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Sun, 13 Oct 2024, 16:17 PM

Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Shawn Cowie                             4 Matthew Cummings             
E3                   0.055  5.255 279.38     ****WINNER****  0.069  5.232 279.64
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Cummings  ) 0.069  5.197 278.16      (N on File   ) 0.032  5.229 280.30
E1    (J Severance ) 0.128  5.263 279.38      (P Dean      ) 0.091  5.266 279.62
 Qualified:             #6  5.243 278.91                        #2  5.224 280.36

3:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 93 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 3,154 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.
Cummings is 3 - 2 against Cowie in prior events.
Cowie gets out of the gate first and starts pulling away. He extends his lead to the 330 foot mark, then Cummings starts making up ground. Cummings reels in Cowie at the 1000 foot mark and then pulls away for the win.

Matthew Cummings' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.024), 330 ft(-0.049), 660ft(-0.024), 1,000ft(0.000). MOV: 0.0090 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Julie Nataas                           13 Karen Stalba                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.058  5.349 271.61                     0.069  5.581 263.19
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Maynard   ) 0.051  5.182 271.44      (J Nataas    ) 0.061  5.227 276.53
E1    (L Swift     ) 0.044  5.822 239.36      (C Grisel    ) 0.079  5.176 279.17
 Qualified:             #9  5.271 270.50                        #4  5.239 278.48

Stalba is 1 - 0 against Nataas in prior events.
Nataas leaves first and extended her lead all the way through the run. Stalba looked like she may have lost a cylinder or two early in the run.
Julie Nataas' incremental margins: 60ft(0.029), 330 ft(0.075), 660ft(0.148), 1,000ft(0.207). MOV: 0.2430 seconds (approximately 94 feet).

Cummings will have lane choice over Nataas in the final round.

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