Sat, 15 Oct 2022, 20:51 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 37th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Shane Westerfield                       8 Kyle Smith                   
E2                  -0.025  5.493 266.82     ****WINNER****  0.035  5.484 258.99
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Chambless ) 0.019  5.557 263.85                     0.067  5.567 227.46
 Qualified:             #7  5.521 266.68                        #1  5.462 262.51

Westerfield is 3 - 0 against Smith in prior events.

Westerfield goes red to give Smith the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Kris Hool                               2 Doug Gordon                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.003  5.554 262.51                     0.045  5.515 265.42
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Whiteley  ) 0.157  5.559 262.96      (J Whiteley  ) 0.051  5.514 267.08
 Qualified:             #5  5.510 266.10                        #4  5.509 268.13

Hool with a near perfect light and the hole shot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Sean Bellemeur                         14 Matt Gill                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.035  5.495 267.09                    -0.058  5.495 266.16
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N Januik    ) 0.029  5.515 267.13      (B Brown     ) 0.044  5.581 266.19
 Qualified:             #6  5.516 263.84                        #3  5.499 269.95

Bellemeur and Gill have each won 1 times against the other in prior events.

Gill goes red to give Bellemeur the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 DJ Cox Jr.                                 Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.122  5.497 265.82     
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Hough     ) 0.034  5.561 264.55   
 Qualified:             #2  5.466 269.62                     Bye

Cox with the bye.

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