Sat, 8 Nov 2003, 05:11 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 John Haley                              3 Steve Federlin
E1                   0.036  5.403 256.70     ****WINNER****  0.013  5.413 259.56
 Qualified:             #7  5.391 263.46                       #10  5.419 260.16

1:37 PM Exclusive to WWW.DragRaceCentral.com: Steve Federlin and Jack O'Bannon announced that they would be teaming up together in 2004 to challenge the National Championship with a blown alcohol package.

Federlin has a stellar light and steals the win. Both cars were close all the way down the track. Steve Federlin's MOV: 0.0138 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Marty Thacker                           4 Darren Nicholson
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  5.357 266.37                     0.025  5.555 241.28
 Qualified:             #6  5.355 265.17                       #11  5.421 261.42

Current weather conditions: 75 degrees, 30 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.02 inches.

Lots of tire shake in both lanes and Thacker pulls ahead by mid track to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 David Wells                           712 Larry Miersch
E1   ****WINNER****  0.057  5.369 265.64                    -0.040  5.389 249.86
 Qualified:             #5  5.343 265.17                       #12  5.448 250.37

Miersch throws away a great five thirty run with a red light. Wells was no pushover and makes another clean pass comparable to his qualifying time.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  613 Joey Severance                        318 Dave Hirata
E1                   0.023  5.416 262.95     ****WINNER****  0.026  5.291 271.24
 Qualified:             #9  5.412 263.05                        #8  5.392 268.49

Northwest vs Midwest in this pair. Severance and Hirata left together and ran together to mid track, where Hirata pulled away. He had some smoke off the engine in the lights.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7438 Morgan Lucas                          603 Mitch Myers
E1   ****WINNER****  0.049  5.340 264.29                     0.039  5.508 238.85
 Qualified:             #4  5.341 265.38                       #13  5.453 252.14

Myers is away first and then starts to drop cylinders as he ran down the track. Lucas was right there and actually improves on his qualifying time.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Duane Shields                          74 Don Hudson
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046  5.424 257.53                     0.044  5.671 202.48
 Qualified:             #3  5.331 269.56                       #14  5.467 259.66

We have a little staging duel and they finally pull into the lights. They are away almost exactly together and was pulling away until the engine went away. Shields continues to impress with his new fuel package. Duane Shields' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.010), 330 ft(-0.062), 660ft(-0.043), 1,000ft(0.043). MOV: 0.2454 seconds (approximately 73 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  391 Bill Reichert                          65 Mike Cofini
E1                   0.047  7.407 140.04     ****WINNER****  0.034  5.531 254.95
 Qualified:             #2  5.316 271.68                       #15  5.478 261.27

Big upset as Reichert is up in smoke before the 330 foot lights. Cofini was on his stuff and has a better RT off the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   51 Alan Bradshaw                         800 David Wilson
E1   ****WINNER****  0.032  5.240 254.90                     0.159  5.386 262.74
 Qualified:             #1  5.291 254.76                       #16  5.479 248.34

Last pair comes to the line: USA vs England, Fuel vs Alcohol. Wilson runs his best time of the weekend by over a tenth, but is dead late off the line. Bradshaw is dropping cylinders and still improves over the his prior ET and MPH. 2:04 PM

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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