 mph, 1,000ft-4.680.
Jones is straight down the groove, but will not improve. Hunter Jones' incremental times: 60ft-0.955 sec., 330ft-2.520, 660ft-3.732/203.83 mph, 1,000ft-4.761.
Left Lane: Terry Ruckman Runs 5.541/265.43, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.517/265.90, Was #2
Right Lane: Chris Marshall Runs 10.131/126.23, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.554/265.27, Was #5
Ruckman kept it hooked up all the way down the track, he will not improve. He stays in the number two spot. Terry Ruckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.959 sec., 330ft-2.497, 660ft-3.686/208.26 mph, 1,000ft-4.693.
Marshall is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.
Left Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 5.518/265.38, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.500/266.27, Was #1
Right Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 7.781/120.80, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.521/264.23, Was #3
Whiteley launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the session. She holds on to the number one spot. Annie Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.957 sec., 330ft-2.487, 660ft-3.670/209.52 mph, 1,000ft-4.671.
Gordon started to rattle the tires around the 330-foot mark and clicked it off.
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