Sun, 23 May 2010, 03:10 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Dan Bennett

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  745 Brittany Force                        777 Mark Niver                   
E3                   0.078  5.683 249.53     ****WINNER****  0.078  5.465 254.62
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Whiteley  ) 0.080  5.628 253.47                     0.088  5.353 260.86
E1    (C Demke     ) 0.090  5.715 243.06      (C Copeland  ) 0.059  5.455 262.13
 Qualified:            #11  5.553 255.29                        #1  5.274 271.30

2:01 p.m. Niver is 1 - 0 against Force in prior events.

Brittany is trying to make this a Force family final. But Niver nips that in the bud with a strong, straight pass. It looked as if he may have had a wet cylinder or two on the left bank as he went across the finish line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  744 Courtney Force                          3 Duane Shields                
E3                   0.071  5.553 256.36     ****WINNER****  0.048  5.389 264.23
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Wootton   ) 0.059  5.527 259.36      (M Manners   ) 0.045  5.339 268.17
E1    (R Putz      ) 0.102  5.522 256.21      (M Wahle     ) 0.043  5.519 261.88
 Qualified:             #3  5.320 264.96                        #2  5.281 267.22

Shields is 1 - 0 against Force in prior events.

Instead of an All-Force final, it's going to be a no-Force final. Shields unloads a strong pass to secure his place in the finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink