Sun, 29 Oct 2023, 19:38 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations |
By Dave Rowe |
LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
Bye 584 Annie Whiteley
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.100 5.464 266.11
Qualified: #1 5.465 266.53
7:40 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 18 percent, barometer 29.89
inches, adjusted altitude 2,892 feet.Whiteley goes down the groove with her quickest pass of the weekend on the bye run.
Annie Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.941 sec., 330ft-2.454, 660ft-3.625/211.46 mph,
1,000ft-4.619.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 67 Ray Martin 6 Bob McCosh E1 0.033 5.701 257.53 ****WINNER**** 0.075 5.510 247.93 Qualified: #13 5.706 257.04 #2 5.466 265.48This is the first time Martin and McCosh have faced each other in eliminations.
Martin gets the
holeshot but McCosh is able to reel him in and pull away for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 7071 Hunter Jones 3 Sean Bellemeur E1 0.063 5.591 259.81 ****WINNER**** 0.053 5.424 266.64 Qualified: #12 5.642 259.21 #3 5.492 264.494:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 14 percent, barometer 30.16 inches, adjusted altitude 2,473 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.
This is the first time Jones and Bellemeur have faced each other in eliminations.
Bellemeur gets off the line first and goes down the groove with the quickest run of the weekend to take the win.
Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec.,
330ft-2.423, 660ft-3.587/212.53 mph, 1,000ft-4.581.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 711 Will Martin 2 Shane Westerfield E1 -0.233 8.531 99.21 ****WINNER**** 0.042 5.468 264.03 Qualified: #11 5.632 256.60 #4 5.496 262.08Martin leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Westerfield. Westerfield makes his quickest pass of the weekend in the win.
Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.938 sec., 330ft-2.441,
660ft-3.615/211.49 mph, 1,000ft-4.617.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Doug Gordon 333 Chip Beverett
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.051 5.454 267.53 0.044 5.629 212.90
Qualified: #5 5.499 265.38 #10 5.558 262.64
Gordon is 3 - 0 against Beverett in prior events. Beverett gets the advantage off of the line and
extends his lead to the 330 foot mark. Gordon starts reeling him in there and gets around him by the tie they
reach the sixty foot mark. Beverett gets about 1200 feet out and bangs the blower.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Brian Hough 64 Chris Marshall
E1 0.032 5.513 262.54 ****WINNER**** 0.048 5.419 265.01
Qualified: #9 5.552 261.72 #6 5.518 262.54
Hough is 7 - 2 against Marshall in prior events. Hough gets the advantage off of the line but Marshall reels him in quickly and pulls away for the win. marshall goes down the groove with the quickest run of the weekend.
Chris Marshall's incremental times: 60ft-0.907 sec., 330ft-2.395, 660ft-3.569/211.69 mph,
1,000ft-4.570.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 800 Ulf Leanders 5087 Jim Whiteley E1 0.090 6.012 258.76 ****WINNER**** 0.041 5.479 261.88 Qualified: #7 5.543 260.26 #8 5.549 257.38This is the first time Leanders and Whiteley have faced each other in eliminations.
Whiteley gets the
advantage off of the line and starts pulling away. Leanders breaks the tires loose early, pedals and recovers,
but Whiteley had pulled away for the win.
In the next round it will be Annie Whiteley with lane choice over her husband Jim, Gordon vs. Westerfield,
Marshall vs. Bellemeur, and McCosh will have a bye.
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