Sun, 21 Apr 2013, 16:06 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Dollar General NHRA Four-Wide Nationals fueled by Full Throttle:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Rich McPhillips                         3 Bill Reichert                
E3                   0.061  5.415 264.49     ****WINNER****  0.043  5.424 267.11
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Perry     ) 0.055  5.303 269.83      (R Meyer     ) 0.047  5.250 271.08
E1    (R Samsel    ) 0.080  5.313 264.29      (M Cummings  ) 0.056  5.296 268.12
 Qualified:             #4  5.296 272.50                        #8  5.380 256.36

4:01 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.70 inches, adjusted altitude 1,302 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Reichert gets the advantage off the line and is able to hang on for the win.

Bill Reichert's incremental margins: 60ft(0.083), 330 ft(0.037), 660ft(0.010), 1,000ft(0.004). MOV: 0.0095 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  872 Rishi Kanick                            2 Chris Demke                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.074  5.292 269.73                     0.056  5.532 254.81
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Thacker   ) 0.126  5.330 273.27      (J Whiteley  ) 0.042  5.265 271.79
E1    (J Finke     ) 0.192  5.336 267.59      (D Page      ) 0.059  5.309 270.32
 Qualified:             #2  5.267 274.22                        #6  5.338 269.89

Demke gets off the line first but Kanick reels him in by the time they reach the 330 foot mark. kanick then starts pulling away and takes the win to go to his first final in his first race.

Rishi Kanick's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.024), 330 ft(0.000), 660ft(0.081), 1,000ft(0.165). MOV: 0.2223 seconds (approximately 83 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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