Sun, 15 Aug 2010, 03:50 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                   3 Duane Shields                
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.098  5.387 262.79
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (S Palmer    ) 0.074  5.299 265.06
E1                                           (D Nicholson ) 0.097  5.356 265.90
 Qualified:                                                       #5  5.403 264.80

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 28.57 inches, adjusted altitude 2,840 feet.

Shields gets the bye here and he drops a cylinder or two around 300 feet...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Chris Demke                            33 Marty Thacker                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.044  5.318 270.97                     0.052  5.349 268.33
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Austin    ) 0.078  5.302 271.24      (R Meyer     ) 0.044  5.369 266.58
E1                   0.126  5.320 267.75      (B Booher    ) 0.045  5.468 257.87
 Qualified:             #1  5.364 267.91                        #4  5.391 265.22

This is the first time Demke and Thacker have faced each other in eliminations. Demke is out of the gate first and never trailed in a great drag race. Chris Demke's MOV: 0.0398 seconds (approximately 16 feet). thacker with his quickest pass of the weekend in a losing effort. Demke will have lane choice over Shields in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink