Friday
Results for Qualifying Round 1
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BAYTOWN, Texas - HOUSTON - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:
Left Lane: Chris Foster Runs 5.989/204.66, Now #1
Right Lane: Kebin Kinsley Runs 6.582/230.06, Now #2
Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 74 percent, barometer 29.51 inches, adjusted altitude 2,495 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.Kinsley labored off the line...Foster slowed on the top end.
Left Lane: Jimmy Jones Runs 10.415/82.55, Now #4
Right Lane: Paul Anderson Runs 5.972/241.11, Now #1
Jones shook and got out of the groove and then it appears the engine went away as he was trailing a lot engine smoke. Anderson was straight down the groove.
Left Lane: Ro Yale Runs 7.482/150.30, Now #5
Right Lane: Burl Brown Runs 5.958/243.28, Now #1
Yale is at his first National event and is skating around and then his engine lets go...Brown with a clean pass to open the weekend.
Left Lane: Steve Burck Runs 9.933/84.36, Now #7
Right Lane: Lee Callaway Runs 6.315/231.12, Now #4
Burck with a lot of tire shake and clicks it off...Callaway pedaled it at least one time.
Left Lane: Jeff Wilson Runs 6.036/238.30, Now #4
Right Lane: Vern Moats Runs 6.404/237.55, Now #6
Moats has been to every race here except the one in 1996. Moats shakes and pedals it and is out of the groove and close to the wall. Wilson shakes, pedals it a couple times.
Left Lane: S. Gasparrelli Runs 8.108/117.56, Now #10
Right Lane: Marty Nothstein Runs 5.730/252.52, Now #1 Gasparrelli shakes and pedals it before he lifts. Nothstein drove through some tire shake and gets the quickest pass of the session.
Left Lane: Leif Andreasson Runs 6.443/135.08, Now #9
Right Lane: Steve Harker Runs 5.792/253.37, Now #2
Andreasson was shaking and bouncing and around half track the chute came out. Harker with a good clean pass to start the weekend.
Left Lane: Alexis De Joria Runs 5.790/249.26, Now #2
Right Lane: Tony Bartone Runs 9.860/84.72, Now #14
De Joria with a good looking pass, the best in the left lane to move to the number two spot.
Bartone with violent tire shake and was out of the groove and off the throttle by 330 feet.
Left Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.760/252.85, Now #2
Right Lane: Mickey Ferro No Time, Now #18
Ferro broke on the burnout..Payne launched hard and kept it hooked up all the way down the 1320. He moves into the number two spot. That wraps up round one of Top Alcohol Funny Car qualifying.
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Friday
Order for Qualifying Round 1
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BAYTOWN, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Order after one round of qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:
Psn Driver Vehicle ET Speed
1. Marty Nothstein Permatex/Texas Roadhouse Impal 5.730 252.52
2. Jay Payne Thunderslug/Valvoline Mustang 5.760 252.85
3. Alexis De Joria Tequila Patron Mustang 5.790 249.26
4. Steve Harker Monte Carlo 5.792 253.37
5. Burl Brown EmpireIronWorks.com Avenger 5.958 243.28
6. Paul Anderson Tigerflow Camaro 5.972 241.11
7. Chris Foster Foster Racing Monte Carlo 5.989 204.66
8. Jeff Wilson Spitzer & Wilson Monte Carlo 6.036 238.30
9. Lee Callaway Callaway & Thompson Mustang 6.315 231.12
10. Vern Moats Kendall Motor Oil Mustang 6.404 237.55
11. Leif Andreasson ESAB Stratus RT 6.443 135.08
12. Kebin Kinsley Tiger Flow Racing Camaro 6.582 230.06
13. Ro Yale Daytona 7.482 150.30
14. Steve Gasparrelli Gasparrelli Racing Mustang 8.108 117.56
15. Tony Bartone Centre Pointe Collision Ford M 9.860 84.72
16. Steve Burck ARC Speciaties Camaro 9.933 84.36
--------- Not Qualified ---------
17. Jimmy Jones Painless Performance Monte Car 10.415 82.55
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Saturday
Results for Qualifying Round 2
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BAYTOWN, Texas - HOUSTON - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil 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: Mickey Ferro Runs 5.786/257.28, Now #3
No Prior Run
Right Lane: Jimmy Jones Runs 7.266/135.16, Now #14
Best prior run: 10.415/82.55, Was #17 Weather conditions: air temperature 54 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.79 inches, adjusted altitude 151 feet, track temperature 76 degrees. Ferro with a good clean pass to get into the show and that bumped out Bartone. Mickey Ferro's incremental times: 60ft-0.964 sec., 330ft-2.597, 660ft-3.860/200.47 mph, 1,000ft-4.909. Jones continues to struggle, but gets into the show for now.
Left Lane: Tony Bartone Runs 10.056/79.67, Now #18
Best prior run: 9.860/84.72, Was #17
Right Lane: Steve Burck Runs 5.753/251.44, Now #2
Best prior run: 9.933/84.36, Was #18 Bartone with violent tire shake and clicks it off...Burck was straight down the groove to go the number two spot. Steve Burck's incremental times: 60ft-1.000 sec., 330ft-2.542,
660ft-3.783/198.26 mph, 1,000ft-4.855.
Left Lane: Kebin Kinsley Runs 5.866/245.58, Now #7
Best prior run: 6.582/230.06, Was #14
Right Lane: S. Gasparrelli Runs 5.922/252.38, Now #8
Best prior run: 8.108/117.56, Was #17 Gasparrelli started to shake and pedaled to move into the top half of the field...Steve Gasparrelli's incremental times: 60ft-0.965 sec., 330ft-2.656, 660ft-3.959/196.36 mph, 1,000ft-5.029. Kinsley drove through tire shake to move into the top half of the field...Kebin Kinsley's incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.564, 660ft-3.848/193.13 mph, 1,000ft-4.946.
Left Lane: Vern Moats Runs 6.307/243.33, Now #13
Best prior run: 6.404/237.55, Was #14
Right Lane: Ro Yale Runs 7.031/202.06, Now #16
Best prior run: 7.482/150.30, Was #17 Moats with a lot of tire shake and pedals it a couple times and moves up the ladder one spot.
Yale had some problems staging and then a lot of tire shake. He pedals it a couple times and gets into the show on the bump spot. That bumps out Jones.
Left Lane: Paul Anderson Runs 5.901/247.43, Now #8
Best prior run: 5.972/241.11, Was #10
Right Lane: Leif Andreasson Runs 7.579/230.29, Now #15
Best prior run: 6.443/135.08, Was #15 Andreasson smokes the tires right off the starting line. Anderson picks up and moves into the top half of the show...Paul Anderson's incremental times: 60ft-0.979 sec., 330ft-2.622,
660ft-3.904/195.05 mph, 1,000ft-4.990.
Right Lane: Jeff Wilson Runs 6.541/159.68, Now #12
Best prior run: 6.036/238.30, Was #12 Wilson gets real loose around half track and pedals it one time, he can't get it to hook up so he lifts.
Left Lane: Burl Brown Runs 5.845/247.16, Now #8
Best prior run: 5.958/243.28, Was #10
Right Lane: Chris Foster Runs 5.683/253.37, Now #1
Best prior run: 5.989/204.66, Was #11 Brown moves into the top half of the show. Foster with his career best E.T. and speed pass to go to the number one spot. Chris Foster's incremental times: 60ft-0.965 sec., 330ft-2.521, 660ft-3.748/202.70 mph, 1,000ft-4.797.
Left Lane: Steve Harker Runs 5.553/240.47, Now #1
Best prior run: 5.792/253.37, Was #7
Right Lane: Alexis De Joria Runs 14.299/53.00, Now #7
Best prior run: 5.790/249.26, Was #6 Harker with a real nice pass, straight down the groove into the number one spot. Steve Harker's incremental times: 60ft-0.942 sec., 330ft-2.455, 660ft-3.643/209.17 mph, 1,000ft-4.663.
DeJoria with a lot of tire shake and clicks it off.
Left Lane: Marty Nothstein Runs 12.947/58.36, Now #3
Best prior run: 5.730/252.52, Was #3
Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.733/256.45, Now #4
Best prior run: 5.760/252.85, Was #5 Nothstein with a lot of tire shake right off the starting line and clicks it off. This is Payne's 19th Houston race eight of them in the Top Alcohol Dragster and 11 of them in his Top Alcohol Funny Car. Payne moves up the ladder one spot, and for the ninth time here he has qualified it the top half of the field.
Harker holds on to the number one spot for the fifth time in his career.
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Saturday
Order for Qualifying Round 2
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BAYTOWN, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Final order after 2 rounds of qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:
Psn Driver Vehicle ET Speed
1. Steve Harker Monte Carlo 5.553 253.37
2. Chris Foster Foster Racing Monte Carlo 5.683 253.37
3. Marty Nothstein Permatex/Texas Roadhouse Impal 5.730 252.52
4. Jay Payne Thunderslug/Valvoline Mustang 5.733 256.45
5. Steve Burck ARC Speciaties Camaro 5.753 251.44
6. Mickey Ferro Ryco Hydraulics Monte Carlo 5.786 257.28
7. Alexis De Joria Tequila Patron Mustang 5.790 249.26
8. Burl Brown EmpireIronWorks.com Avenger 5.845 247.16
9. Kebin Kinsley Tiger Flow Racing Camaro 5.866 245.58
10. Paul Anderson Tigerflow Camaro 5.901 247.43
11. Steve Gasparrelli Gasparrelli Racing Mustang 5.922 252.38
12. Jeff Wilson Spitzer & Wilson Monte Carlo 6.036 238.30
13. Vern Moats Kendall Motor Oil Mustang 6.307 243.33
14. Lee Callaway Callaway & Thompson Mustang 6.315 231.12
15. Leif Andreasson ESAB Stratus RT 6.443 230.29
16. Ro Yale Daytona 7.031 202.06
--------- Not Qualified ---------
17. Jimmy Jones Painless Performance Monte Car 7.266 135.16
18. Tony Bartone Centre Pointe Collision Ford M 9.860 84.72
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Saturday
Results for Elimination Round 1
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BAYTOWN, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:
W/L Driver R-Time E-Time Speed
(W) Chris Foster (Foster Racing Monte Carlo) 0.116 5.675 253.61
(L) Leif Andreasson (ESAB Stratus RT) 0.207 DQ-Centerline
Weather conditions: air temperature 60 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 29.77 inches, adjusted altitude 641 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.Foster with his highest qualifying position and career best pass. He launches hard and runs another E.T. and speed career best to move into round two. Andreasson starts drifting toward the centerline and collects the half track cones.
(W) Kebin Kinsley (K&R Motorsports Camaro) 0.063 5.713 250.97
(L) Burl Brown (EmpireIronWorks.com Avenger) 0.070 13.153 58.38
Kinsley has been to the finals a couple times at this race, winning it once. Kinsley was out of the gate first and never looked back as Brown shook and shut off. Kinsley with his quickest pass of the weekend...
(W) Steve Gasparrelli (Gasparrelli Racing Musta 0.121 5.617 256.11
(L) Mickey Ferro (Ryco Hydraulics Monte Carlo) 0.071 5.766 255.29
Ferro with his quickest pass of the weekend, but it is not enough when Gasparrelli is also running his quickest pass of the weekend.
(W) Paul Anderson (Tigerflow Camaro) 0.072 5.740 249.67
(L) Alexis De Joria (Tequila Patron Mustang) 0.111 9.185 102.46
De Joria starts to lose traction right off the starting line and pedals it, but can't get it to hook up. Anderson with a quick pedal job around 200 feet and holds on to take the win light.
Anderson will give up lane choice to Foster.
(W) Steve Burck (ARC Speciaties Camaro) 0.072 5.913 244.43
(L) Jeff Wilson (Spitzer & Wilson Monte Carlo) 0.054 DQ-Outer Boundary
Wilson with a lot of tire shake and heads toward the center line and when he corrects it goes back across the lane and tags the wall. Apparently he leaked some fluids of some sort because the Safety Safari is cleaning the track. Burck slows from his qualified time, but still moves on.
(W) Jay Payne (Thunderslug/Valvoline Mustang) 0.128 5.722 258.07
(L) Vern Moats (Kendall Motor Oil Mustang) 0.212 6.768 169.19
Payne with a big starting line advantage, and runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Moats runs his quickest pass of the weekend in a losing effort. Payne will have lane choice over Burck in round two.
(W) Marty Nothstein (Permatex/Texas Roadhouse I 0.048 5.609 257.48
(L) Lee Callaway (Callaway & Thompson Mustang) 0.162 6.206 167.18
Nothstein with a big starting line advantage and runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win and will have lane choice over Gasparrelli in round two. Callaway's engine was going away and his chute was out way early.
(W) Steve Harker (Monte Carlo) 0.057 5.526 260.56
(L) Ro Yale (Daytona) 0.161 8.395 107.63
Harker with a big starting line advantage, and then runs a career best E.T. and speed for the win. That is also the quickest and fastest pass of the event. He will have lane choice over Kinsley in round two.
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Sunday
Results for Elimination Round 2
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BAYTOWN, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:
W/L Driver R-Time E-Time Speed
(W) Jay Payne (Thunderslug/Valvoline Mustang) 0.060 5.652 259.36
(L) Steve Burck (ARC Speciaties Camaro) 0.084 5.835 220.87
Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 29.99 inches, adjusted altitude 1,033 feet, track temperature 108 degrees. Payne is 3 - 0 against Burck in prior events. Payne with the starting line advantage and never looks back to move into the semifinals. Payne with his quickest pass of the weekend.
(W) Chris Foster (Foster Racing Monte Carlo) 0.065 5.736 243.33
(L) Paul Anderson (Tigerflow Camaro) 0.066 6.060 178.14
Foster getting help this weekend from Goodridge Hoses and Fittings. Will hanna has been tuning on Foster's new Brad Anderson engine and fuel system. This was a good looking drag race until around 800 feet and that is when Anderson engine went away.
(W) Marty Nothstein (Permatex/Texas Roadhouse I 0.030 5.717 255.82
(L) Steve Gasparrelli (Gasparrelli Racing Musta 0.085 5.796 231.56
Gasparrelli has Randy Anderson in his pits this weekend helping out. Nothstein with the starting line advantage and blast on through to take the win light. This is Nothstein's 24th race and he is now going to his fourth semifinal. Nothstein will have lane choice over Foster in the semifinals.
(W) Steve Harker (Monte Carlo) 0.124 5.580 258.12
(L) Kebin Kinsley (K&R Motorsports Camaro) 0.105 5.620 252.99
Kinsley a drag boat racer is actually using one of his drag boat engines. Kinsley with his quickest pass of the weekend in a losing effort. Another good looking pass for Harker and he will have lane choice over Payne in the semifinals. Steve Harker's MOV: 0.0211 seconds (approximately 8 feet).
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Sunday
Results for Elimination Round 3
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BAYTOWN, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:
W/L Driver R-Time E-Time Speed
(W) Marty Nothstein (Permatex/Texas Roadhouse I 0.036 5.617 257.28
(L) Chris Foster (Foster Racing Monte Carlo) 0.042 5.694 254.14
Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 1,134 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.A couple good lights and Nothstein with a good looking pass to take the win light. Nothstein moves into his first final round. Foster's great weekend comes to an end.
(W) Steve Harker (Monte Carlo) 0.129 5.565 260.36
(L) Jay Payne (Thunderslug/Valvoline Mustang) 0.004 5.705 259.91
Payne is 5 - 4 against Harker in prior events. It appeared Payne was still rolling as the light turned green. Harker with another good looking pass to take the win light by 0.0154 seconds (approximately 6 feet). Harker will have lane choice over Nothstein in the final.
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Sunday
Results for Final Round
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BAYTOWN, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:
W/L Driver R-Time E-Time Speed
(W) Steve Harker (Monte Carlo) 0.070 5.638 227.31
(L) Marty Nothstein (Permatex/Texas Roadhouse I -0.031(R) 5.619 259.51 Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.91 inches, adjusted altitude 1,185 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.Nothstein goes red in his first final round and Harker collects his third National event Wally.
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