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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 530 Alan Bradshaw 6067 Don St. Arnaud E2 0.037 8.595 76.57 ****WINNER**** 0.058 5.222 284.33 Prior rounds: E1 (A Sanford ) 0.027 8.586 96.01 (D Milanesio ) 0.143 5.221 280.43 Qualified: #8 5.268 274.44 #1 5.181 285.0512:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,937 feet, track temperature 102 degrees. St. Arnaud has won exactly half of all of his career and round two races. Bradshaw has a career 68% win/loss history with a 75% round two advantage. Bradshaw gets the advantage at the green and then has holes out right after that. Then the parachute comes out! Sixth fastest pass for St.Arnaud and the easy win. That's 7th of the fastest 8 passes in the class. Don St. Arnaud's incremental times: 60ft-0.947 sec., 330ft-2.415, 660ft-3.514/229.31 mph,
1,000ft-4.435.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Duane Shields 1 Joey Severance
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.051 5.245 275.73 0.036 5.995 199.43
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Grisel ) 0.126 6.305 165.25 (M McKernan ) 0.032 5.273 272.17
Qualified: #4 5.236 271.13 #5 5.255 272.39
Shields is 5 - 4 against Severance in prior events. Shields has a career 62% win advantage and 63% in round two races. Severance
has won two of their three prior round match ups. He has won over 60% of his career races and 55% in round two. Severance gets the starting line advantage, but has to slap the pedal several times. Shields is long gone for the easy win. St. Arnaud will have lane choice next round. Duane Shields' incremental times: 60ft-0.922 sec., 330ft-2.392, 660ft-3.497/226.35 mph,
1,000ft-4.436. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 10 Garrett Bateman 76 Johnny Ahten E2 ****WINNER**** 0.097 5.358 272.23 0.072 5.451 263.51 Prior rounds: E1 (C Ferre ) 0.069 5.385 270.86 (C Demke ) 0.061 5.282 276.80 Qualified: #3 5.220 273.72 #11 5.324 276.80Bateman and Ahten have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Bateman has a 56% win advantage in round two races. Ahten only 28%. Ahten gets away first and then has a pipe go wet early. He stays in front until after the 330 lights and has to watch Bateman drive on by. Garrett Bateman's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.047), 330 ft(-0.019), 660ft(0.010), 1,000ft(0.042). MOV: 0.0686 seconds (approximately 27 feet). Garrett Bateman's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.458,
660ft-3.586/222.80 mph, 1,000ft-4.538. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 589 Gord Gingles 681 Shawn Cowie E2 0.066 7.731 166.31 ****WINNER**** 0.070 5.384 270.92 Prior rounds: E1 (B Litton ) 0.029 5.402 273.72 (K Baldwin ) 0.079 5.352 269.67 Qualified: #2 5.214 277.15 #10 5.300 271.19This is the first time Gingles and Cowie have faced each other in eliminations. Cowie has now over 100 rounds of racing and has won over 61% of them. Almost 60% of round two matchups. Gingles has won half of his prior sixteen races. Same percentage in round two encounters, Gingles has a crew member in a Nitro Bull costume on the line!?! Doesn't seem to help, as the tires are smoking hard at the green. Cowie takes the easy win and will give up lane choice to Bateman in round three. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.953 sec., 330ft-2.428, 660ft-3.577/216.17 mph, 1,000ft-4.554. 12:39 p.m.
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