Sun, 30 Mar 2008, 01:50 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 21st annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Bill Reichert                          75 Randy Eakins                 
E2                   0.110  5.408 266.74     ****WINNER****  0.017  5.418 260.26
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Martinets ) 0.087  5.280 277.83      (L Wood      ) 0.051  5.602 232.79
 Qualified:             #3  5.327 274.44                       #11  5.432 260.66

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 83 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 1,861 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Eakins with a great light and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Randy Eakins' MOV: 0.0836 seconds (approximately 33 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  122 Arthur Gallant                       7000 Darryl Hitchman              
E2                   0.145 14.085  76.87     ****WINNER****  0.101  5.317 263.56
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Pierce    ) 0.125  5.329 267.37      (J Finke     ) 0.083  5.446 260.66
 Qualified:             #2  5.272 276.18                        #7  5.393 258.22

Gallant is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle. Hitchman with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win...Darryl Hitchman's incremental times: 60ft-0.932 sec., 330ft-2.381, 660ft-3.504/221.96mph, 1,000ft-4.473

Hitchman will have lane choice over Eakins in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  499 Brandon Lewis                           7 Spencer Massey               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.060  5.372 260.86                     0.026  5.416 270.48
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Tatum     ) 0.064  5.391 266.32      (A Allen     ) 0.027  5.541 267.48
 Qualified:             #4  5.352 262.44                        #5  5.385 274.22

Massey with a starting line advantage, but Lewis had the difference made up by the time they went past the Christmas tree. Brandon Lewis' MOV: 0.0106 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  466 Diana Harker                            5 Duane Shields                
E2                   0.031  8.411 120.87     ****WINNER****  0.019  5.276 272.94
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Isbell    ) 0.040  5.433 243.59      (D Brounkowsk) 0.120  5.560 270.70
 Qualified:             #8  5.428 246.08                        #1  5.204 277.72

Harker lost traction and the car was side ways before she lifted. Shields with another great looking pass, low of the session. He will have lane choice over Lewis in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink