Sun, 23 Jul 2006, 05:25 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex

KENT, Wash. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Schuck's Auto Supply NHRA Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  421 Spencer Massey                         74 Duane Shields
E3   ****WINNER****  0.031  5.488 264.75                     0.050  5.556 258.81
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Federlin  ) 0.024  5.448 264.80      (B Johnson   ) 0.071  5.455 259.16
E1    (G Lawrence  ) 0.023  5.540 260.11      (M Austin    ) 0.113  5.630 254.18
 Qualified:             #6  5.553 256.21                        #7  5.561 261.27

Three injected cars, and one blower car remain in the field - Spencer Massey's incremental times: 60ft-0.957 sec., 330ft-2.494, 660ft-3.661/213.98mph, 1,000ft-4.643

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Ashley Force                         7384 Sean O'Bannon
E3                   0.080  5.954 245.99     ****WINNER****  0.107  5.482 262.74
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Hentges   ) 0.088  5.806 250.09      (J Severance ) 0.063  5.446 263.31
E1    (B Edwards Jr) 0.082  5.670 257.78      (E Verenka   ) 0.078  5.535 261.88
 Qualified:             #4  5.535 259.76                        #1  5.474 261.52

Ashley dropped a cylinder early, Sean's crew chief Norm Grimes had the dragster setup perfectly for the current conditions. 2:22 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink