Sun, 06 Sep 2015, 18:49 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  596 Randy Meyer                           704 Bill Litton                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.063  5.416 270.05                     0.087  5.522 264.86
 Qualified:             #1  5.183 271.90                       #16  5.403 264.86

6:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.13 inches, adjusted altitude 3,945 feet, track temperature 115 degrees.

Meyer backed way off his qualifying pace, but so did Litton and Meyer led this one wire to wire.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Duane Shields                          31 Marty Thacker                
E1                   0.074  5.424 267.91     ****WINNER****  0.050  5.402 266.11
 Qualified:             #2  5.249 271.57                       #15  5.397 265.01

Thacker left first and Shields ran out of racetrack trying to catch him, losing ground early in the run, then closing fast.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  748 Cameron Ferre                        2025 Josh Hart                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.073  5.353 274.83                     0.129  5.370 261.32
 Qualified:             #5  5.274 274.00                       #17  5.422 259.66

Hart was in as an alternate for Robin Samsel. Hart stepped up from his qualifying pace and this would was a very close race most of the way, but Ferre had a nice holeshot and led from wire to wire. Cameron Ferre's incremental margins: 60ft(0.043), 330 ft(0.016), 660ft(0.018), 1,000ft(0.038). MOV: 0.0733 seconds (approximately 28 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  464 Buddy Domingue                       194D Mia Tedesco                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.091  5.368 274.11                     0.069  5.418 261.47
 Qualified:             #8  5.310 275.84                        #9  5.346 268.54

Tedesco left first and led past 1,000 feet, but Domingue ran her down for the win on the top end of the track.

Buddy Domingue's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.040), 330 ft(-0.043), 660ft(-0.025), 1,000ft(-0.003). MOV: 0.0288 seconds (approximately 11 feet). He will have lane choice against Meyer in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  613 Joey Severance                         33 Jared Dreher                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027  5.333 271.30                     0.018  5.370 264.03
 Qualified:            #10  5.357 271.35                        #7  5.290 267.06

Severance had problems in the first three qualifying session, but got it sorted out for the final session and appears to have turned the wick up a little more here. Dreher had a better light, but may have been deep-staged because Severance was in the lead at 60 feet and led the rest of the way to the stripe, running better than his qualifying time. He will have lane choice against Thacker in the second round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Rich McPhillips                        34 Brandon Booher               
E1                   0.072  5.400 271.62     ****WINNER****  0.060  5.363 271.08
 Qualified:             #3  5.263 274.83                       #14  5.397 265.80

Booher left first and outran McPhillips to take the win. Brandon Booher's incremental margins: 60ft(0.079), 330 ft(0.117), 660ft(0.087), 1,000ft(0.059). MOV: 0.0495 seconds (approximately 20 feet). Booher ran better than his qualifying pace, McPhillips did not.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  144 Tripp Tatum                           176 Jeff Veale                   
E1                   0.031  5.485 266.53     ****WINNER****  0.019  5.438 267.96
 Qualified:             #6  5.289 267.37                       #11  5.366 276.13

Veale left first, Tatum was not far behind. Both ran sloweer than their quaifying pace, but Veale was closer and quicker for the win. Jeff Veale's incremental margins: 60ft(0.030), 330 ft(0.039), 660ft(0.034), 1,000ft(0.047). MOV: 0.0595 seconds (approximately 23 feet). He will race Booher in the second round, Booher will choose his lane.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  681 Shawn Cowie                             1 Chris Demke                  
E1                   0.062  5.397 268.76     ****WINNER****  0.045  5.318 272.39
 Qualified:            #13  5.396 267.85                        #4  5.263 272.23

Last pair. Demke had a small advantage at the green and steadily opened the gap. Cowie ran right at his qualifying pace, Demke was a little slower than his, but it was a decisive win.

Chris Demke's incremental margins: 60ft(0.042), 330 ft(0.054), 660ft(0.075), 1,000ft(0.086). MOV: 0.0966 seconds (approximately 38 feet).

Demke will have lane choice against Ferre in round two.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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