Sun, 22 Sep 2013, 17:15 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 28th annual AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Jim Whiteley                            3 Bill Reichert                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.075  5.322 270.10                     0.089  5.327 262.23
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Severance ) 0.057  5.328 271.57      (M Taliaferro) 0.093  5.349 264.03
E2    (M Guest     ) 0.059  5.283 273.27      (B Booher    ) 0.045  5.297 267.06
E1    (M Manners   ) 0.123  5.239 273.94      (J Thompson  ) 0.081  5.289 267.85
 Qualified:             #1  5.246 274.50                        #6  5.352 267.91

4:09 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 29.26 inches, adjusted altitude 3,385 feet, track temperature 127 degrees.

Whiteley and Reichert have each won 3 times against the other in prior events and each has won 1 times against the other in final rounds.

Whiteley has 21 career wins in 27 final rounds. He is 2-2 this year with his lat win at the U.S. Nationals.

Reichert has 28 wins in 49 final rounds. He has one win this year at the first Charlotte race.

Reichert comes off the line, loses a little ground, then starts reeling in Whiteley. He drifts to the left, gets close to the centerline, then Whiteley pulls away and takes the win.

Jim Whiteley's incremental margins: 60ft(0.026), 330 ft(0.047), 660ft(0.021), 1,000ft(0.005). MOV: 0.0195 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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