Sat, 17 Oct 2020, 22:04 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 35th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Jackie Fricke                           2 Shawn Cowie                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.041  5.241 274.11                     0.084  5.282 275.56
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Sheetz    ) 0.071  5.232 276.24      (C Chambless ) 0.080  5.244 277.94
 Qualified:             #7  5.249 275.22                        #2  5.152 281.54

Cowie is 5 - 2 against Fricke in prior events.

Fricke with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  528 Aaron Cooper                            4 Julie Nataas                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.072  6.642 140.36                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Brounkowsk) 0.103  5.282 275.17      (J Severance ) 0.047  5.260 269.08
 Qualified:             #6  5.237 274.89                        #3  5.177 280.60

Nataas has the throttle stick on the burnout and she has the chutes out and is on the brakes trying to get the car stopped. She gets it slowed down but still ends up in the gravel pit.

Cooper's crew got the car ready to run after he had already down the burnout. He launched hard and then clicked it off. He will give up lane choice to Fricke in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Josh Hart                               1 Megan Meyer                  
E2                   0.050  5.273 269.78     ****WINNER****  0.041  5.251 276.01
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Steele    ) 0.071  5.246 279.56      (B Domingue  ) 0.061  5.232 281.07
 Qualified:             #5  5.228 278.00                        #4  5.177 278.86

Meyer with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2380 Matthew Cummings                        5 Duane Shields                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.121  5.207 273.33                     0.076  5.387 276.92
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Massey    ) 0.113  5.223 272.12      (J Stevens   ) 0.103  5.252 278.75
 Qualified:             #1  5.150 279.67                        #8  5.251 278.69

Shields is 2 - 0 against Cummings in prior events.

Shields with the starting line advantage, but Cummings has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree and runs low E.T. of the round for the win. He will have lane choice over Meyer in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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