Sat, 06 Nov 2021, 20:46 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Chris Marshall                          2 Sean Bellemeur               
E1                   0.080  5.593 264.60     ****WINNER****  0.020  5.644 253.66
 Qualified:             #5  5.554 265.27                        #4  5.525 266.48

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 10 percent, barometer 29.85 inches, adjusted altitude 4,016 feet.

Bellemeur with the starting line advantage, he is moving around in the the middle of the track. He has the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Sean Bellemeur's MOV: 0.0098 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  729 Nick Januik                             1 Doug Gordon                  
E1                   0.077  5.576 261.12     ****WINNER****  0.053  5.550 265.06
 Qualified:             #6  5.609 261.22                        #3  5.521 264.23

Gordon wins he West Region title when he qualified for this race. Gordon with the starting line advantage and is straight down the groove for the win. Doug Gordon's MOV: 0.0506 seconds (approximately 19 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Annie Whiteley                        636 Ray Martin                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.080  5.716 211.20                     0.131  5.759 252.05
 Qualified:             #1  5.500 266.27                        #8  5.635 256.89

Whiteley with the starting line advantage and is straight down the groove for the win. She will give up lane choice to Bellemeur in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5757 Terry Ruckman                        7071 Hunter Jones                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.077  5.545 264.80                     0.061  5.671 259.06
 Qualified:             #2  5.517 265.90                        #7  5.623 259.81

Jones with the starting line advantage, but Ruckman chases him down by 200 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. He will have lane choice over Gordon in the semifinal.

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