Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 16th annual CARQUEST
Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
777 Mark Niver 51 Alan Bradshaw
E2 0.022 5.437 253.47 ****WINNER**** 0.024 5.207 261.93
Prior rounds:
E1 (P Julien ) 0.111 5.492 252.80 (B Johnson ) 0.090 5.364 237.25
Qualified: #2 5.418 259.06 #7 5.470 200.35
The injected-nitro machines have dominated so far, as five of the eight cars in this round run that combination.
Here's two of them now. Bradshaw sets a track e.t. record here. Niver made a great pass, but wasn't even close. If
Bradshaw keeps running like this, no one has a chance today.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Mark Hentges 2 Duane Shields
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.063 5.464 257.33 0.065 5.508 260.06
Prior rounds:
E1 (K Parker ) 0.084 5.485 259.01 (D Hudson ) 0.072 5.425 261.62
Qualified: #3 5.420 259.21 #6 5.453 258.12
Pair of blown cars up next. Hentges leads wire-to-wire and makes a nice pass. But he's a quarter-second behind
the guy he races next round, Alan Bradshaw.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
712 Larry Miersch 7438 Morgan Lucas
E2 0.045 7.704 112.52 ****WINNER**** 0.060 5.362 268.01
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Severance ) 0.017 5.679 250.00 (R Eakins ) 0.027 5.428 266.53
Qualified: #8 5.476 255.00 #1 5.310 269.73
Miersch got back in because Joey Severance was disqualified at fuel-check. Miersch had engine problems at the hit
and left stuff on the track. Lucas with a near-flawless pass...and he's still a tenth-and-a-half behind Bradshaw's
pace. We're down for a clean-up. 12:33 p.m.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
551 Bruce Bowler 65 Mike Cofini
E2 0.089 5.651 230.80 ****WINNER**** 0.033 5.500 258.67
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Federlin ) 0.121 5.529 251.53 (C Demke ) 0.030 5.480 261.27
Qualified: #5 5.434 254.66 #4 5.432 261.42
1:10 p.m. That was a long clean-up. The last pair of this round is our only B/AD vs. A/FD match-up. Cofini
drills the Tree and rolls on. He loses lane choice to Lucas in the semi's. Both races in the final four will be B/AD
vs. A/FD.
Timing data courtesy of
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