Sat, 19 Oct 2019, 16:45 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4843 Monroe Guest                         7015 Jasmine Salinas              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.039  5.315 261.93                     0.079  5.353 263.87
 Qualified:             #9  5.272 270.64                        #8  5.270 268.22

Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 29.11 inches, adjusted altitude 3,414 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

This is the first time Guest and Salinas have faced each other in eliminations.

Guest with the starting line advantage and never trailed for thew win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Shawn Cowie                           464 Buddy Domingue               
E1                   0.105  5.425 272.56     ****WINNER****  0.097  5.342 263.00
 Qualified:             #3  5.206 277.83                       #14  5.322 267.37

Cowie is 1 - 0 against Domingue in prior events.

Domingue with the slight starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Joey Severance                        421 Spencer Massey               
E1                   0.057 12.877 100.52     ****WINNER****  0.039  5.370 268.81
 Qualified:             #2  5.157 277.49                       #15  5.325 271.68

Severance is 1 - 0 against Massey in prior events.

Massey with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

Severance is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  888 Fred Hanssen                            3 Megan Meyer                  
E1                   0.089 13.078  61.01     ****WINNER****  0.053  5.240 278.86
 Qualified:            #13  5.318 273.33                        #4  5.214 277.49

Meyer is 1 - 0 against Hanssen in prior events.

Meyer with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

Hanssen is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  589 Gord Gingles                         4824 Shane Conway                 
E1                   0.072  5.312 271.08     ****WINNER****  0.039  5.252 270.21
 Qualified:             #5  5.251 270.43                       #12  5.292 269.03

This is the first time Gingles and Conway have faced each other in eliminations.

Conway with the starting line advantage and the win. He runs his his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He runs the second quickest pass of the round, unfortunately he will face Meyer, who had the quickest pass of the round in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Jackie Fricke                          23 Josh Hart                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.071  5.240 274.66                     0.125  5.290 275.51
 Qualified:             #6  5.262 272.39                       #11  5.282 275.90

Hart is 2 - 1 against Fricke in prior events.

Fricke with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. She runs her quickest pass of the weekend for the win. She matches Meyer for quickest pass of the session. She will have lane choice over Domingue in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4028 David Sheetz                            9 Julie Nataas                 
E1                   0.111  5.294 271.79     ****WINNER****  0.036  5.353 271.62
 Qualified:             #7  5.268 270.00                       #10  5.278 270.86

This is the first time Sheetz and Nataas have faced each other in eliminations.

Nataas with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Julie Nataas' MOV: 0.0163 seconds (approximately 6 feet). She will have lane choice over Massey in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4934 Steve Collier                           4 Troy Coughlin Jr.            
E1                   0.053  5.390 275.67     ****WINNER****  0.074  5.239 272.50
 Qualified:            #16  5.374 273.61                        #1  5.146 281.19

Coughlin Jr. is 1 - 0 against Collier in prior events.

Collier with the starting line advantage, but Coughlin had the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree. He never trails from there on for the win. He runs low E.T. of round one for the win. He will have lane choice over Guest in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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