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MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Bill Reichert 1301 Douglas Foley
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.069 5.235 272.28 0.046 5.286 266.53
Qualified: #1 5.232 269.24 #16 5.525 265.17
12:43 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 56 degrees, relative humidity 66 percent, barometer 29.21 inches, adjusted
altitude 1,106 feet, track temperature 63 degrees.This was the 32nd time Reichert has started from the number one spot in the qualifying order. He has won six times when he's started from the top spot in the order. This is the last national event that Reichert can claim in the points standings. He is currently number two in the standings. Foley set his career best speed during qualifying. This is his first TAD start anywhere since 2003. He was runner up here in 1999. The only time Foley and Reichert have raced each other before this came back in 1998 in Richmond, Va., with Reichert getting the win.
Foley was quicker at the start and led the race at 660 feet. After that, Reichert got buy him to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Duane Shields 1712 Dave DeAngelis
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.163 5.224 278.69 0.037 5.657 235.35
Qualified: #2 5.285 273.27 #15 5.523 258.86
DeAngelis was the 113th different drive that Shields has raced. Shields is number one in the points standings. If he gets to
the third round, this race will replace another national event in which he went out in the second round. This is his last race to
claim points at a national event.
DeAngelis beat Shields out of the gate and they were even at 330 feet. From then on, Shields pulled away to have the quickest ET of
the weekend so far and take the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 613 Joey Severance 54 Jared Dreher E1 ****WINNER**** 0.086 10.853 99.18 No Time Qualified: #4 5.334 258.91 #13 5.496 254.62Dreher would have been the 45th different driver that Severance has faced in TAD competition but he did not answer the call. Severance had 36 wins and 36 losses in national event rounds coming into this race. He's number four in the championship points race and has not yet claimed five national events so every point he gets here will add to his total.
Severance launched, shook the tires and clicked it off. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 326 Robin Samsel 1953 Al Moeser E1 ****WINNER**** 0.080 5.717 239.61 0.104 5.724 265.33 Qualified: #11 5.475 250.64 #6 5.362 270.16This is the fourth start of Al Moser's Top Alcohol Dragster career. Samsel was quicker at the start and quicker on the track to take the win and move on to the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 1900 Dan Page 34 Brandon Booher E1 0.090 6.307 160.75 ****WINNER**** 0.019 5.421 265.74 Qualified: #7 5.389 272.12 #10 5.438 237.13This is Page's fourth start. His crew chief, Art Gallant, won this race in 2006 in this car, which was built by Page.
Page launched, shook the tires, pedaled and shook the tires again. Booher had a cleaner run in the right lane to take the win. He
gave up lane choice to Shields in round two. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 18 Karen Stalba 1482 Richard Bourke E1 0.119 5.355 255.87 ****WINNER**** 0.079 5.354 266.53 Qualified: #8 5.393 260.76 #9 5.413 263.51This was the 26th start in Bourke's Top Alcohol Dragster career. The only time he's raced Stalba before this in national event competition was at Atlanta in 2005, with Stalba getting the win.
Bourke had the win from start to finish but gave up lane choice to Reichert next time out. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 110 Rich McPhillips 12 John Finke E1 0.061 5.334 268.17 ****WINNER**** 0.044 5.330 273.72 Qualified: #5 5.359 263.20 #12 5.492 266.00This is the 104th race in McPhillips' TAD career and his 22nd start here. Finke had an advantage at the starting line and was a bit quicker on the track to get the win. He'll have lane choice over Severance in round two. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 1008 Tom Pickett 185 Mike Kosky E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.310 7.465 114.22 Qualified: #14 5.510 254.14 #3 5.301 266.37This was Kosky's 300th round in TAD competition. Coming into this race, he had a 171-128 record. It's his 25th race here at Maple Grove. His first start was in 1986. He won here in 1989 and 1999, and has three runner up finished. Pickett set his career best speed during qualifying. These two were the second pair. Pickett did his burnout and could not get into reverse. He motored down the track but then the auto-shutoff kicked in and let out the chutes before he could get off the track. By then, Kosky's car had sat too long at the starting line so he decided to shut down and wait until the end of the round to make a solo pass.
Kosky launched and got out to about 330 feet when he shook the tires and clicked it off. He gave up lane choice to Samsel in round
two.
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