Sun, 4 May 2003, 02:17 PM
Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations
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By Bob Orme
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COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series,
23rd annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals presented by Pontiac:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
391 Bill Reichert 7 Marty Thacker
E3 -0.025 5.503 272.83 ****WINNER**** 0.002 5.444 263.26
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Cannon ) 0.052 5.450 272.72 (G Kelly ) 0.039 5.396 262.95
E1 (B Leverich ) 0.148 5.360 271.24 (D Stripe ) 0.063 5.511 258.91
Qualified: #1 5.279 274.27 #5 5.431 260.76
2:08 PM Thacker cuts a psychic light while Reichert leaves early. That will leave us with one
B/AD and one A/FD in the final round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1482 Richard Bourke 1 Arthur Gallant
E3 0.059 5.596 254.57 ****WINNER**** 0.110 5.539 211.66
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Foley ) 0.086 5.397 266.42 (D Hitchman ) 0.085 5.395 246.53
E1 (D Fiorelli ) 0.107 5.448 262.90 (T Rudy ) 0.162 5.454 229.12
Qualified: #2 5.373 266.48 #3 5.405 252.38
Gallant, slowing at the finish, barely gets the win. Arthur Gallant's incremental margins:
60ft(0.009), 330 ft(0.064), 660ft(0.101), 1,000ft(0.117). MOV: 0.0064 seconds (approximately 2
feet).
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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