Sat, 16 Nov 2024, 14:36 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 59th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  711 Will Martin                           744 Shane Westerfield            
E1                   0.042  5.543 261.22     ****WINNER****  0.035  5.470 267.32
 Qualified:             #8  5.701 263.00                        #5  5.496 264.91

Weather conditions: air temperature 57 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 1,349 feet.

Westerfield is 2 - 0 against Martin in prior events.

Westerfield with the starting line advantage and makes his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

Martin is real loose early. but stays with it and has a bang at the finish line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 750G Madison Gordon                          7 Ulf Leanders                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.084  5.454 266.37                    -0.048  5.553 258.42
 Qualified:             #7  5.558 264.65                        #6  5.529 260.36

Gordon is 1 - 0 against Leanders in prior events.

Leanders goes red to give Gordon the win. Gordon is straight down the groove with her quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Sean Bellemeur                             Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  5.386 269.73     
 Qualified:             #1  5.421 266.69                     Bye

Bellemeur with the bye.

Bellemeur launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make his quickest pass this season. Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.929 sec., 330ft-2.413, 660ft-3.569/214.59 mph, 1,000ft-4.553.

He will have lane choice over Gordon in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Brian Hough                          7238 Bret Williamson              
E1                   0.066  9.312  97.50     ****WINNER****  0.116  5.645 259.91
 Qualified:             #2  5.466 268.44                       #11  6.178 249.95

Hough is 4 - 1 against Williamson in prior events.

Hough with the starting line advantage, but lost traction early and clicked it off.

Williamson got it to hooked up and makes his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up lane choice to Westerfield in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7071 Hunter Jones                           64 Ray Martin                   
E1                   0.047  5.538 264.39     ****WINNER****  0.026  5.447 266.74
 Qualified:            #10  6.021 255.10                        #3  5.467 264.49

This is the first time Jones and Martin have faced each other in eliminations.

Martin with a great light and never trailed for the win. He makes his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

Jones with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Annie Whiteley                         53 Christine Foster             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.157  5.420 268.76                    -0.004  6.048 190.83
 Qualified:             #4  5.473 266.58                        #9  5.803 260.31

Whiteley and Foster have each won 1 times against the other in prior events.

Foster goes red to give Whiteley the win. she makes her quickest pass of the weekend for the win. She will have lane choice over Martin in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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