Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 04:32 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Shawn Cowie                            33 Marty Thacker                
E4                   0.025  5.488 226.89     ****WINNER****  0.003  5.415 266.85
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Demke     ) 0.015  5.295 270.32      (D Nicholson ) 0.011  5.384 265.43
E2    (R Meyer     ) 0.033  5.313 267.06      (B Reichert  ) 0.047  5.336 267.22
E1    (B Domingue  ) 0.092  5.334 265.17      (D Shields   ) 0.029  5.377 265.48
 Qualified:             #4  5.302 262.59                       #10  5.342 268.28

4:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,413 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.

Cowie and Thacker have each won 1 times against the other in prior events and Thacker is 1 - 0 against Cowie in prior final rounds.

Thacker gets a big advantage off the line with a 0.003 RT and then gives it up just before the 330 lights, as Cowie goes rolling on by. Cowie starts to pull steadily ahead until after the 1000 foot mark, where the engine goes away and Thacker gets back by. they had identical speeds at mid-track.

Marty Thacker is the 2010 Top Alcohol Dragster Champion.

Marty Thacker's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.041), 330 ft(-0.016), 660ft(-0.027), 1,000ft(-0.010). MOV: 0.0959 seconds (approximately 32 feet).

Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.951 sec., 330ft-2.376, 660ft-3.527/212.39 mph, 1,000ft-4.541.
Marty Thacker's incremental times: 60ft-0.932 sec., 330ft-2.414, 660ft-3.576/212.39 mph, 1,000ft-4.573.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink