Sat, 14 Apr 2012, 14:22 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Third annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   15 John Finke                             10 Chase Copeland               
E1                   0.056  5.459 246.66     ****WINNER****  0.021  5.467 276.29
 Qualified:             #8  5.355 259.56                        #9  5.360 274.05

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.65 inches, adjusted altitude 1,713 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

This is Finke 53rd start and the 28th time he is starting from the top half of the field. Copeland with a great light and the power to hold on for a hole shot win. This is his career fourth hole shot win. Chase Copeland's MOV: 0.0276 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  288 Sidnei Frigo                            1 Duane Shields                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.070  5.308 267.43                     0.081  8.639 128.37
 Qualified:             #7  5.316 270.10                       #10  5.389 270.10

This is Frigo's fifth start and gets his third round win here when Shields is up in smoke right at the hit. Frigo with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Aaron Tatum                          1301 Doug Foley                   
E1                   0.055  5.532 263.87     ****WINNER****  0.069  5.514 230.21
 Qualified:            #14  5.415 273.00                        #3  5.268 273.77

This is the first time Tatum and Foley have faced each other in eliminations. Tatum with the starting line advantage, but Foley has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree. Foley with the power to hold on for the win as his engine is going away on the top end with a lot of engine smoke. Doug Foley's MOV: 0.0048 seconds (approximately 22 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2380 Matthew Cummings                     1900 Dan Page                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.098  5.370 264.96                     0.108  5.372 264.39
 Qualified:            #12  5.410 261.32                        #5  5.289 272.06

This is the first time Cummings and Page have faced each other in eliminations. Cummings is out of the gate first and then runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Matthew Cummings' MOV: 0.0121 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   11 Karen Stalba                         3422 Ken Perry                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.067  6.352 232.27                    -0.083 10.233  79.30
 Qualified:            #11  5.409 247.70                        #6  5.291 270.05

Stalba is 1 - 0 against Perry in prior events. Perry turns on the red light and then Stalba is up in smoke right at the hit, but gets back on the throttle. She will give lane choice to Foley in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  110 Rich McPhillips                      1482 Richard Bourke               
E1                   0.042  5.499 269.24     ****WINNER****  0.067  5.329 270.48
 Qualified:             #4  5.278 272.56                       #13  5.413 252.00

This is the first time McPhillips and Bourke have faced each other in eliminations. McPhillips with the starting line advantage, but Bourke has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree. Bourke with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Bourke will have lane choice over Cummings in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  487 Mark Taliaferro                        17 Jackie Fricke                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.063  5.307 277.89                     0.103  7.127 129.12
 Qualified:             #2  5.249 278.86                       #15  5.459 231.95

Taliaferro is out of the gate first and never trails for the win. Fricke started smoking the tires early. Taliaferro will have lane choice over Frigo in next round by 0.007 seconds.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Bill Reichert                          13 Dan Mercier                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069  5.216 272.72                     0.102  5.445 260.86
 Qualified:             #1  5.148 274.05                       #16  5.572 258.07

This is the first time Reichert and Mercier have faced each other in eliminations. Reichert is out of the gate firstand never trailed with the quickest pass of the round for the win. He will have lane choice over Copeland in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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