Sun, 30 Jul 2006, 08:49 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7438 Morgan Lucas                           74 Duane Shields
E4   ****WINNER****  0.065  5.400 261.72                     0.076  5.396 263.31
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S O'Bannon  ) 0.066  5.368 263.67      (G Bateman   ) 0.084  5.359 266.21
E2    (M Niver     ) 0.063  5.300 265.90      (A Force     ) 0.073  5.318 262.64
E1    (B Johnson   ) 0.073  5.339 267.75      (J Whiteley  ) 0.084  5.271 267.43
 Qualified:             #7  5.365 265.74                        #4  5.321 266.11

5:40 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 30.07 inches, adjusted altitude 1,570 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Shields comes to this gunfight with seven Wallys on his shelves. Lucas has ten of the little fellows. Now that was a race! Lucas left first and needed to. Shields out performed him everywhere but at the tree. The holeshot win has to be a lot of fun considering how tough Top Fuel has been this season. Congratulations to both he and his team.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink