Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 03:36 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd 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                           7 Chris Demke                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.052  5.320 265.69                     0.011  5.387 270.21
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Copeland  ) 0.046  5.478 260.56                     0.045 13.092  91.77
E1    (K Wootton   ) 0.092  5.359 265.27      (C Magee     ) 0.102  5.347 267.48
 Qualified:             #5  5.331 267.80                        #1  5.269 270.48

2:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 1,664 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Demke is 1 - 0 against Reichert in prior events.

Demke did all he could, with a stellar light and a good run, but Reichert evened the score, taking the lead by half track and pulling away to win by half a car length with his quickest run of the weekend. Bill Reichert's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.044), 330 ft(-0.035), 660ft(0.002), 1,000ft(0.028). MOV: 0.0268 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4843 Monroe Guest                          464 Buddy Domingue               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.054  5.386 269.46                     0.042  5.550 249.44
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Finke     ) 0.032  5.386 268.60      (M Taliaferro) 0.054  5.543 235.80
E1    (M Thacker   ) 0.031  5.360 271.13      (R Meyer     ) 0.188  5.320 247.47
 Qualified:             #8  5.388 274.50                        #9  5.497 232.75

This is the first time Guest and Domingue have faced each other in eliminations.

Domingue had a giood light, but so did Guest and Domingue didn't have the muscle to hold him off for ling. Monroe Guest's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.018), 330 ft(-0.007), 660ft(0.032), 1,000ft(0.088). MOV: 0.1528 seconds (approximately 56 feet). Guest faces Reichert in the final round, Reichert has lane choice.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink