Sun, 18 Apr 2010, 05:18 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  613 Joey Severance                         73 Cody Perkins                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.036  5.447 258.76                     0.025  9.432  88.86
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Bart      ) 0.012  5.395 264.08      (M Niver     ) 0.029  5.465 257.33
E1    (B Force     ) 0.022  5.376 264.23      (J Ahten     ) 0.003  5.454 260.11
 Qualified:             #2  5.401 263.51                        #6  5.422 263.67

Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 27.74 inches, adjusted altitude 4,683 feet, track temperature 129 degrees.

Perkins is 1 - 0 against Severance in prior events. Perkins is out of the gate first, and he has been in his short career off the line first 90% of the time. He then starts to have a lot of tire shake and clicks it off... Severance is straight down the groove into the final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Shawn Cowie                             7 Chris Demke                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.053  5.402 263.87                     0.063  5.468 265.95
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Whiteley  ) 0.098  5.401 262.59      (D Carlson   ) 0.032  5.429 265.17
E1    (C Force     ) 0.140  5.406 262.23      (B Johnson   ) 0.065  5.433 264.65
 Qualified:             #4  5.414 261.98                        #1  5.400 263.31

Demke is 2 - 0 against Cowie in prior events. Cowie with the starting line advantage and straight down the groove to take the win light. Demke with a good looking pass in the losing effort. Cowie will have lane choice over Severance in the all Division Six final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink