Mon, 5 Sep 2005, 05:55 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  475 Steve Torrence                       7470 Hillary Will                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.062  5.299 268.87                     0.067  5.365 267.75
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Snow      ) 0.078  5.326 265.22      (A Olivarez  ) 0.087  5.468 265.95
E2    (B Reichert  ) 0.086  5.294 266.69      (B Johnson   ) 0.091  5.453 266.42
E1    (A Gallant   ) 0.096  5.241 267.80      (J Dreher    ) 0.076  5.363 267.96
 Qualified:             #5  5.400 262.64                        #2  5.327 269.46

4:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 1,771 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Two first-year drivers meet in the TAD final, continuing the no-repeat-winner tradition for TAD at Indy - it's only been broken once. Torrence has been certifiably hot this year and he continues to excel, but Will made a race of it, leading from 330 feet to almost half track, but then Torrence steadily pulled away to win by about a car length. Steve Torrence's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.017), 330 ft(-0.022), 660ft(0.011), 1,000ft(0.053). MOV: 0.0711 seconds (approximately 28 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink