Sun, 1 Nov 2009, 07:06 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Ninth annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 6610 Brandon Johnson                       744 Courtney Force               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.065  5.554 237.84                     0.081  5.570 263.41
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Whiteley  ) 0.043  5.302 266.58      (B Force     ) 0.059  5.364 261.27
E1    (D Shields   ) 0.035  5.327 268.12      (A Bart      ) 0.052  7.605 240.00
 Qualified:            #14  5.418 260.36                       #10  5.393 265.12

Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 27.90 inches, adjusted altitude 4,392 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Johnson is out of the gate first and never trailed to take the win by 0.0328 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4843 Monroe Guest                            8 Shawn Cowie                  
E3                   0.033  5.423 278.63     ****WINNER****  0.020  5.391 267.53
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Ahten     ) 0.058  5.244 280.08      (M Niver     ) 0.009  5.353 269.19
E1    (M Manners   ) 0.035  5.164 281.77      (C Perkins   ) 0.042  5.538 257.87
 Qualified:             #1  5.155 281.01                        #5  5.338 269.19

Cowie with a great light and runs another great pass to go to the final. He will have lane choice over Johnson in the final. Guest started to shake the tires and pedaled it one time, and that was the end of his great weekend.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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