Sun, 06 Oct 2013, 14:34 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Rich McPhillips                        36 Robin Samsel                 
E3                   0.077  5.529 258.32     ****WINNER****  0.058  5.499 243.81
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Reichert  ) 0.029  5.485 263.77      (R Bourke    ) 0.136  5.449 254.66
E1    (K Perry     ) 0.026  5.494 259.11      (D Foley     ) 0.095  5.470 257.43
 Qualified:             #7  5.428 258.12                        #3  5.378 263.41

Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.42 inches, adjusted altitude 3,003 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Samsel with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Robin Samsel's MOV: 0.0495 seconds (approximately 19 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  323 Brandon Booher                       1900 Dan Page                     
E3   ****WINNER****  0.035  5.364 269.46                     0.086  5.453 261.32
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Veale     ) 0.009  5.307 269.19      (M Thacker   ) 0.029  5.372 268.65
E1    (D Shields   ) 0.059  5.338 271.35      (K Stalba    ) 0.039  5.421 267.80
 Qualified:             #1  5.307 269.56                        #4  5.385 264.03

Booher is 2 - 1 against Page in prior events. Booher with the big starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will have lane choice in the final against Samsel.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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