Sat, 16 Nov 2024, 20:12 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 59th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Hunter Green                          613 Joey Severance               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.083  5.236 273.77                     0.044  5.624 210.70
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Bradford  ) 0.074  5.315 271.52      (M Myers     ) 0.020  5.399 269.29
 Qualified:            #14  5.298 271.46                        #6  5.228 275.22

Weather conditions: air temperature 56 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.92 inches, adjusted altitude 1,264 feet.

Green is 2 - 0 against Severance in prior events.

Severance with the starting line advantage, Green has the lead by 330 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. Green with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Julie Nataas                          732 Chris Demke                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.065  5.204 274.16                     0.009 14.870  66.04
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Anderson  ) 0.056  5.298 270.97      (J Maynard   ) 0.083  5.220 276.58
 Qualified:             #4  5.209 273.88                        #5  5.216 276.92

Nataas and Demke have each won 2 times against the other in prior events.

Demke with a great light, but was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Nataas is straight down the groove with her quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Madison Payne                           5 Jackie Fricke                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.089  5.196 278.00                     0.072  5.267 274.44
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Parker    ) 0.081  5.242 276.80      (A Olivarez  ) 0.079  5.309 273.05
 Qualified:             #1  5.161 277.37                        #9  5.262 274.00

Payne and Fricke have each won 2 times against the other in prior events.

Fricke with the starting line advantage, but Payne had the difference made up by 330 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. She will have lane choice over Nataas in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  724 Casey Grisel                            3 Shawn Cowie                  
E2                  -0.002  5.241 278.81     ****WINNER****  0.077  5.360 277.60
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Wolf      ) 0.002  5.251 277.94      (M Coughlin  ) 0.082  5.180 278.58
 Qualified:             #7  5.233 279.04                        #2  5.181 279.09

Cowie is 6 - 0 against Grisel in prior events.

Grisel is a couple ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Cowie the win. Cowie is straight down the groove with a good clean pass. He will give up lane choice to Green in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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