Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 02:52 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   33 Marty Thacker                        7051 Darren Nicholson             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.011  5.384 265.43                     0.035  5.397 264.29
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Reichert  ) 0.047  5.336 267.22      (C Copeland  ) 0.077  5.374 262.90
E1    (D Shields   ) 0.029  5.377 265.48      (J Whiteley  ) 0.067  5.320 263.15
 Qualified:            #10  5.342 268.28                       #11  5.352 262.08

2:40 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.08 inches, adjusted altitude 3,157 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.

Thacker is 1 - 0 against Nicholson in prior events and they have never raced each other in round three.

Thacker blows down the tree with a monster 0.011 RT and leads Nicholson down the track for a fifteen foot finish. Only 0.013 difference in ET

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Chris Demke                             4 Shawn Cowie                  
E3                   0.019 12.717  40.10     ****WINNER****  0.015  5.295 270.32
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Kosky     ) 0.028  5.324 268.06      (R Meyer     ) 0.033  5.313 267.06
E1    (R Samsel    ) 0.104  5.308 268.76      (B Domingue  ) 0.092  5.334 265.17
 Qualified:             #1  5.256 271.52                        #4  5.302 262.59

Demke is 2 - 1 against Cowie in round three at prior events.

Something bad happened to Demke's car near the 330 lights as the chutes deploy. I didn't hear a bang, so it might have been an equipment failure. This was starting out well as the two dragsters were only 0.004 different in RT at the green.

Cowie doesn't look back and thunders on down without any drama for the easy win.

Shawn Cowie's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.017), 330 ft(0.234), 660ft(1.307), 1,000ft(3.604). MOV: 7.4264 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.916 sec., 330ft-2.585, 660ft-4.793/089.57 mph, 1,000ft-8.066.
Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.355, 660ft-3.490/217.14 mph, 1,000ft-4.466.

2:47 p.m. Cowie will have lane choice in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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