Sat, 13 Feb 2010, 07:08 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations |
By David Gerard |
POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 777 Mark Niver 613 Joey Severance E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.151 5.371 267.59 Qualified: #11 5.437 268.92 #6 5.347 265.063:34 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 28.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,833 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.
Lots of good passes in the right lane for the TAFC's. The left lane? Not so much!
Fueler vs. Blower!
It's over before the green, as Niver bumps the throttle twice and pulls the dragster through the staging lights. No time for him.
Severance kept his cool and laid down a clean and straight pass for the easy win.
Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.392, 660ft-3.541/215.10
mph, 1,000ft-4.530.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Shawn Cowie 64 Dale Carlson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.072 5.358 266.48 0.060 5.384 262.69
Qualified: #9 5.393 262.08 #8 5.391 265.12
Two blown cars this time and Cowie comes from behind to take the very close win.
Great race for both cars!Shawn Cowie's MOV: 0.0148 seconds (approximately 6 feet).
Shawn
Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.375, 660ft-3.527/213.87 mph,
1,000ft-4.516.
Dale Carlson's incremental times: 60ft-0.924 sec., 330ft-2.383,
660ft-3.535/213.47 mph, 1,000ft-4.530.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 7303 Brooks Brown 745 Brittany Force E1 0.110 9.623 90.95 ****WINNER**** 0.154 5.547 258.37 Qualified: #16 9.042 119.13 #1 5.293 268.28This is the third time that two women have qualified one and two in Top Alcohol Dragster history and the Team Force ladies have owned the top of the ladder all three times. The team's tuning wizard, Jerry Darien, was the first winner in TAD in 1981, here at Pomona.
Two fueler and #1 vs. #16. The last time the #16 car won first round was in 1995.
Lots of dropped cylinder in both cars. Brown first and Force near the 1000 foot lights. Brown was away first, but Force was by before 60 feet.
Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.992 sec., 330ft-2.553,
660ft-3.712/216.51 mph, 1,000ft-4.691.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 69 Mike Austin 734 Johnny Ahten E1 0.061 5.420 259.21 ****WINNER**** 0.019 5.455 249.30 Qualified: #14 5.580 254.57 #3 5.310 253.99Blown vs. fuel
Ahten has a hole out at the hit, but uses a big starting line advantage to seal the win. Great race.
Johnny Ahten's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.031), 330 ft(-0.002), 660ft(0.009), 1,000ft(0.029). MOV: 0.0077 seconds (approximately 3 feet).
Mike
Austin's incremental times: 60ft-0.907 sec., 330ft-2.366, 660ft-3.543/208.84 mph,
1,000ft-4.558.
Johnny Ahten's incremental times: 60ft-0.918 sec., 330ft-2.410,
660ft-3.576/214.52 mph, 1,000ft-4.571.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 6610 Brandon Johnson 712 Larry Miersch E1 ****WINNER**** 0.045 5.366 264.39 0.035 5.547 247.79 Qualified: #10 5.426 260.76 #7 5.379 255.43Fuel only for these two.
Any chance that Miersch had was gone by 330 feet, as several holes on the right side of the engine went cold. Johnson's tune up kept the candles lit until right at the finish line.
Brandon Johnson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.037), 330 ft(-0.011), 660ft(0.055), 1,000ft(0.115). MOV: 0.1719 seconds (approximately 62 feet).
Brandon
Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.459, 660ft-3.581/223.50 mph,
1,000ft-4.534.
Larry Miersch's incremental times: 60ft-0.933 sec., 330ft-2.458,
660ft-3.646/209.56 mph, 1,000ft-4.659.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 6121 Ashley Bart 7 Chris Demke E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.013 5.405 268.44 Qualified: #12 5.537 228.89 #5 5.327 267.00Bart is out of the car at the 330 lights, as the car won't back up and Demke gets a single.
Nice clean pass, but not as good as he qualified. "A win is a win"
Chris Demke's incremental
times: 60ft-0.997 sec., 330ft-2.443, 660ft-3.587/216.97 mph, 1,000ft-4.569.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 7388 Art Trautman 744 Courtney Force E1 ****WINNER**** 0.135 5.971 231.64 0.078 No Time Qualified: #15 5.725 231.12 #2 5.306 251.39Courtney was the number one qualifier until the beginning of the last session. Nothing wrong with #2 through!
Whoa! Force gets away first and then has the fueler make a hard move across the track and into the 330 reflector. She lifts and jerks the wheel to get the car back into her lane.
Trautman gets his first TAD round win and will get to race tomorrow! Lots of dropped
cylinders down track, but it doesn't matter.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 7444 Del Cox Jr. 2 Jim Whiteley E1 0.025 5.940 207.59 ****WINNER**** 0.052 5.311 271.02 Qualified: #13 5.570 256.21 #4 5.311 268.65...and we save the best for last! Whitely crushes the field with a stellar ET and a new top speed of the meet. Clean and straight into the winner's circle.
Cox's engine was in trouble at the hit with dropped cylinders on the right back all the way down the track.
Jim Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.941 sec., 330ft-2.382, 660ft-3.511/219.29 mph, 1,000ft-4.482.
4:04
p.m. In round two: Force vs. Cowie; Whiteley vs. Demke; Trautman vs. Johnson; and Ahten vs.
Severance.
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