Sat, 15 Oct 2011, 08:48 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

REYNOLDS, Ga. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division, event at Silver Dollar Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1900 Dan Page                                8 Duane Shields                
E1                   0.056  5.359 262.23     ****WINNER****  0.095  5.316 273.39
 Qualified:             #7 11.309 103.62                        #2  5.389 273.72

8:06 p.m. Page gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Shields starts to gain ground at half track, then finally drives around Page just before they cross the finish line.

Duane Shields' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.006), 330 ft(-0.017), 660ft(-0.021), 1,000ft(-0.013). MOV: 0.0047 seconds (approximately 22 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Chris Demke                           211 Artie Allen                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.048  5.537 231.16                     0.080  5.841 208.94
 Qualified:             #5  5.886 250.41                        #4  5.841 211.89

Demke got out of the gate first and started pulling away. He continued to extend his lead, then smoke started coming from the engine about 800 feet out. Allen could never mount a charge and Demke held on for the win.

Chris Demke's incremental margins: 60ft(0.058), 330 ft(0.174), 660ft(0.238), 1,000ft(0.268). MOV: 0.3368 seconds (more than 100 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  227 Don Fiorelli                           34 Brandon Booher               
E1                   0.129  8.976 116.10     ****WINNER****  0.036  5.473 260.56
 Qualified:             #6  6.178 222.33                        #3  5.505 240.47

8:42 p.m. and we're back after a short cleanup.

Fiorelli goes up in smoke at the hit, backs off the throttle, rolls about 50 feet and gets back on the pedal. Booher was long gone at that point and ran his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win.

Shields will have lane choice over Booher in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                   1 Bill Reichert                
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.096  5.316 266.85
 Qualified:                                                       #1  5.335 265.53

Reichert gets the bye and goes right down the groove with the quickest pass of the weekend. he will have lane choice over Demke in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink