Sun, 14 Feb 2010, 04:20 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations |
By David Gerard |
POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 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 7388 Art Trautman 6610 Brandon Johnson E2 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.320 5.428 262.08 Prior rounds: E1 (C Force ) 0.135 5.971 231.64 (L Miersch ) 0.045 5.366 264.39 Qualified: #15 5.725 231.12 #10 5.426 260.7612:55 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,629 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.
This is the first time Trautman and Johnson have faced each other in eliminations. Trautman lunges through the beams before the tree was started and then smoked the tires. No times recorded.
Johnson makes a clean pass into round three.
Brandon Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.980 sec., 330ft-2.495,
660ft-3.626/222.03 mph, 1,000ft-4.587.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 745 Brittany Force 4 Shawn Cowie E2 0.114 5.383 267.43 ****WINNER**** 0.067 5.374 264.23 Prior rounds: E1 (B Brown ) 0.154 5.547 258.37 (D Carlson ) 0.072 5.358 266.48 Qualified: #1 5.293 268.28 #9 5.393 262.08This is the first time Force and Cowie have faced each other in eliminations.
Fueler vs. Blower. Cowie takes the big upset win, as Cowie is away first and continually to pull ahead until after half track. The fueler starts to close, but runs out of race track.
Your #1 qualifier is out of here!
Shawn Cowie's incremental margins: 60ft(0.059), 330 ft(0.132), 660ft(0.110), 1,000ft(0.074). MOV: 0.0568 seconds (approximately 22 feet).
Brittany Force's incremental
times: 60ft-0.947 sec., 330ft-2.455, 660ft-3.588/220.98 mph, 1,000ft-4.551.
Shawn Cowie's
incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.370, 660ft-3.525/213.23 mph, 1,000ft-4.524.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Chris Demke 2 Jim Whiteley
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.026 5.325 269.13 0.026 5.370 268.71
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Bart ) 0.013 5.405 268.44 (D Cox Jr ) 0.052 5.311 271.02
Qualified: #5 5.327 267.00 #4 5.311 268.65
Whiteley is 3 - 0 against Demke in prior events. 2009's #2 and #7 cars to the line. Both blown alcohol dragsters.
Identical 0.026 RT's and Demke starts to pull ahead on down the track for a strong finish. It looked like Whiteley's engine had a big fuel leak off the top of the blower going down the track and he can't match Demke's pace.
Chris Demke's incremental margins: 60ft(0.006), 330 ft(0.036), 660ft(0.042), 1,000ft(0.045). MOV: 0.0450 seconds (approximately 18 feet).
Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.932 sec., 330ft-2.371, 660ft-3.511/217.18 mph,
1,000ft-4.490.
Jim Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.938 sec., 330ft-2.407,
660ft-3.553/216.27 mph, 1,000ft-4.535.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 734 Johnny Ahten 613 Joey Severance E2 0.057 5.641 220.94 ****WINNER**** 0.009 5.415 264.96 Prior rounds: E1 (M Austin ) 0.019 5.455 249.30 (M Niver ) 0.151 5.371 267.59 Qualified: #3 5.310 253.99 #6 5.347 265.06Last pair of the round. Ahten and Severance have each won 1 times against the other in prior events.
Severance is taking no prisoners and nails the tree with a stellar 0.009 RT. He continues to pull steadily ahead, as Ahten's fueler is dropping cylinder on down the track.
Joey Severance's incremental margins: 60ft(0.067), 330 ft(0.102), 660ft(0.101), 1,000ft(0.148). MOV: 0.2744 seconds (approximately 89 feet).
Johnny Ahten's incremental times: 60ft-0.945 sec.,
330ft-2.453, 660ft-3.617/210.54 mph, 1,000ft-4.665.
Joey Severance's incremental times:
60ft-0.926 sec., 330ft-2.399, 660ft-3.564/212.36 mph, 1,000ft-4.565.
1:09 p.m. In round three:
Demke will have lane choice over Cowie and Severance over Johnson.
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