Sun, 6 Nov 2005, 08:49 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 41st annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Bill Reichert                         475 Steve Torrence               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.050  5.270 274.33                     0.113  5.304 270.92
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Olivarez  ) 0.066  5.236 272.50      (A Force     ) 0.097  5.343 264.44
E2    (M Austin    ) 0.087  5.280 274.27      (H Will      ) 0.074  5.257 267.80
E1    (B Perkins   ) 0.099  5.273 274.27      (B Johnson   ) 0.076  5.300 269.03
 Qualified:             #2  5.289 271.13                        #1  5.273 268.22

5:34 p.m. Reichert gets a big jump off the line, then pulls away at every incremental. Torrence got out of the groove, drifted toward the center-line, but kept the dragster in his lane.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink