Sun, 9 Oct 2005, 05:33 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 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
  475 Steve Torrence                       717M Aaron Olivarez               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.080  5.259 268.71                     0.059  5.316 266.32
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Force     ) 0.087  5.241 270.32      (D Shields   ) 0.018  5.311 270.48
E2    (D Brounkowsk) 0.092  5.202 276.46      (M Thacker   ) 0.061  5.310 270.00
E1    (G Snow      ) 0.091  5.275 272.17                     0.087  5.309 267.96
 Qualified:             #2  5.254 273.94                        #1  5.249 273.22

Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 29.74 inches, adjusted altitude 2,581 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

Olivarez with the starting line advantage and the lead until just before half track and that was when Torrence blasted by him to take his fourth National event win. I think that Torrence has clinched the Championship with this win. This was a good drag race. Steve Torrence's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.021), 330 ft(-0.012), 660ft(0.008), 1,000ft(0.025). MOV: 0.0362 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink