Sun, 26 Jun 2011, 05:50 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Marty Thacker                          34 Brandon Booher               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.048  5.403 263.26                     0.015  6.465 107.66
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Powell II ) 0.044  5.420 261.52      (K Stalba    ) 0.023  5.497 259.26
E2    (B Reichert  ) 0.034  5.396 263.92      (D Page      ) 0.045  5.476 259.61
E1    (J Finke     ) 0.000  5.461 265.69      (R Samsel    ) 0.047  5.460 259.76
 Qualified:             #9  5.462 262.59                        #7  5.443 260.66

5:45 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,255 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Thacker is 1 - 0 against Booher in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round.

Booher gets off the line first then Thacker starts to reel him in quickly. Thacker drives around Booher just past the sixty foot mark and starts to pull away. Booher gets to half track, bangs the blower and the chutes deploy. Thacker goes on to take the win.

Marty Thacker's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.005), 330 ft(0.007), 660ft(0.026), 1,000ft(0.232). MOV: 1.0297 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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