Mon, 03 Oct 2016, 10:52 AM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1212 Jackie Fricke                        1900 Dan Page                     
E3   ****WINNER****  0.093  5.293 278.35                     0.068 16.864  52.06
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Bourke    ) 0.117 11.282  72.11      (B Horner    ) 0.065  5.328 271.02
E1    (W Morris    ) 0.077  5.300 277.26      (M Burns     ) 0.071  5.350 271.46
 Qualified:             #2  5.302 275.73                        #3  5.319 272.78

Page is 1 - 0 against Fricke in prior events. Page with the starting line advantage but is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle and pedals it, but can't get it to hook up. Fricke launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight to take the win. She runs her quickest pass of the weekend and the fastest pass of the event for the win. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.959 sec., 330ft-2.464, 660ft-3.567/228.23 mph, 1,000ft-4.494.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Chris Demke                             4 Mia Tedesco                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.029  5.270 273.83                     0.032  5.282 276.80
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R McPhillips) 0.061  5.250 273.16      (T Fox Jr    ) 0.133 12.330  64.72
E1    (C Perkins   ) 0.011  5.257 272.39      (K Stalba    ) 0.064  5.421 265.27
 Qualified:             #4  5.334 272.23                        #9  5.673 260.71

Demke is 3 - 1 against Tedesco in prior events. Demke with a slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. This was a great drag race. Chris Demke's MOV: 0.0151 seconds (approximately 6 feet). Demke will have lane choice over Fricke in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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