Sun, 15 Nov 2015, 19:29 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4028 David Sheetz                          748 Cameron Ferre                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.076  5.422 263.67                     0.036  7.385 122.77
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Ahten     ) 0.067  5.410 269.83      (D St Arnaud ) 0.054  5.352 277.20
E1    (G Bateman   ) 0.110  5.415 268.12      (M Taliaferro) 0.070  5.301 273.72
 Qualified:            #13  5.348 269.46                        #9  5.305 271.41

Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 28.72 inches, adjusted altitude 2,350 feet, track temperature 72 degrees.

Ferre with the starting line advantage, but then has a lot of tire shake and clicks it off. Sheetz with another good pass to advance to his first National event final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  613 Joey Severance                        681 Shawn Cowie                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.030  5.286 271.19                     0.054  5.338 271.35
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Bugeja    ) 0.076 19.977  34.03      (R Stickler  ) 0.117  5.289 272.56
E1    (J Fricke    ) 0.041  5.300 270.86      (M Manners   ) 0.068  5.370 254.76
 Qualified:             #3  5.242 271.95                       #10  5.312 270.64

Cowie is 2 - 1 against Severance in prior events. Severance with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win and with the win he cliches the National top Alcohol Dragster Championship. Severance with a great pass and he will have lane choice in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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