Sun, 3 Oct 2004, 05:31 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   36 Mick Snyder                            24 Paul Lee
E4   ****WINNER****  0.080  5.635 255.29                     0.040  5.973 216.86
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Payne     ) 0.123  5.630 255.15      (M White     ) 0.050  5.615 255.87
E2    (J Stidham   ) 0.041  5.617 256.21      (C Chesterman) 0.047  5.585 257.14
E1    (D Gordon    ) 0.066  5.625 255.63      (K Hool      ) 0.037  5.593 257.04
 Qualified:             #4  5.610 257.83                        #2  5.574 259.16

Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.33 inches, adjusted altitude 1,557 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.

Lee is out of the gate first, but then is real loose and out of the groove. By the time he gets it reeled in it is all Snyder for his first National event win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink