Sun, 9 Nov 2003, 06:21 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   51 Alan Bradshaw                        7438 Morgan Lucas
E3                   0.034  5.875 236.46     ****WINNER****  0.040  5.409 261.07
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Hirata    ) 0.028  5.242 249.81      (D Wells     ) 0.021  5.368 268.33
E1    (D Wilson    ) 0.032  5.240 254.90      (M Myers     ) 0.049  5.340 264.29
 Qualified:             #1  5.291 254.76                        #4  5.341 265.38

3:09 PM Big match up here with two of the major hitters in A/Fuel dragster. It's ugly, but Lucas will get to keep playing. Lots of dropped cylinders and Bradshaw smokes the tires before the 330 lights.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Duane Shields                          65 Mike Cofini
E3                   0.067  5.387 260.01     ****WINNER****  0.032  5.397 263.10
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Thacker   ) 0.067  5.364 263.05      (S Federlin  ) 0.003  5.418 263.72
E1    (D Hudson    ) 0.046  5.424 257.53      (B Reichert  ) 0.034  5.531 254.95
 Qualified:             #3  5.331 269.56                       #15  5.478 261.27

Cofini has the last blown alcohol dragster in the field and he will race Lucas in the final with lane choice. He is away first and steals the win from Shields (his first loss with the new car). Great side by side pass from start to finish. 3:15 PM

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink