Mon, 3 Oct 2011, 10:22 AM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  326 Robin Samsel                          185 Mike Kosky                   
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.430 12.322  78.81
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Moeser    ) 0.080  5.717 239.61      (T Pickett   ) 0.310  7.465 114.22
 Qualified:            #11  5.475 250.64                        #3  5.301 266.37

Samsel is a no show, so Kosky just idles it down the track for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   12 John Finke                            613 Joey Severance               
E2                   0.108  5.295 272.28     ****WINNER****  0.007  5.337 268.49
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R McPhillips) 0.044  5.330 273.72      (J Dreher    ) 0.086 10.853  99.18
 Qualified:            #12  5.492 266.00                        #4  5.334 258.91

Severance with a near perfect light and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Joey Severance's MOV: 0.0599 seconds (approximately 24 feet). Finke with a season best in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Bill Reichert                        1482 Richard Bourke               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.075  5.259 271.73                     0.067  5.390 267.48
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Foley     ) 0.069  5.235 272.28      (K Stalba    ) 0.079  5.354 266.53
 Qualified:             #1  5.232 269.24                        #9  5.413 263.51

Bourke with a slight starting line advantage, but Reichert has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree. Reichert with the quickest pass of the round, so far...He will have lane choice over Severance in the semifinal. Bourke uses up an engine as there is the report of oil on the top end in the right lane.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Duane Shields                          34 Brandon Booher               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.088  5.258 269.73                     0.036  5.397 261.27
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D DeAngelis ) 0.163  5.224 278.69      (D Page      ) 0.019  5.421 265.74
 Qualified:             #2  5.285 273.27                       #10  5.438 237.13

Booher with the starting line advantage, but shields has him chased down by 500 feet and then runs the quickest pass of the round. Duane Shields' incremental times: 60ft-0.915 sec., 330ft-2.394, 660ft-3.499/228.11 mph, 1,000ft-4.436. Shields will have lane choice over Kosky in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink