Sun, 07 Apr 2013, 17:53 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 14th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  613 Joey Severance                         64 Ray Martin                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.063  5.395 265.33                     0.048  5.443 264.65
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Bateman   ) 0.042  5.403 264.08                     0.033  6.000 174.14
E1    (J Ahten     ) 0.042  5.446 260.31      (B Litton    ) 0.151  5.408 264.86
 Qualified:             #3  5.385 265.22                        #2  5.377 267.96

Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 27.63 inches, adjusted altitude 4,724 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.

Severance is 2 - 0 against Martin in prior events. Martin with the starting line advantage, but Severance has the lead by the time they went by the Christmas tree and took the win by 0.0336 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Chris Demke                            75 Megan McKernan               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.044  5.409 265.48                     0.156  5.530 260.71
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Olivarez  ) 0.091  5.384 265.22      (J Whiteley  ) 0.119  5.405 254.71
E1    (A Sanford   ) 0.043  5.389 264.49      (G Hunter    ) 0.088  5.417 258.02
 Qualified:             #5  5.442 262.85                        #7  5.483 250.55

Demke is 2 - 1 against McKernan in prior events. Demke with a big starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. McKeran was out of the groove and over by the centerline, but reeled it back into her lane. Demke will give up lane choice to Severance in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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