Sat, 18 Sep 2010, 06:46 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Third annual O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  227 Don Fiorelli                            3 Duane Shields                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.259  5.414 266.58
 Qualified:            #16  5.986 226.28                        #1  5.346 267.22

Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.43 inches, adjusted altitude 3,014 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.

This is Shield's 14th No. 1 and that ties him with Darrell Gwynn at ninth place. Fiorelli left before the tree was activated. Shields with another good pass on the single. Duane Shields' incremental times: 60ft-0.951 sec., 330ft-2.461, 660ft-3.608/219.51 mph, 1,000ft-4.579.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1490 Brandon Greco                           6 Ken Perry                    
E1                   0.135  5.506 255.82     ****WINNER****  0.086  5.378 263.56
 Qualified:            #13  5.523 256.60                        #4  5.374 263.92

Perry is out of the gate first and almost matches his qualifying time to take the win light. Greco with his quickest pass of the weekend in a losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  122 Arthur Gallant                        185 Mike Kosky                   
E1                   0.261  5.558 265.12     ****WINNER****  0.052  5.404 259.66
 Qualified:             #7  5.460 267.69                       #10  5.498 258.47

Kosky is in his 149th Top Alcohol Dragster National event and he gets the big jump on the starting line and then runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 John Finke                             14 Dan Mercier                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.096  5.410 253.37                     0.080  5.724 213.30
 Qualified:             #9  5.492 252.38                        #8  5.475 261.52

Mercier with the starting line advantage, but Finke has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree. Finke with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Finke will have lane choice over Shields in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   18 Darvin Martinets                     7051 Darren Nicholson             
E1                   0.109  5.471 259.81     ****WINNER****  0.033  5.386 261.62
 Qualified:            #12  5.508 257.53                        #5  5.379 262.85

Nicholson with a great light and never trailed to take the win. Martinets first National event was a the Houston 1982 SuperNationals, and he runs his quickest pass of the weekend in a losing effort. Nicholson will give up lane choice to Perry in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1712 Dave DeAngelis                        110 Rich McPhillips              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  5.467 259.61                     0.071  5.572 254.42
 Qualified:            #11  5.507 259.26                        #6  5.458 260.11

DeAngelis with a great reaction time and then runs his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2233 Scott Moore                          4843 Monroe Guest                 
E1                   0.061  5.554 231.00     ****WINNER****  0.033  5.421 266.58
 Qualified:            #14  5.576 254.81                        #3  5.359 265.17

Moore is in his first National event and ran career best this weekend in qualifying...Guest with the starting line advantage and another good looking pass for the win. Moore runs his career quickest E.T. in a losing effort. Guest will have lane choice over DeAngelis in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1008 Tom Pickett                             1 Bill Reichert                
E1                   0.115  6.347 191.21     ****WINNER****  0.044  5.379 258.62
 Qualified:            #15  5.730 233.92                        #2  5.347 257.63

Reichert has won the two previous Fall race here, beating Ken Perry both times. Reichert with a great reaction time and then runs second quick E.T. of the round behind Ken Perry for the win. He will have lane choice over Kosky in the next round.

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