Sun, 26 Sep 2010, 02:38 PM
Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing
Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
47 Brandon Pierce 33 Marty Thacker
E2 0.045 5.470 257.73 ****WINNER**** 0.063 5.345 266.21
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Booher ) 0.082 6.345 181.20 (A Trautman ) 0.096 5.395 262.90
Qualified: #6 5.536 263.46 #3 5.442 263.46
Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 29.44
inches, adjusted altitude 2,158 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.This is the first time Pierce
and Thacker have faced each other in eliminations. Pierce with the starting line advantage, but
drifted out of the groove...Thacker is able to chase him down by 100 feet and then runs low E.T. of
the weekend for the win. Marty Thacker's incremental times: 60ft-0.923 sec., 330ft-2.370,
660ft-3.515/215.34 mph, 1,000ft-4.503.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
464 Buddy Domingue 489 Chase Copeland
E2 -0.141 5.525 249.49 ****WINNER**** 0.055 5.459 264.49
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Brounkowsk) 0.033 5.465 246.12 (S Palmer ) 0.075 5.438 274.50
Qualified: #5 5.515 250.64 #4 5.489 271.84
This is the first time Domingue and Copeland have faced each other in eliminations. Domingue
goes red, Copeland with another good looking pass for the win. Chase Copeland's incremental times:
60ft-0.918 sec., 330ft-2.446, 660ft-3.627/213.47 mph, 1,000ft-4.616.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4238 Shayne Lawson 487 Mark Taliaferro
E2 0.070 21.055 91.21 ****WINNER**** 0.119 5.387 261.27
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Guest ) 0.061 5.410 261.78 (M Manners ) 0.063 5.534 255.53
Qualified: #8 5.572 260.31 #13 6.148 248.20
This is the first time Lawson and Taliaferro have faced each other in eliminations. Lawson with
severe tire shake and not sure if he shook the chute out or if he bang the blower, but the chute
was out by 200 feet. Taliaferro with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Mark
Taliaferro's incremental times: 60ft-0.936 sec., 330ft-2.438, 660ft-3.566/221.82 mph,
1,000ft-4.537. He will give up lane choice to Thacker in the semifinal.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
Bye 2 Jim Whiteley
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.034 5.352 269.13
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Thompson ) 0.066 5.348 266.32
Qualified: #1 5.389 267.53
Whiteley rattled the tires right off the starting line, but still runs the second quickest pass
of the weekend. Jim Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.927 sec., 330ft-2.397,
660ft-3.537/217.21 mph, 1,000ft-4.518. Whiteley will have lane choice in the semifinal against
Copeland.
Timing data courtesy of
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