Sun, 11 Feb 2007, 10:12 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 47th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Mark Niver                             63 Brandon Johnson              
E4                   0.116 21.170  59.20     ****WINNER****  0.054  5.405 267.37
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Miersch   ) 0.074  5.402 270.16      (G Bateman   ) 0.060  5.246 265.17
E2    (C Perkins   ) 0.065  5.389 265.80      (R Eakins    ) 0.078  5.284 261.07
E1    (J Isbell    ) 0.073  6.342 194.58      (G Tacke     ) 0.090  5.384 258.47
 Qualified:             #4  5.316 271.08                        #7  5.342 266.79

7:03 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.06 inches, adjusted altitude 1,478 feet, track temperature 71 degrees.

Niver won his first Div. 7 race at Orange County International Raceway in 1983. He has three more division wins. Two in 2003 and one in 2006. This is Johnson first race in an A/FD.

It's over at the hit as Niver spins the tires hard at the launch and slows. Johnson finishes a charmed weekend with his first National Event win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink