Sun, 14 Feb 2010, 05:46 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 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
 6610 Brandon Johnson                       613 Joey Severance               
E3                   0.042  5.411 252.00     ****WINNER****  0.030  5.399 264.44
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Trautman  ) 0.320  5.428 262.08      (J Ahten     ) 0.009  5.415 264.96
E1    (L Miersch   ) 0.045  5.366 264.39      (M Niver     ) 0.151  5.371 267.59
 Qualified:            #10  5.426 260.76                        #6  5.347 265.06

2:37 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 28.89 inches, adjusted altitude 2,869 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Close start and Johnson was almost able to catch Severance, but a dropped cylinder cost him the race.

Brandon Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.947 sec., 330ft-2.426, 660ft-3.566/218.48 mph, 1,000ft-4.544.
Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.919 sec., 330ft-2.382, 660ft-3.546/212.39 mph, 1,000ft-4.548.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Chris Demke                             4 Shawn Cowie                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.033  5.308 268.38                     0.056  5.389 259.61
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Whiteley  ) 0.026  5.325 269.13      (B Force     ) 0.067  5.374 264.23
E1    (A Bart      ) 0.013  5.405 268.44      (D Carlson   ) 0.072  5.358 266.48
 Qualified:             #5  5.327 267.00                        #9  5.393 262.08

Demke is 1 - 0 against Cowie in prior events. He improve his margin with a strong pass into the final.Demke is away first and the incrementals were close until half track. Demke opened up a forty foot lead at the lights for the win.

2:41 p.m. He will have lane choice over Severance by 0.010 in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink