Sun, 12 Nov 2006, 08:19 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Bill Reichert                         421 Spencer Massey               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.039  5.262 274.39                    -0.001  7.151 122.50
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Pierce    ) 0.079  5.353 273.88      (D Hirata    ) 0.050  5.325 268.60
E2    (J Whiteley  ) 0.065  5.319 259.71      (G Bateman   ) 0.001  5.305 269.83
E1    (J Severance ) 0.080  5.273 273.94      (C Demke     ) 0.016  5.362 268.49
 Qualified:             #2  5.265 274.00                        #5  5.333 267.80

5:02 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 29.19 inches, adjusted altitude 2,385 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

The finals come down to the 2005 number 2 and number 5 National Points competitors. Both cars ran similar times in the last round. It's all over early, when Massey goes red by -0.001. Reichert was ready for him and runs better than his qualifying time to take the automatic win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink