Sat, 8 Nov 2003, 05:11 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations |
By Dave Gerard |
POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 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 10 John Haley 3 Steve Federlin E1 0.036 5.403 256.70 ****WINNER**** 0.013 5.413 259.56 Qualified: #7 5.391 263.46 #10 5.419 260.161:37 PM Exclusive to WWW.DragRaceCentral.com: Steve Federlin and Jack O'Bannon announced that they would be teaming up together in 2004 to challenge the National Championship with a blown alcohol package.
Federlin has a stellar light and steals
the win. Both cars were close all the way down the track. Steve Federlin's MOV: 0.0138
seconds (approximately 5 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Marty Thacker 4 Darren Nicholson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.036 5.357 266.37 0.025 5.555 241.28
Qualified: #6 5.355 265.17 #11 5.421 261.42
Current weather conditions: 75 degrees, 30 percent relative humidity, the barometer
30.02 inches.Lots of tire shake in both lanes and Thacker pulls ahead by mid track
to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 David Wells 712 Larry Miersch
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.057 5.369 265.64 -0.040 5.389 249.86
Qualified: #5 5.343 265.17 #12 5.448 250.37
Miersch throws away a great five thirty run with a red light. Wells was no pushover
and makes another clean pass comparable to his qualifying time.Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 613 Joey Severance 318 Dave Hirata E1 0.023 5.416 262.95 ****WINNER**** 0.026 5.291 271.24 Qualified: #9 5.412 263.05 #8 5.392 268.49Northwest vs Midwest in this pair. Severance and Hirata left together and ran together to mid track, where Hirata pulled away. He had some smoke off the engine in the lights.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 7438 Morgan Lucas 603 Mitch Myers E1 ****WINNER**** 0.049 5.340 264.29 0.039 5.508 238.85 Qualified: #4 5.341 265.38 #13 5.453 252.14Myers is away first and then starts to drop cylinders as he ran down the track. Lucas was right there and actually improves on his qualifying time.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Duane Shields 74 Don Hudson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.046 5.424 257.53 0.044 5.671 202.48
Qualified: #3 5.331 269.56 #14 5.467 259.66
We have a little staging duel and they finally pull into the lights. They are away
almost exactly together and was pulling away until the engine went away. Shields continues
to impress with his new fuel package. Duane Shields' incremental margins (negative if
behind): 60ft(-0.010), 330 ft(-0.062), 660ft(-0.043), 1,000ft(0.043). MOV: 0.2454
seconds (approximately 73 feet).Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 391 Bill Reichert 65 Mike Cofini E1 0.047 7.407 140.04 ****WINNER**** 0.034 5.531 254.95 Qualified: #2 5.316 271.68 #15 5.478 261.27Big upset as Reichert is up in smoke before the 330 foot lights. Cofini was on his stuff and has a better RT off the line.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 51 Alan Bradshaw 800 David Wilson E1 ****WINNER**** 0.032 5.240 254.90 0.159 5.386 262.74 Qualified: #1 5.291 254.76 #16 5.479 248.34Last pair comes to the line: USA vs England, Fuel vs Alcohol. Wilson runs his best time of the weekend by over a tenth, but is dead late off the line. Bradshaw is dropping cylinders and still improves over the his prior ET and MPH. 2:04 PM
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