Sun, 09 Nov 2014, 17:39 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Short Line Express Market Gambler Shootout:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  613 Joey Severance                        706 Ashley Sanford               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.029  5.359 269.46                     0.022  5.439 265.06
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Ahten     ) 0.030  5.352 268.22      (C Demke     ) 0.037  5.356 273.11
 Qualified:             #3  5.326 268.65                        #7  5.383 267.96

2:31 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 27.72 inches, adjusted altitude 4,378 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Sanford gets out of the gate first but Severance went by quickly and extended his lead all the way through the run.

Joey Severance's incremental margins: 60ft(0.034), 330 ft(0.079), 660ft(0.070), 1,000ft(0.060). MOV: 0.0738 seconds (approximately 29 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  728 Mike Strasburg                        489 Chase Copeland               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.066  5.355 269.24                     0.093  5.361 277.03
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Bateman   ) 0.067  5.378 268.60      (J Fricke    ) 0.064  5.499 265.27
 Qualified:             #4  5.335 270.16                        #1  5.232 270.00

Strasburg gets off the line and starts to pull away. He gets out of the groove, drifts to the left, then back to the right. Copeland started making up ground but couldn't overtake Strasburg.

With the loss by Copeland Randy Meyer becomes the Central Region Champion.

Strasburg will have lane choice over Severance in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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