Sat, 14 Aug 2010, 06:48 PM
Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing
Series, 29th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7051 Darren Nicholson 3 Duane Shields
E1 0.046 5.439 256.26 ****WINNER**** 0.097 5.356 265.90
Qualified: #8 5.513 253.56 #5 5.403 264.80
This is rematch of the Gainesville final...Nicholson with the starting line advantage and the
lead until just before finish line when Shields chases him down for the win. Duane Shields' MOV:
0.0327 seconds (approximately 12 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Shawn Cowie 596 Randy Meyer
E1 0.080 5.415 260.36 ****WINNER**** 0.014 5.467 257.63
Qualified: #3 5.384 262.49 #10 5.574 253.95
Meyer with the starting line advantage and takes the win by 0.0145 seconds (approximately 6
feet) on a hole shot win. Cowie carried the front end for about 200 feet.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
35 Brandon Booher 33 Marty Thacker
E1 0.140 9.841 84.11 ****WINNER**** 0.045 5.468 257.87
Qualified: #9 5.530 256.02 #4 5.391 265.22
Thacker with the starting line advantage and never trailed as Booher is up in smoke. Thacker
will have lane choice over Meyer in the next round by 0.001 second.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
69 Mike Austin 489 Chase Copeland
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.056 5.416 259.36 0.069 5.523 259.76
Qualified: #6 5.448 258.37 #7 5.475 258.22
Austin with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Austin with the second
quickest pass of the round. Mike Austin's incremental times: 60ft-0.921 sec., 330ft-2.372,
660ft-3.540/211.33 mph, 1,000ft-4.552.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Bill Reichert 5050 Scott Palmer
E1 0.089 5.389 260.26 ****WINNER**** 0.072 5.398 252.61
Qualified: #2 5.368 262.23 #11 5.870 189.07
Palmer with the starting line advantage and holds on for the hole shot win. Scott Palmer's
MOV: 0.0084 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Scott Palmer's incremental times: 60ft-0.959 sec.,
330ft-2.427, 660ft-3.551/220.69 mph, 1,000ft-4.531. Palmer will give up lane choice to shields in
the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Chris Demke Bye
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.126 5.320 267.75
Qualified: #1 5.364 267.91 Bye
Demke with the bye here and runs low E.T. of the weekend. he will have lane choice over Austin
in the next round. Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.908 sec., 330ft-2.355,
660ft-3.497/217.07 mph, 1,000ft-4.482.
Timing data courtesy of
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