Sun, 9 Oct 2005, 03:43 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 717M Aaron Olivarez                         74 Duane Shields                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.018  5.311 270.48                     0.084  9.304  84.63
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Thacker   ) 0.061  5.310 270.00      (J Day       ) 0.084  5.390 262.44
E1                   0.087  5.309 267.96      (C Magee     ) 0.113  5.425 260.56
 Qualified:             #1  5.249 273.22                        #5  5.283 267.48

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 29.74 inches, adjusted altitude 1,554 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Olivarez with a great reaction time and never looked back as Shields had problems and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  475 Steve Torrence                          4 Ashley Force                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.087  5.241 270.32                     0.081  5.655 255.63
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Brounkowsk) 0.092  5.202 276.46      (J Haley     ) 0.053  5.403 264.08
E1    (G Snow      ) 0.091  5.275 272.17      (B Pierce    ) 0.116  5.356 270.27
 Qualified:             #2  5.254 273.94                        #6  5.317 268.22

Torrence with another great pass for the win and lane choice in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink