Fri, 11 Oct 2024, 17:20 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session |
By Rick Green |
ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals 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: Chris Foster Runs 5.519/266.90, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.494/268.13, Was #5
Right Lane: Christine Foster Runs 5.583/263.17, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.640/259.41, Was #16
Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 30.07 inches, adjusted altitude 2,782 feet.
Left Lane: Kyle Smith No Time, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.525/258.99, Was #8
Right Lane: Chip Beverett Runs 6.302/255.59, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.547/263.60, Was #11
Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 30.07 inches, adjusted altitude 2,782 feet.
Smith with shake and makes a move toward the centerline. He crosses the centerline.
Beverett shook early and pedaled it.
Left Lane: Chris Foster Runs 5.519/266.90, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.494/268.13, Was #5
Right Lane: Christine Foster Runs 5.583/263.17, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.640/259.41, Was #16
Chris is straight down the groove with another good pass.
Christine kept it hooked up and make her quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot.
Left Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 5.495/267.60, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.459/269.04, Was #1
Right Lane: Ray Martin Runs 5.597/260.21, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.678/231.65, Was #17
Bellemeur launched hard and kept it hooked up and is straight down the groove. He makes another great pass. Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.483, 660ft-3.653/212.37 mph, 1,000ft-4.651.
Martin kept it hooked up and makes his quickest pass of the weekend. He will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Matt Gill Runs 5.951/235.77, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.549/266.02, Was #13
Right Lane: Brian Hough Runs 12.863/67.44, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.500/265.19, Was #6
Gill shook and pedaled it.
Hough with severe tire shake and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Not on File No Time, Now #18; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 5.523/261.90, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.547/258.80, Was #12
Left Lane: Not on File No Time, Now #18; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Hunter Jones Runs 5.555/263.54, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.563/261.43, Was #14
Jones is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend. He will stay in the number 14 spot.
Left Lane: Not on File No Time, Now #18; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Shane Westerfield Runs 5.500/266.92, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.537/264.46, Was #11
Westerfield launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend. He moves into the top half of the show. Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.483, 660ft-3.655/211.59 mph, 1,000ft-4.655.
Left Lane: Not on File No Time, Now #18; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Phil Esz Runs 5.517/263.85, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.531/262.65, Was #11
Esz kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up the ladder two spots.
Left Lane: Bob McCosh Runs 10.877/96.85, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.492/266.76, Was #4
Right Lane: Madison Gordon Runs 5.513/268.10, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.503/267.51, Was #8
McCosh with severe tire shake and clicks it off.
Gordon with another good pass, but will not improve.
Left Lane: Mick Steele Runs 10.193/88.19, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.461/263.47, Was #2
Right Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 5.522/267.73, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.490/268.18, Was #3
Steele with severe tire shake and clicks it off.
Whiteley is straight down the groove with another good pass, but will not improve.
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