Sun, 31 Oct 2010, 07:18 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Jim Whiteley                           69 Mike Austin                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016  5.391 265.43                     0.035  5.377 262.49
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Pierce    ) 0.064  5.366 266.37      (J Ahten     ) 0.157  5.393 262.49
E1    (M McKernan  ) 0.043  5.335 267.85      (D Flynn     ) 0.057  5.433 262.79
 Qualified:             #1  5.354 267.06                        #5  5.397 264.29

4:16 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 27.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,703 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Whiteley and Austin have each won 1 time against the other in prior events.

Austin gets a good light but not as good as Whiteley. They are even at the sixty foot mark, then Austin starts to pull away. He hangs on to the lead to the 1000 foot mark, then Whiteley drives around and takes the win.

Jim Whiteley's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.002), 330 ft(-0.029), 660ft(-0.018), 1,000ft(-0.005). MOV: 0.0057 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  487 Mark Taliaferro                      4843 Monroe Guest                 
E3                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.184  5.450 265.59
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Perkins   ) 0.078  5.386 266.21      (J Severance ) 0.020  5.355 270.43
E1    (D Shields   ) 0.058  5.477 263.26      (M Manners   ) 0.029  5.369 259.11
 Qualified:             #3  5.366 266.64                       #10  5.466 260.91

This is the first time Taliaferro and Guest have faced each other in eliminations.

Taliaferro leaves before the tree is activated and gives the win to Guest.

Whiteley will have lane choice over Guest in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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